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Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

Go deep on these fascinating fish, and get a bonus lesson on the importance of marine conservation.

One of two observatories in the U.S. that routinely detect gravitational waves.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

A granite primate with a view.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.