At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

A small canyon with petroglyphs and a seasonal waterfall, only a short hike from the remnants of old Route 66.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.