An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.