Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

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

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

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

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

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

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

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

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.