A local prank turned town icon.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

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.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A crack flared at the base provides a pathway completely through a sandstone ridge near Moab.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

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

A museum in rural Utah documents the history of the Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated there.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.