Page, Arizona
Horseshoe Bend
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
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Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Pine, Arizona
The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.
Sacramento, California
The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.
Oroville, California
The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.
Klamath, California
These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.
June Lake, California
A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Forks, Washington
A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.
Klamath Falls, Oregon
This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.
Prineville, Oregon
This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Borrego Springs, California
A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.