St. Joseph, Missouri
The Pony Express National Historic Trail and Museum
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
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St. Joseph, Missouri
The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.
Lincoln, Nebraska
This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.
Wendover, Utah
Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Omaha, Nebraska
This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.
Omaha, Nebraska
A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.
Meadow, Utah
This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Ruth, Nevada
Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.