The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

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

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.