Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

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

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.