The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.

Long before guestbooks and hotels, frontier travelers signed their names on this rock face.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.