According to legend, this rock represents a young girl trapped by an evil ocean spirit.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.