Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

A miniature model of the iconic Stockholm department store.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

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

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

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.