A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

The largest mural in the world painted by a single artist.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Location of the first public performance and singing of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

This site is home to ancient petroglyphs and pictographs dating back to 6,000 B.C.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

A herd of roughly 250 American bison roam these plains.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

A historical house furnished with authentic pieces from the Victorian period.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

A collection of old shoes in the middle of nowhere.

Archaeologists believe this panel of petroglyphs depicting descending sheep and other figures in Glen Canyon are 3,000 to 6,000 years old.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

In the courtyard of a popular museum stands a piece of artillery from 1859.