See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Mine your own precious stones.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.