More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.