A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

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

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.