This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

The site of a defunct mill, that once supplied marble for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

These towering cliffs crystalize each winter, forming sheer walls of ice that are open for climbing.

This 19th-century ranch is being transformed into a residential library with thousands of books about the natural world.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.