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We stopped at this picnic area on the Trinity River, and saw a bunch of butterflies flying around!...

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Located at the foothills of the Trinity Alps, Trinity Lake or Clair Engle Lake was created by the...

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A hungry Canadian Goose at Whiskeytown Lake! People were actualy feeding the geese bread, so we did too!

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This was the old bank of the once bustling town of Shasta, California!

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From the 1850s to the 1880s this was the largest settlement in Shasta County, but after the Gold...

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This historic church in Virginia City, Nevada is the town's most beautiful and most famous church!

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One of the oldest churches in the West, it was built in 1863, destroyed in a fire in 1875, and was rebuilt a year later!

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These crumbly buildings located in Virginia City, Nevada are 150 years old, and were built during the gold and silver rush!

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I kind of thought this mountain looked like the Matterhorn in Switzerland! It kind of has a similar shape!

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Out of the many hot springs and thermal pools found in this geothermal region outside of Gerlach, this one is the largest and hottest!

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This boiling hot thermal pool, located in the Black Rock Desert just outside the small village of...

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This incredible wonder of nature is located in one of the most surprising locations, the middle of...

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Located in the middle of the Nevada desert, Fly Geyser was accidently created in 1916! Unaware that...

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A close up of Nevada's magnificent Fly Geyser! Accidently created in 1916 while drilling a well, it...

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One of Nevada's great hidden secrets, this unusual looking landform is named after Fly Ranch,and is...

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This cone shaped geyser located on Nevada's Fly Ranch, is one of the 3 geysers found in the...

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This desolate region of northern Nevada is known as the Black Rock Desert! Home of the...

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This pyramid shaped offshore island is how Nevada's Pyramid Lake got its name!

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