In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

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

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Peek inside this sandy mailbox and you'll spot kids' letters to Santa.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.