These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

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

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.