A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

Museum mostly in name, and only a restaurant depending on the day, this place could only exist in Marfa.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.

Not everything is bigger in Texas.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

This is probably not the Target you're looking for.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

Nevada's second-newest state park offers camping, fishing, hiking, and river float trips.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

Mine your own precious stones.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.