A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

A small research station sits at the summit of this mountain, which is one of the few U.S. peaks higher than 14,000 feet outside of the Sierra Nevada.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.