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

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

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.