The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.