A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

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

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This 17th-century "unicorn" was cobbled together from the skull of a rhinoceros, the legs of a mammoth, and the horn of a narwhal.

The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

This German museum devoted to the simple wonders of salt is actually built over an old saltworks.

This proud Teutonic warrior rises out of a German forest heralding a victory and measuring lightning.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

This natural "sea of stones" was once used by the Romans as a quarry.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.