Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.