A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

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

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A land of debatable treasure.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

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

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.