A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.