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

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

An urban laboratory.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.