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

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

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.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.