One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.