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

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

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

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

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

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.