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.

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Its vast collection details the history of this Santa Barbara beach town.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

For 60 years, skiers have calmed their nerves with cocktails hidden along these slopes.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.