The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

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

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

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

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

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.