These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

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.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

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

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

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

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

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