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

A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

An ancient Phoenician citadel once stood at the site where Queen Dido first landed, according to legend.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.