The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

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

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

A land of debatable treasure.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

The first U.S. town to secede from the Union, only to vote themselves right back in.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.