Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

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

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This building contains handprints that are well over a century old.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.