An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

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

The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

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

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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

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

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Half of a house.