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

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.