Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Make a wish at what might be America's only Catholic shrine to a sinner.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

An unexpected and peaceful oasis on a hillside.

This magnificent mausoleum is as much a work of art as it is a historic resting place.