Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

The magic's in the hole!

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.