This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

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

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.