Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

A memorial to the firefighters who died in an industrial disaster is housed in a small public park.

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

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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.

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

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

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.