This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The last Americana on Route 66.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.