This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

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

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

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