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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

"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.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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