Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The first presidential bomb shelter was located in an old vault under the Treasury, connected to the White House via tunnel.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Mysterious face-like images that appeared within an Andalusian house are surrounded by legends of the paranormal.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

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

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

The smallest country in the world.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

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