A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

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

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

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

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

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

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

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

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

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

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