A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

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

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

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

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

What is the Thing?

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

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

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

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

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.