Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

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

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