This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

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

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

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

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.