A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

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

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

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

A land of debatable treasure.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place 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.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.