A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.