Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

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

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

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

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Mine your own precious stones.

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

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

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.