This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

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

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.