This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

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

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.