An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.