A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

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

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

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

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

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

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.