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

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

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

The smallest country in the world.

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

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

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