Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.