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

Some people believe that this makeshift space monitoring station received transmissions from clandestine cosmonauts.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

This Italian stadium makes liberal use of fascist statuary to evoke classical sporting arenas.

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

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

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

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

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.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.