Places nicholasgarside Wants to Go

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

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

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

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