Monticello, Utah
Newspaper Rock
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
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Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Shoshone, California
A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.