This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

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

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.