This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

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

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

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

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

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.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A fully functional, commercial, miniature art gallery.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.