Caliente, Nevada
Delamar Ghost Town
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
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Caliente, Nevada
The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Alamo, Nevada
If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.
Valentine, Arizona
The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
San Bernardino County, California
The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Goffs, California
Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.
Alamo, Nevada
This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Fort Mohave, Arizona
Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.
Tecopa, California
This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.
San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
Laughlin, Nevada
A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.
Meadview, Arizona
The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Bunkerville, Nevada
An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.
Bunkerville, Nevada
Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.
Nevada
An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.
Searchlight, Nevada
Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.
Moapa, Nevada
A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.