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.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
San Bernardino County, California
The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
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.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Baker, California
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
Indian Springs, Nevada
This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Beatty, Nevada
This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Alamo, Nevada
This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.
Virgin, Utah
A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.