Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.