Groom Lake, Nevada
Area 51
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
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Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Tecopa, California
Peek inside this sandy mailbox and you'll spot kids' letters to Santa.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Tecopa, California
This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
Nye County, Nevada
The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.
Tecopa, California
This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.
Pahrump, Nevada
Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Tecopa, California
A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.
Yerington, Nevada
Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.
Nye, Nevada
Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Boron, California
Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Maricopa, California
Remnants of the United States's largest accidental oil spill still mar a California valley.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.