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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

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

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.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.