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

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

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.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

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

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

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

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.