This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

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

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

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

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

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

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.