Nye, Nevada
Yucca Mountain Repository
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
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Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Nixon, Nevada
This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.
Doyle, California
One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.
Gerlach, Nevada
A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.
Empire, Nevada
The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Waimea, Hawaii
This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.
Cotati, California
A tribute to one man's legacy of improving the accordion's reputation.
Santa Rosa, California
340 bicycles, 65 feet high.
Sebastopol, California
Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Huntington Beach, California
Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.
June Lake, California
A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.