Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.