Road Trip Superstar

40 Places

San Bernardino County, California

Searles Lake

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

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Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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Inyo County, California

Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

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Keeler, California

Cerro Gordo

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

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Inyo County, California

Badwater Basin

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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Inyo County, California

Devils Golf Course Landscape

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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Inyo County, California

Artist's Drive

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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Angel's Ladies Brothel

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

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Tom Kelly's Bottle House

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

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'Rhyolite's District of Shadows'

A land of debatable treasure.

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Albert Szukalski's Last Supper

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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Rhyolite Ghost Town

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Tonopah, Nevada

McFarthest Spot

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Lunar Crater

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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Nye County, Nevada

Project Faultless Site

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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White Pine County, Nevada

Hamilton Ghost Town

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

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Prometheus Tree Stump

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

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Garnet Hill Rockhound Area

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

Lehman Caves

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Mining Park

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

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Goldfield, Nevada

Paste Eater's Grave

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

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Tonopah, Nevada

Old Tonopah Cemetery

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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Goldfield, Nevada

International Car Forest of the Last Church

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

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Goldfield, Nevada

Goldfield Hotel

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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Tonopah, Nevada

The Mizpah Hotel

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

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The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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Delta Solar Ruins

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

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Trilobite Quarry

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

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Panguitch, Utah

Butch Cassidy's Childhood Home

The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.

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Springdale, Utah

The Narrows

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.

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Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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Garfield County, Utah

Burr Trail Switchbacks

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

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Factory Butte

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

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Green River, Utah

Goblin Valley State Park

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

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Marble Canyon, Arizona

The Wave

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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Horseshoe Bend

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

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The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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Meadow Hot Springs

This set of three large, volcanic hot springs is a favorite haunt for intrepid divers.

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Bridgeport, California

Bodie State Historic Park

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

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