Inyo County, California
Amargosa Opera House
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
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Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
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
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.