A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

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.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

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

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.