Places Edited by itsmebrandi

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.