A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

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

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

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

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

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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