The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

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

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

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

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

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

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.