Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Bishop, California
The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Tucson, Arizona
In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.
Bakersfield, California
An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.
Golden Valley, Arizona
A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.
Los Angeles, California
This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.
Los Angeles, California
A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.
La Puente, California
“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.
San Diego, California
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.