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

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

This church was constructed by a shipbuilder and designed like an upside-down boat.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

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.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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