Nelson, Nevada
Nelson
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
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Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Tecopa, California
This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Mount Charleston, Nevada
A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.
Las Vegas, Nevada
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.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.
Meadview, Arizona
The lost ruins of the forgotten ferry lie hidden beneath the silt.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Panaca, Nevada
Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.