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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.