Eureka, Utah
Silver City Cemetery
These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.
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Eureka, Utah
These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Wendover, Utah
A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.
Wendover, Utah
A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.
Moab, Utah
Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Pendleton, Oregon
A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.
Dufur, Oregon
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Rawlins, Wyoming
This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Winnemucca, Nevada
This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.
Battle Mountain, Nevada
Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.
Waimea, Hawaii
This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.
Kahului, Hawaii
Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.