The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

This school building was an extravagant show of wealth for a boomtown that mostly faded in the following decade.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.