Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

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.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.