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

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.