Nye County, Nevada
Warm Springs Ghost Town
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
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Nye County, Nevada
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Austin, Nevada
This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.
Moapa Valley, Nevada
Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.
Alamo, Nevada
This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
Lake George, New York
This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.
New York, New York
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.