Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

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

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

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

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.