Baker, Nevada
The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
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Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Joshua Tree, California
The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Belen, New Mexico
A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
South Lake Tahoe, California
One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Lone Pine, California
This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.