The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."