Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

This oasis-like spring in the Sonoran Desert is home to unique, endangered species.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

The smallest country in the world.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

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

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.