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Coffin It Up

Pahrump, Nevada

Coffin It Up

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

When your mom said, "It's about what's inside," she was referring to Devils Hole.

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Devil's Hole

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

Big Bovine of the Desert

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Big Bovine of the Desert

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

Carol Highsmith sits on the stage at Amargosa Opera House.

Inyo County, California

Amargosa Opera House

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A medium gray rock on the desert floor, with a trail in the dirt behind it showing how the rock has moved.

Inyo County, California

Sailing Stones of Racetrack Playa

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Ubehebe Crater

Inyo County, California

Ubehebe Crater

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Scotty's Castle in Death Valley

Inyo County, California

Scotty's Castle

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

A stone with its trail on Bonnie Claire Playa

Nye County, Nevada

Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Hard Luck Mine Castle

Goldfield, Nevada

Hard Luck Mine Castle

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

A limo atop an ice cream truck.

Goldfield, Nevada

International Car Forest of the Last Church

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The exterior of the saloon.

Goldfield, Nevada

Santa Fe Saloon

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Goldfield Hotel main entrance on Columbia Street in 1976

Goldfield, Nevada

Goldfield Hotel

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

The Paste Eater's grave in Goldfield Pioneer Cemetery.

Goldfield, Nevada

Paste Eater's Grave

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

One of the many kinds of gemstones you’ll find at Gemfield, a wonderland for rockhounders within Nevada’s Esmeralda County.

Goldfield, Nevada

Gemfield

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

Clown Motel

Tonopah, Nevada

Clown Motel

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Tonopah Mining Park.

Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Mining Park

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

Old Tonopah Cemetery

Tonopah, Nevada

Old Tonopah Cemetery

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Up to 7,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on a dark night at the stargazing park.

Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Stargazing Park

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.

The Mizpah Hotel

Tonopah, Nevada

The Mizpah Hotel

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Interpretive sign at courthouse, courtesy of E Clampus Vitus.

Manhattan, Nevada

Belmont

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

Tybo Mine.

Nye County, Nevada

Tybo

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

Warm Springs Ghost Town

Nye County, Nevada

Warm Springs Ghost Town

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

Alien Research Center

Hiko, Nevada

Alien Research Center

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The mailbox, with lots of graffiti from visitors.

Alamo, Nevada

The Black Mailbox

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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