Places venusonegative Wants to Go

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.