Places VRLNDR Wants to Go

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

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

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

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

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

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

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

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

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

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

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

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

The smallest country in the world.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

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

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

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