At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

A showcase of engineering might that was also symbolic of westward expansion.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

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

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

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

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.