Beatty, Nevada
Angel's Ladies Brothel
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Places I've been
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Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
La Quinta, California
A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Thompson, Utah
A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.
Aspen, Colorado
Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The history and future of cannabis.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Golden, Colorado
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Denver, Colorado
The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.