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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.