Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

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

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

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

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

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

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

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

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.