This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.

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

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

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

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.