This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

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

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

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

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

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

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

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

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.