The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

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

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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

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

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

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.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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