The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

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

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

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

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

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

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

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

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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