An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

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.

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

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

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

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

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.