Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

This hidden gem in Arizona is truly worth the rugged journey.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.