This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

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

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.