In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The last of its kind in the country.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.