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

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.