In 1969, a Nevada man began turning roadside junk, bottles, hubcaps and car parts into a desert home; decades later, the five-acre Thunder Mountain Monument is a free roadside attraction

• Van Zant used whatever materials he could find, fitting discarded objects into walls, windows and decorative features.
• Old bottles became part of the walls, creating colourful patterns when sunlight passed through them.
• (Image Credit: Sally Hanrahan via Travel Nevada)Just off Interstate 80 near Imlay, Nevada, a five-acre roadside attraction showcases an unusual collection of concrete structures and sculptures made from discarded bottles, car parts and scrap metal.