The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.