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Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

The smallest country in the world.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

Mine your own precious stones.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

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

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

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

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Sleep beneath the big screen at this old-school movie theater.

"The Reptile Man's" very own roadside zoo features an albino alligator.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Orcas on display and in the water.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.