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A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

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

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

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.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

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

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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.