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One of the few slot canyons in New Mexico, this area is fantastic for hiking, camping, and stargazing.

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

A Gothic gym and community space that encourages fitness for misfits.

This octagonal rotary jail built in 1889 now serves as a visitor's center.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.

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

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

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

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.

An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.