Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.

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

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

To honor a beloved Austin radio DJ a neighborhood bridge has been covered in a loving mosaic.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.