An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

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

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

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

This historic church with a connection to "Uncle Sam" is now a fraternity house.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.