A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

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

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

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

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

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

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.