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While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

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

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

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

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

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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