Fillmore, Utah
Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
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Fillmore, Utah
The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Washington, D.C.
100 years later, they're still down there.
Arlington, Virginia
Right next to departures—how convenient!
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Henderson, Nevada
Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Truckee, California
Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.