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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

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

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An urban laboratory.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.