Reno, Nevada
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.
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Reno, Nevada
An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.
Virginia City, Nevada
A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.
Reno, Nevada
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Boulder City, Nevada
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Fallon, Nevada
This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Washoe County, Nevada
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Twentynine Palms, California
Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
San Diego, California
At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.
San Diego, California
A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.