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A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

Eccentric sculptures made from repurposed materials peppers this former farm.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.