Places empace Wants to Go

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

This supper club is a slice of old Las Vegas.

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.