Boulder City, Nevada
Hoover Dam Geodetic Survey Markers
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
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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.
Scottsdale, Arizona
A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.
Phoenix, Arizona
A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.
Landrum, South Carolina
Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Glendale, Arizona
This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Anaheim, California
The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.
Anaheim, California
Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Jerome, Arizona
Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.