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Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

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.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.