Reno, Nevada
Topsy the Clown
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Reno, Nevada
This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.
Reno, Nevada
Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
Reno, Nevada
An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.
Sparks, Nevada
The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.
Sparks, Nevada
Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Fallon, Nevada
The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Cave Junction, Oregon
This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.
Burney, California
The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.
Redding, California
This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.
Clanton, Alabama
The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.