Las Vegas, Nevada
'The Mantis'
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Jackson, New Hampshire
Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.
Lancaster, New Hampshire
The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.
Hooksett, New Hampshire
After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.