Las Vegas, Nevada
'The Mantis'
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Las Vegas, Nevada
The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.
Alamo, Nevada
If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.