Places IrishCurves Wants to Go

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.