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This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

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

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

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

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.