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

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

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

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

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A historic, century-old house plopped along the perimeter of Houston's ballpark.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.