A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

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

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Eastern Canada's ocean playground.

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

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

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

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.