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

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

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

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

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

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

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

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.