Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.