Riverside, California
The Ark of Citrus
The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.
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Riverside, California
The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Cambria, California
A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Morro Bay, California
A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.
San Luis Obispo, California
An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.