With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

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

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

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

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.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

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

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

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

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

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.