A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

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

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

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

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.