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A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

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

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

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

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

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

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

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

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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.