Places Opinicus Wants to Go

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

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

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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

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.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

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

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

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

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

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

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

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.