Boulder City, Nevada
Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
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Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Boulder City, Nevada
An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.
Searchlight, Nevada
Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.
Laughlin, Nevada
The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.
Laughlin, Nevada
A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Parker, Arizona
This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.
Eugene, Oregon
This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.
Eugene, Oregon
A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”
Baker City, Oregon
A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.
Walla Walla, Washington
The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.
Lexington, Oregon
Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.
Hermiston, Oregon
A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.
Touchet, Washington
Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.
Richland, Washington
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Richland, Washington
Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.
Felicity, California
Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Fortuna Foothills, Arizona
An assortment of armored tanks and Howitzer cannons in the middle of the Sonoran Desert.
Bisbee, Arizona
A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.
Bisbee, Arizona
This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.
Bisbee, Arizona
Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.
Tombstone, Arizona
The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.