Places REvans Wants to Go

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

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

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

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

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

A marble cornerstone marks the location of what could have been a presidential palace.

A once-thriving hotel from the Old West now sits abandoned, under the threat of demolition.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.

This 28-foot-tall milk can contains one of the most whimsical ice cream parlors in town.