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This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

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

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

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

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

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

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

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

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.