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Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

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

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

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

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

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.