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The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

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

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

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

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

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

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

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.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.