San Diego, California
Davis-Horton House
The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.
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San Diego, California
The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Reno, Nevada
The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Wilson, Kansas
This tiny old water tower once doubled as a makeshift jail.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Redmond, Oregon
Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.