This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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

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

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

This inexpensive lodging house was once a prison notorious for its inhumane practices.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.