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Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

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

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

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

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

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