Places spookynin Wants to Go

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

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

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

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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