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These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

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

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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

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

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.