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Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The stately birthplace of California's statehood.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

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

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

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

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

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

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

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.