A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

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

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Commemorating the 1948 creation of the Jimmy Fund, a Boston-based cancer charity.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.