Places vegasjodie Wants to Go

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

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

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

Not your typical pet cemetery.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

An unusual double cinder cone with a bent oval crater, in the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field.

Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

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

A century-old miner's quarters turned mansion.

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

A photogenic rock-art site that is also a popular climbing and canyoneering area.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

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

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

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

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.