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

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

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

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Outside of where Tsukiji Market once stood, these memorials honor the spirits of the fallen fish, shrimp, and eggs used for nigiri.

“Historical” markers commemorating the sites of fictional events depicted in a popular jidaigeki novel series.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.