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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

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

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.