Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

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

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

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A land of debatable treasure.

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.