This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

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

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

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

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

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

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

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

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

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

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.