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

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

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

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

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

The first high-tech company in the valley that actually worked with silicon devices.

Eight huge lanterns lining a city street can change color on command.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

At night, this glittering musical tunnel draws skaters and photographers.

Today's aerospace industry can be traced back to one man and his gliders.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.