Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

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

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

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

This mural changes every few years.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.