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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

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

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

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

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

A military museum, art park, mausoleum, and architectural oddity all on one fascist's estate.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

An abandoned shopping gallery built during Fascist Italy tucked in the center of Palermo.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.