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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

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

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

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

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

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."