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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

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

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

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

An urban laboratory.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

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

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.