In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

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

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

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

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

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

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

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

Over 100 lasers, including huge ones that look straight off a sci-fi set.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.