The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.