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Las Vegas, Nevada

Secret Pizza

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Las Vegas, Nevada

The First Telephone in Las Vegas

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

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.
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Cactus Joe's Blue Diamond Nursery

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.
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Las Vegas Strip Benchmarks

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.
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Slot Car City

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.
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Tule Springs Fossil Beds

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.
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Johnston's J-Bar-B Stables

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.
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Statue of Elvis Presley

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
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Underground House

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
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The Last Remaining Sigma Derby Machine

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

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

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

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."
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Big Rig Jig

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
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Bugsy Siegel Monument

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.
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Hand of Faith Gold Nugget

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

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
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'The Mantis'

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

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

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

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