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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.