This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

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

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

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

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

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

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.