A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

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

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.

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

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.

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.