An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

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.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland which were used to align spy satellites.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

What is the Thing?

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.