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

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

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

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Over one million bird-related artifacts await.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.