The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

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

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.