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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

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

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

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

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

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

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

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.