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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.