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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

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

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.