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

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

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

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

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

An amateur telescope-making club has been gathering at this Vermont site for more than a century.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

After 400 years of being closed to the public, this monastery's underground tunnels and secret garden are now a museum.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This former cigarette factory was built in a style inspired by Islamic architecture.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.