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

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

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

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

The former home of the 11th president of the United States.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.