Definitely not a clown bar.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

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

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

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

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The extensive collection of an amateur naturalist.

A cemetery full of touching tombstones from a community of railroad workers, uranium miners, and Cold War missile launchers.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

A ghost town that held steady longer than most, but finally gave up the ghost.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.