The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

These crumbling Nazi artillery bunkers are now fair game for massive graffiti projects.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?

This small museum is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved dinosaur specimens found in Montana.

A metal menagerie fills the yard of this museum and gallery, the work of Montana artist Bill Ohrmann.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.