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

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."