This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

Mine your own precious stones.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

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

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The smallest country in the world.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.