The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

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

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

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

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.