A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

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

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

The smallest country in the world.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

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

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

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

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

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

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

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

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.