This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

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.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

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

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

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

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

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

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

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

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

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

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants