One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

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

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

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

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

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

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

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

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

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

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

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

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

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.