A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

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

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

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

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

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

The smallest country in the world.

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

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