An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

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

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

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

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

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

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

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

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

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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

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.

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

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

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

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

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