Despite the name, it's unclear if this small depression in northern Nye County was actually caused by falling space debris.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

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

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

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

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

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

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

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

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

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

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

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

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

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

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

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.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

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

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