An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

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

Mine your own precious stones.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

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

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

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

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

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

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

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