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

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

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

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

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

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

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

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

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.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

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.

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

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

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

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

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.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.