This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

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

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

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

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

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

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

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

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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