A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

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

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

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

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

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

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

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

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

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

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

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

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

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

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

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

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