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

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

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

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

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

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

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

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

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

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

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.