Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

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

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

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

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

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

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

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

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

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

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.