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.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

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

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

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

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

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

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

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

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

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

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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

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

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