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

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.

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

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

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

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

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

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

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

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

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

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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

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

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

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

The smallest country in the world.

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

Mine your own precious stones.

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

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