A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.

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