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

Dedicated to an airmail pilot who never let go of his important payload.

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

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

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

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

This trench, some 2,300 feet long, is only the most prominent relic of a largely forgotten episode of placer mining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.

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

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

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

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

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

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

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.

The viewpoint for this attractive, off-the-beaten-path waterfall is reached by a paved, wheelchair-accessible trail.

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

The longest spit in the United States ends at a lighthouse in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.