One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.