This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

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.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

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

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

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

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.

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

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.