The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

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

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

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

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

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

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

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

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

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

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

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

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

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

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

Mine your own precious stones.

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

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

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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