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Complex City

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

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Alien Research Center

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

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Hiko, Nevada

Crescent Mill

A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.

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Mt. Irish Petroglyphs

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

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The Black Mailbox

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Area 51, from the vantage point at Tikaboo Peak.

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