San Francisco, California
Long Now Orrery
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
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San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Ely, Nevada
Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.
Fallon, Nevada
Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.
Nevada
A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.
McGill, Nevada
A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.
Rebel Creek, Nevada
An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.
Fallon, Nevada
A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.
Winnemucca, Nevada
Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants
Fallon, Nevada
This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Carlin, Nevada
Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Etna, Nevada
Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.
Dayton, Nevada
This colossal underground passage paved the way for large-scale drainage and access tunnels across the U.S., but it almost wasn’t built.
Baker, Nevada
The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.
Nevada
A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.
Vernon, Nevada
A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.
Eureka, Nevada
A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.
Denio, Nevada
In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.
Nevada
A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Clark County, Nevada
The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.
Hiko, Nevada
Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.
Alamo, Nevada
One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.