An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.