Places afink Wants to Go

The birthplace of Las Vegas is now preserved as a historic and natural area.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

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

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

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

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

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

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

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

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

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

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

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.