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A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

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

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

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

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

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

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

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

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

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

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.