Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

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

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

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