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In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

The smallest country in the world.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Mine your own precious stones.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

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

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

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

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

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.