An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

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

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

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.