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Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

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

The first project by the Bureau of Reclamation illustrates both the upsides and downsides of reclamation.

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

The smallest country in the world.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.