This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

Once a staging site for World War II munitions.

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

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

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

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.

One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

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

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

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