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A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

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

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

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

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

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.

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

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

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

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.