Places dionysia Wants to Go

This stately palace, first built in the 16th century, was converted into a prison in 1830.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A land of debatable treasure.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

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

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

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

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

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

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