Yerington, Nevada
Yerington Pit (Anaconda Copper Mine)
A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.
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Gold Hill, Oregon
Oregon Vortex
A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Jacksonville, Oregon
The Bigfoot Trap
Sasqu(w)atch out!
Fallon, Nevada
Salt Cave
Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.
Truckee, California
Donner Pass Summit Tunnels
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Permanently Closed
Silver City, Nevada
American Flats
An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.
Virginia City, Nevada
The Washoe Club Haunted Museum & Saloon
What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.
Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
La Pine, Oregon
Lava Cast Forest
A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.
Ashland, Oregon
Allen Elizabethan Theatre
Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.
Ashland, Oregon
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory
A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.
Crater Lake, Oregon
Crater Lake
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Reno, Nevada
Wilbur D. May Museum
An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.
Crater Lake, Oregon
Old Man of the Lake
A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.
Verdi, California
Crystal Mine
A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.
Fort Rock, Oregon
Derrick Cave
This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.
Lovelock, Nevada
Lovelock Cave
How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.
Lovelock, Nevada
Nevada Quicksilver Mine
An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.
Fort Rock, Oregon
Fort Rock
A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.
Tulelake, California
Crystal Ice Cave
Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.
Tulelake, California
Lava Beds National Monument
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Paisley, Oregon
Paisley Five Mile Caves
These wave-cut overhangs on ancient Lake Chewaucan contain some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America.
Klamath County, Oregon
Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial
The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.
Gerlach, Nevada
Planet X Pottery
A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.
