Places edwardobrien Wants to Go

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

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

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

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

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

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

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

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

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

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

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

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Mine your own precious stones.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.