Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

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

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

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

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

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

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

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

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

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

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

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

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

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

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.