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A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

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

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

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

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

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

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

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