Places GeneralWaffles Wants to Go

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

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

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

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

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

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

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

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

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

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

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

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

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

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

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