This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

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

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

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

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

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

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

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

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

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

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.