Places KR Peart Wants to Go

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.

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

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

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

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

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

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

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