A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

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

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

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

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

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

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

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

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.