This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

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

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

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

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

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

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

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

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

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

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

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

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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