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mekelley94

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Frequent forester, road tripper, occasional writer, full-time appreciator of all the many ways we can eat potatoes.

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Dinosaur State Park

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Dinosaur State Park

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs

Searchlight, Nevada

Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

Some of North America's oldest known petroglyphs.

Nixon, Nevada

Winnemucca Lake

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

The left peak is Boundary Peak

Dyer, Nevada

Boundary Peak

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

Piper's Opera House today

Virginia City, Nevada

Piper's Opera House

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

Laughlin Labyrinths

Laughlin, Nevada

Laughlin Labyrinths

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

Stokes Castle outside Austin, Nevada

Austin, Nevada

Stokes Castle

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

Coffin It Up

Pahrump, Nevada

Coffin It Up

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

A giant concrete Ichthyosaur beckons you to explore the park.

Austin, Nevada

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

The pictographs use several pigments and line the cave walls

Austin, Nevada

Toquima Cave

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

At Grimes Point

Fallon, Nevada

Hidden Cave at Grimes Point

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

Gold Butte National Monument.

Clark County, Nevada

Gold Butte National Monument

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Rolling hills of Jarbidge Wilderness

Jarbidge, Nevada

Jarbidge Wilderness

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

An aerial photo of Sand Mountain

Fallon, Nevada

Sand Mountain

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Techatticup Mine.

Nelson, Nevada

Techatticup Mine

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

Black Fire Opal from the Virgin Valley

Denio, Nevada

Royal Peacock Black Fire Opal Mine

Mine your own precious stones.

The Loneliest Road in America

Austin, Nevada

U.S. Route 50

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Pyramid Lake

Reno, Nevada

Pyramid Lake

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

When your mom said, "It's about what's inside," she was referring to Devils Hole.

Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Devil's Hole

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The High Roller

Las Vegas, Nevada

High Roller

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Dig This. (Press Photo)

Las Vegas, Nevada

Dig This

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

 Lehman Caves

Baker, Nevada

Lehman Caves

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The gorgeous formations at Valley of Fire State Park.

Clark County, Nevada

Valley of Fire

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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