Places MFB Wants to Go

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

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

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

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

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

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

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

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

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

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

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

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

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

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.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

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

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.