Austin, Nevada
Toquima Cave
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
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Austin, Nevada
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Fallon, Nevada
This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Alamo, Nevada
If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
San Bernardino County, California
This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.
Nye County, Nevada
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Goldfield, Nevada
This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.
Crescent City, California
A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.
Oakland, California
An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Oakland, California
The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.
Berkeley, California
From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.
Berkeley, California
Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.
Berkeley, California
Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.
Berkeley, California
This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.
Berkeley, California
This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.
Berkeley, California
A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.