Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

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

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

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

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

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

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 self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

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.