Places ophie Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

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

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

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

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

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

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

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.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.