A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

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

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

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

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

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.