Places pasour Wants to Go

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

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

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

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

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

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

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

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

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

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.