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

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

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

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

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

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

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

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

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

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

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

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A series of labyrinths in the Nevada desert inspire meditation and calmness.