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

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

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

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

A granite primate with a view.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

This trailside hut was built in the late 1930s as a memorial to a young hiker.

A Native American petroglyph, the site of an emigrants' waystation, and the ruins of an early 20th-century sheep camp are all found at this crossroads.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

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

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

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

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

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

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

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.