Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Henderson, Nevada
Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.
Fallon, Nevada
This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Reno, Nevada
An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.
Pahrump, Nevada
Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.
White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Austin, Nevada
Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Virginia City, Nevada
These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Nye, Nevada
Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Clark County, Nevada
This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.