Places Roko Wants to Go

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

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

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

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

The highest point in Nevada had to be decided by court order after California tried to claim it as their own.

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.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

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

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

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

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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

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

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

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.