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A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

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

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

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

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

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

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

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

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

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

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.

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