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This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

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

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Mine your own precious stones.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The smallest country in the world.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

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

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.