Places Seabiscuit Wants to Go

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.