Places Shastified Wants to Go

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

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

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

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

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

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

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

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

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

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

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