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The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

A large wind turbine installation in central Washington State is home to an extensive set of interpretive exhibits.

A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.

The only United States mine for magnesium carbonate has been operating continuously since the 1930s.

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

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

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

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

An unprepossessing storage reservoir in southern Utah has a checkered past.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

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

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

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

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

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

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

An internationally-recognized dark sky sanctuary lies in northern Nevada, near the Oregon line.

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

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