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At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

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

Located in the remote Monitor Valley, this travertine bowl contains a scalding pool of water.

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

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

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

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

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.

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

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

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.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.