Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.

This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.

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

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.

Beehive charcoal kilns and slag deposits mark this late 19th century camp centered on a smelter.

Unopened beer cans are left at this monument to honor the Navy men who lost their lives during a training mission.

Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

An attractive alpine lake at 8,400 feet that is accessible via a paved road.

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

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

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

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

A land of debatable treasure.

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

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

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

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

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