This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

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

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

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

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

See Hoover Dam and the bypass bridge from a perspective usually off-limits to the public, and float the upper part of the Black Canyon National Water Trail.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.