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shellyinboise

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Places visited in Alamo, Nevada

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Places visited in Aurora, Colorado

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Searchlight, Nevada

Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

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Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

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Toquima Cave

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

St. Thomas Ghost Town

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

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Las Vegas, Nevada

The Big Edge

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

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Goldfield, Nevada

Paste Eater's Grave

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Molly McBride Jacobson

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Pyramid Lake

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

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Overton, Nevada

Lost City Museum

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Added by zackofalltrades

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

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Museum of Ancient Life

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

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Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Rockville, Utah

Grafton Ghost Town

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Escalante, Utah

Hell's Backbone Scenic Road

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

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The Wahweap Hoodoos

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

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Mystic Hot Springs

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Added by zackofalltrades

Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Added by CherrieGRuth

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Added by ekoptev

Swan Valley, Idaho

Fall Creek Falls

A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.

Added by gscoulson

RyanHenge

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Added by chapizzle

Las Vegas, Nevada

Statue of Elvis Presley

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

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Las Vegas, Nevada

'Bliss Dance'

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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Monterey, California

Casa del Oro

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Added by Martin