The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.

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

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.