This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.

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

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.

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

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

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

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

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

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

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

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

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.