A lovely park home with a few interesting guests.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

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

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

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.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

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

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

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

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

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.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.