Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.

An improbable water gap where the West Walker River, paralleled by a state highway, crosses the Singatse Range between Smith and Mason Valleys.

The rocks exposed at Valley of Fire State Park also occur in a much less known but equally spectacular area a few miles to the southwest.

The gambling entrepreneur who built a city was also an avid collector of classic cars.

A spring and an enigmatic cabin lie in a ponderosa pine forest in the heart of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

Colorful outcrops and cliffs just north of Reno provide a scenic backdrop for hiking and mountain biking.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

A remote, little-known natural arch in granite in the desert of northwestern Nevada.

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

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

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

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

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

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.

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

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

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

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.

A unique solar-powered pottery studio and gallery in the desert.