The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

In 1954, two enormous earthquakes occurred just minutes apart, resulting in prominent scarps that extend for miles along the range fronts.

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

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.

This supper club is a slice of old Las Vegas.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.

An abandoned mine serves as a stark memorial of when mercury was a valued strategic metal.

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

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

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

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

This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.

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

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

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

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

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.