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

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

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

Once a famous outpost for purchasing saddles and spurs, this museum preserves the art, craft, and style of the American cowboy.

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

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

This plaque marks the site where the penultimate chapter in the journey of two doomed boys unfolded in an imagined parallel universe.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

The secluded site of a 1943 plane crash and amazing rescue is only accessible by hiking through the woods.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.