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

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

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

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

A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

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

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States.

This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

This cave was hidden for thousands of years, storing the worldly goods of ancient Native Americans.

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

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.