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Santa Cruz, California

Court of Mysteries

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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Los Angeles, California

Bronson Cave

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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Smith Valley, Nevada

Wilson Canyon

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

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Moapa Valley, Nevada

Moapa Airmail Arrow

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

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Willow Grove, Nevada

Washburn's Station

It bustled briefly in the late 1860s, but little is now left at this stage stop on the Hamilton/Pioche Stage and Freight Road

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Tunnel Camp and the Seven Troughs District

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

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Lexington Arch

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

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Pritchard's Station

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

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Gerlach, Nevada

Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge

One of the largest wildlife refuges in the contiguous 48 states, it was instrumental in preserving the pronghorn antelope from extinction.

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Basin and Range National Monument

A large, remote national monument highlights the typical geologic structure seen in Nevada.

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Hamilton, Nevada

Belmont Mill

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

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Carson City, Nevada

Nevada State Museum

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

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Millett, Nevada

Ophir

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

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Tonopah, Nevada

U.S. 6 in Nevada

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

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Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

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Nye County, Nevada

Fang Ridge

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

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Nye County, Nevada

Sailing Stones of Bonnie Claire Playa

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

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Silver Springs, Nevada

Fort Churchill

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

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McGill Drugstore Museum

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

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Sutcliffe, Nevada

Incandescent Rocks

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

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Indian Springs, Nevada

Sekhmet Temple of Goddess Spirituality

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

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Blue Lake

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.

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Rebel Creek, Nevada

Falls Creek Falls

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

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Hickison Summit

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

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