A small shop filled with history, mystery, folklore, and more.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

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

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

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

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

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

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

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

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

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

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

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.