Nevada may be nicknamed The Silver State, but our desert landscape holds more than just that one type of treasure. What we lack in water we make up for with a veritable cornucopia of minerals, stones ...

What is now desert was once under water, back when giant marine reptiles swam freely in a shallow sea that would later become Nevada’s Great Basin. Major geological activity happened, making way for ...

Nevada's White Pine County is well off the beaten path. It's a solid day's drive from Las Vegas, Reno or Salt Lake City, along what Life Magazine once dubbed "the loneliest road in America." But its ...