Paddling Lake Mead
Fed by the Colorado River and stopped by the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead is a fun paddling destination east of Las Vegas, Nevada for rafts, canoes, and kayaks.
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Meow Wolf’s Extended Universe
The Meow Wolf art collective births an extended universe of immersive art and interactive storytelling across New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado with more to come.
Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail
There's no shortage of activities to enjoy along the shores of Lake Mead. The expansive reservoir is flanked by mountains for hiking, surrounded by beaches for exploring, and filled with water for boating. But we feel like biking. And after a visit to the Lake Mead Recreation Area's Visitor Center, we have a recommendation: the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail.
Boulder Beach Campground
Boulder Beach Campground is one of many camping options in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area—minutes outside of Las Vegas, straddling the border of Nevada and Arizona. There are even dispersed campsites along the lakeshore. But for those looking for convenience, it's hard to do better than Boulder Beach.
Omega Mart
For all the craft of Hollywood, the ingenuity of Silicon Valley, the eloquence of authors painting the images of alien terrains in our mind's eye, we have not been able to touch these bizarre and fantastical worlds of imagination. And yet, in an industrial corner of Las Vegas, a collective of artists have created a captivating dystopian parallel universe known as Omega Mart. And we can poke and prod every corner of it. In fact, that's the point.
Circus Circus RV Park
It may be a glorified parking lot but the Circus Circus RV Park has showers, laundry, and RV hookups right off the Las Vegas Strip.
Big Dune Recreational Area
Wander towering sand dunes in Nevada's western Desert between Las Vegas and Death Valley National Park in Big Dune Recreational Area.
Goldwell Open Air Museum
Strange things happen in the desert. It is a place of extreme temperatures and temperaments. It is a place of rugged self-sufficiency and creative invention born of necessity. Those that survive here are the outliers. And in the remote outskirts of the Nevada desert, along the border of Death Valley National Park, is one of the strangest destinations we have encountered: the Goldwell Open Air Museum.
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Looking out the window while driving Nevada Highway 374, the land seems desolate. Sparse, dry shrubs dot the flat desert landscape, ringed it by mountains. Yet, drive two miles northwest on Rhyolite Road and there are the remains of a once-thriving boom town. There may not be much left standing in Rhyolite Ghost Town, but what remains bears witness to what was a rich and active town during the launch of the twentieth century.
Titus Canyon Road
Death Valley is a park meant for vehicles. Stretching 140 miles in length, the Valley is full of attractions that require some kind of vehicle to see in a timely manner. But vehicular diversions are not limited to the pavement.…