Picture a town that exploded from nothing to thousands of people in just three years, only to vanish like a desert mirage.

Thunder Mountain Monument Nevada stone home with car windshield windows - V. Vormann/Shutterstock In central Nevada, the shadow of an eagle's wings soars above a strange monument outside an almost ...

It doesn’t take much for a century-old mine shaft to cave in around you. Or for the mercury, lead or arsenic leftovers to leech into the Silver State’s already strained groundwater supply. That’s why, ...