WASHINGTON — A vast sweep of rural Nevada marked by lonely desert valleys, craggy mountain ranges and both ancient and modern art will become the newest addition to the nation’s inventory of protected ...

It's not often that an entire state is defined by one tourist attraction, but Nevada is nothing if not out of the ordinary. The world-renowned tourist city of Las Vegas is consistently voted America's ...

It’s no wonder that American artist Michael Heizer chose the quiet, empty, remote mountain-surrounded basins of Garden Valley in southern Nevada to site his largest sculpture, “City.” The monumental, ...

The long drive between Salt Lake City, Utah and Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80 feels endless, the landscape timeless. But these basins and ranges of the Great Basin Desert are changing dramatically.