MOUNTAIN CITY, Nev. — At about 6,000 feet in a narrow valley surrounded by bulbous, snowcapped mountains, this tiny northeastern Nevada town sits roughly two hours from anywhere, in the middle ...

The expedition followed the Oregon Trail, then it headed south of the Columbia River Basin and entered northwestern Nevada in December 1843. The party traveled through High Rock Canyon and reached the ...

A Burning Man attendee lies down in the mud and water at the event in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, after a rainstorm turned the site into mud on Sept. 2, 2023.

High-end custom-built RVs have the power to drive you far off the grid and the technology to keep you comfortable. Dan Neil takes the EarthCruiser FX through the Nevada desert.

A small army of boats – if you can call them that – carve across the Nevada desert. A stream of sand billows behind, caking each competitor’s face in fine, white grit.