Is the Fly Geyser real? Origins: Due to its strange appearance and the fact that it resides behind locked gates on private property (the Fly Ranch in Hualapai Flat), the Fly Geyser in Nevada is often ...

When you input the town of Gerlach, NV into your GPS, you may not be surprised it's one of only a few rural towns in the northern-most part of Washoe County. After a two-hour drive from Reno, the town ...

They could be pictures of another planet or the set of a science fiction movie. But it is in fact an amazing phenomenon created by accident in the middle of the Nevada Desert. The otherworldly images ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. This alien-looking geyser on the edge of Black Rock Desert was made by humans—by ...

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Every year students in Prof. John Louie’s Applied Geophysics class happily abandon plans for Spring Break fun. Instead, they spend the week eagerly conducting a variety of geophysical surveys at a ...

Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, new book Atlas Obscura celebrates over 600 of the most curious and unusual destinations around the globe. More cabinet of curiosities than traditional ...

Water. Steam. Massive Technicolor mounds. A bizarre mistake rises from the ground here, between the endless desert and mountains of remote northwestern Nevada. This place, Fly Geyser, is undeniably ...