Above Palomio Valley and Virginia Peak, Pyramid lake looms a mysterious and analogous spiritual place like the Sea of Galilee.

In Northern Washoe, a vast expanse hosts the famed Burning Man Festival on the Plya.

Go North to find Flanigan - one of Nevada's many ghost towns almost left over - almost because even the buildings are ghosts now. You can't get there with Google Street View. among the many ironies are the Dust Angles haunting the historic Living Ranch and Dead Cow Lakebed Airstrip.