The Gem Hunt
America decides what makes the map.
Every state has a spot the algorithms miss — the one locals send strangers to. Name it. Vote on the finalists. The winners get built into Roamward, the scenic road-trip app that proves you actually went. No download required to play.
Nominate
What does Nevada do better than anywhere?
One hidden gem — a place a chatbot would never know. The most-named spots become finalists, and the crowd votes the winner into Roamward.
Vote
Nevada gems, most-loved first
- 1International Car Forest of the Last ChurchForty-plus junked cars planted nose-down in the high desert and covered in ever-changing graffiti, a few minutes off Highway 95 in Goldfield — free and open around the clock.
- 2Cathedral Gorge State ParkA maze of soft golden clay spires and slot-canyon "cathedrals" you can squeeze into, tucked near Panaca in the quiet southeast corner, open 24/7 year-round.
- 3Spencer Hot SpringsGeothermal "cowboy tubs" sitting out on open BLM land near Austin along the Lonely Highway 50, free to soak with nothing but sagebrush and sky around you — time it for sunset.
- 4Lehman CavesA jewel-box limestone cave dripping with rare shield formations, deep in Great Basin National Park near the Utah line — Nevada's least-crowded park, with dark-sky country above.
- 5Clown MotelA working motel and free lobby museum stuffed with over 6,000 clowns, sitting right beside Tonopah's old pioneer cemetery on Highway 95 — stop in to gawk even if you won't stay the night.
- 6Goldwell Open Air MuseumOn the edge of the Rhyolite ghost town near Beatty, seven huge ghostly sculptures rise straight out of the Mojave, including a shrouded ghost-cloth Last Supper — free and open around the clock.
- 7Fly GeyserNear Gerlach on the edge of the Black Rock Desert, a surreal mineral mound spits water in technicolor reds and greens — on private Fly Ranch land, seen up close on a guided nature walk.
- 8Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic ParkAbout 20 miles south of Ely down a dirt road, six 30-foot beehive-shaped stone kilns stand in a high desert valley, beautifully preserved from the 1870s silver boom — spectacular stargazing.
- 9Thunder Mountain MonumentRight off I-80 at Imlay, a sprawling folk-art compound one man spent decades building from concrete, bottles, and salvage as a tribute to Native peoples — open daily by donation.
- 10Goldfield Historic DistrictOnce the largest city in Nevada, this near-abandoned mining town on US 95 still has grand crumbling buildings, a haunted high school, and a self-guided walking tour through its boomtown past.
Not your state’s turn yet?
Want Roamward to map Nevada next?
Add your vote — the loudest state gets mapped first.
How it works
Nominate
Drop the most underrated spot in your state — the gem an itinerary generator would never surface.
The crowd ranks it
Name a place someone already nominated and it rises. The most-loved gems become the state’s finalists.
Vote the winner in
Finalists go to a public vote. Winners get built into Roamward — credited to the people who found them.
Go verify it
Drive it, GPS-verify the stop, earn the badge, and share the map that proves you were first.
Don’t miss the winners
Be the first to find what the crowd picks.
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