How to find the burning man spirit year round in Nevada

Burning man bursts into being like divine fire in the middle of Black Rock for a week, and then it’s gone. Since the festival migrated from San Francisco to the Black Rock Desert Wilderness in 1990, the vast playa has shaped the experience as much as the flaming art and organizers do. For much of the year just another beautiful and desolate expanse of Nevada, the very emptiness of Black Rock’s otherworldly landscape is part of what allows Burning Man to erupt into a 60,000-person “city” each year. But the symbiotic dance of human creativity and the extremes of nature can be found in all corners of Nevada, not just for a week at Burning Man. Here are 9 places to celebrate its spirit year round.