Travel with Rick Steves · Saturday, August 15, 2026
The discussion touches upon the significant development of land art in the 1970s, with projects like the Spiral Jetty in Utah and "City" in Nevada being mentioned as examples of large-scale installations. Dylan Thuras notes that these earthworks are monumental and designed to last for centuries.
“In the 1970s produced a particular explosion of of land art, these gigantic installations and other kinds of of large-scale installations.”
“There's one actually, this gigantic project called City out in Nevada.”
“It's monumental. I mean, it is the size of a small town, basically.”
“And we'll be there in a thousand years. I mean, these things are made in a sense to last the test of time because they're just huge.”