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Plenty of Legendary Nevadans—we’re talking Mark Twain, Howard Hughes, Virgil and Wyatt Earp, Sarah Winnemucca, Robert Laxalt, the Rat Park, and Julia Bulette—rocked rich, colorful, larger-than-life personalities that shaped Nevada’s […]

Equipped with smoking and non-smoking rooms, an on-site restaurant, lounge and casino, the Stateline Casino & Motel is a great centrally located establishment to call home base when exploring Mesquite.

Feast your eyes on striking colors and gorgeous symbols at the site of some of the best-preserved pictographs in North America at a primitive campground perched high above stunning Monitor Valley, which unfolds to the horizon.

The Area 51 Store and Alien Cathouse are the stuff extraterrestrial dreams are made of. The Area 51 themed brothel and Area 51 travel center also features a restaurant and gift shop that sells clothing and trinkets to commemorate your trip to the former Area 51 test site.

Nevada State Prison beckons history buffs, ghost hunters, and curious visitors alike to the Silver State’s capital city. Tour this storied site in Carson City to experience what was once Nevada’s only prison and hear haunting tales of spirits who haven’t quite left.

This double-whammy of a park contains remains of a mining town—with 130-year-old buildings, including an impressive 30-stamp mill—standing just a bone’s throw from the highest concentration of the largest fossils of Ichthyosaurs ever found. 

Minutes from the Las Vegas Strip sits this unexpected piece of Western history. With wagons, an adobe building, a pioneer garden, and a reconstructed fort, this slice of history is both a nice break from the action of modern-day Las Vegas and a mind-bending look into what things were like before.

Billed as “the best little museum on the Loneliest Road in America,” this fascinating institution tells the history of the Lahontan Valley, from the days of its earliest American Indian inhabitants to the western migration through the 40-Mile Desert to present day. Don’t miss the collection of authentic tule duck decoys—Nevada’s official state artifact.

The V&T was one of the most famous railways in the west, and visitors exploring Virginia City have the unique luxury of riding this storied line today. Here, ride the historic 1870 rails through 17 mine sites that made the Comstock famous!

The oldest, richest, and most famous gold mine in Southern Nevada, the Techatticup Mine awaits photographers and history buffs in stunningly scenic Eldorado Canyon, just 45 minutes outside Las Vegas.