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Nestled in the heart of Reno’s Midtown District, The Discovery Museum is Nevada’s largest children’s museum and hands-on science center, connecting a curious public with scientific inquiry and innovation.

It took more than a heroic effort to build Hoover Dam in the 1930s; it also took a railroad. The Boulder Branch Line, set up in 1931 to haul all the project’s building materials, lives on in the 21st century as the Nevada State Railroad Museum.

The Hawthorne Ordnance Museum delights fans of all things military history in multiple artifact-packed rooms that showcase the town’s important role as the world’s largest ammunition depot.

Mostly made up of Bill Harrah’s private collection, discover the automobile through the ages at the National Automobile Museum in Reno.

The W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum at the University of Nevada in Reno is more diverse than its name may imply.

Dig into fascinating stories of the Bullfrog Mining District, Rhyolite, Beatty, and much more at this artifact-packed little institution, which retains an amazing collection of historical photos, books, and documents.

Discover the Pahrump Valley’s fascinating stories through displays highlighting the region’s fossils, Indigineous peoples, early pioneers, and even the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository project. Then step outside to tour entire buildings filled with artifacts and other area ephemera.

Stop in to learn about the culture of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the history of this sacred region, as well as to purchase permits for camping, boating, or fishing at this high desert jewel.

From elaborative ivory figurines and trophy game animals of the Serengeti to Tang Dynasty pottery, Eskimo scrimshaw, and even a real shrunken head from South America, get to know this Legendary Nevadan, one collection of oddities and exotic wonders at a time.

Nestled in historic Victorian Square in downtown Sparks, there’s no better way to discover the story of this historic railroading town than a visit to the place where it all began.