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Get ready to really put the “trip” road trip, visiting kaleidoscopic boulder towers, a forest of junk cars, a ghost town sculpture garden & other art-tastic, oddball attractions.

Possibly the un-stuffiest fine art gallery ever, this gallery represents nearly 200 regional artists, and offers monthly rotating exhibits, lectures, and classes for those looking to level up their skills.

Annual Basque pilgrimage brings food, fun, and friends together for tasty trek. BY STEVE BASS, LARRY ERREA, AND MARK MESKE Twenty years ago our intrepid group began what has become […]

In the 1860s, Virginia City was a rough and tumble mining camp, with 24-hour hustle and bustle. Men swarmed the streets and saloons, while miners labored deep within the tunnels underneath the town. The loud, constant clanking metal of stamp mills and jarring explosions echoed throughout the valley and mountains. It was a dangerous place, where rope and cable sometimes broke, sending cages full of miners falling to their deaths. Many an accident or fire in the mines or city left children as orphans.  

Henderson, NV—Nevada’s second-largest city—is close to boundless entertainment in just about every direction you look, but also just far enough away. It’s a natural jumping-off point to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, as well as its own vibrant art, entertainment, recreation, shopping, and dining scenes. And we’re here to tell you where to find it.

Next time you approach the Imlay exit, take it, grab your camera, and follow the dirt road to Thunder Mountain Monument—the unconventional sculpture garden, artistic playground, and home meticulously created by the late Frank Van Zant, AKA Chief Rolling Mountain Thunder.

Where in the world can you still go to the movies—get your ticket, all the snacks you want including a full bar menu—and get out for less than $20 bucks? Ely is where, and it’s not just new releases, affordable prices and full-scale service that’s been keeping people coming back for decades.

The quiet campus of the Stewart Indian School stands as a memorial to a traumatic—and lingering—chapter in American history. But while the school’s early years were marked by cruelty and abuse, it ultimately transformed into a place of pride, community, and healing. Today, the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum archives the seldom-taught history behind Indian boarding schools. However, the center also lives in the present as a place of gathering that allows visitors to discover northern Nevada’s rich Native culture.

Dean Martin serenades me through the stereo speakers as I drool over the menu at Papa’s Ranch House in Wadsworth. The table I’m seated at is surrounded by an eclectic collection of sports memorabilia, historical photographs, and paintings. Aromas of pan-seared artichoke hearts and fresh-baked pizza crust fill the room.

Oily indigo smoke billowed from a circular opening in the top of a strange beehive shrine, marking the near completion of a process as foreign as the 1800s Nevada frontier had ever seen. Weeks prior, cords of juniper and pinyon were lain into the rocky tomb, set ablaze, and cooked in the oxygen-starved environment, as observant eyes kept watch of the smoke, and attentive hands operated a series of flues. At first, the smoke burned white, then yellow for a couple days, then dark blue, marking the completion of the process. An uninformed Nevada frontiersman who witnessed these makeshift mausoleums may have attributed the colossal bulbous structures to the occult, maybe even gone as far as to believe they were a portal to the underworld.