Welcome to the Weirdest, Wildest West

Every state in the nation has its fair share of cool places to visit. But in the contest for weird, wild, and altogether unusual attractions, the Silver State takes the gold every time. From haunted hotels and alien-occupied highways to mysterious museums and offbeat art installations, these ain’t your traditional tourist attractions.Β 

If you’re the kind of traveler who likes to get β€œout there,” check out this lineup of our favorite weird places to see in Nevadaβ€”a state that proudly believes that the quirks are always the perks. Next step? Pack the tinfoil hats, embrace your inner oddball, and dive down the rabbit hole with these wack-tacular #WeirdNevada wonders.Β 

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Whether it’s the newest item on your bucket list or the best wrong turn you ever took, whichever corner of this state you venture to, you’re bound to uncover the kind of unexpected encounters, memorable characters, and only-in-Nevada experiences that make this place so damn special. Get your hands on stunning images, surprising stories, colorful characters, do-before-you-die events, and beyond. And just to sweeten the deal, in addition to sending you our official Nevada Magazine & Visitor Guide, we’ll throw in our swanky state map, too.

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Come Wander into Weird Nevada

Weird Nevada wonders await all over the Silver State. In Downtown Las Vegas alone, you can museum-hop between displays on the world’s most cursed artifacts, atomic bomb tests, murderous mafiosos, and retired neon signs. Within an hour’s drive, you can feast your eyes on a mom-and-pop coffin shop or the world’s rarest fish, swimming in a pool that belches tidal waves when Japan gets an earthquake.

Further afield, you can road trip to an artistic playground where the canvases are cars sticking out of the ground, a full-on β€œmicronation” with anti-walrus laws and its own space force, or a motel filled with more clown art and figurines than you can shake a red foam nose at. If you’re ready to get off the beaten pathβ€”and onto a truly offbeat pathβ€”there’s no better place than here in what we proudly call Weird Nevada.

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Big Bovine of the Desert because weird roadside attractions are fun! #roadsideattractions #familydaytrip #explorenevada #getoutdoors #visitnevada #weirdroadsideattractions #bigbovineofthedesert
Words of wisdom and hand-carved whimsy line the mile-long road to reflection known as Guru Road (or Dooby Lane).
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Just a couple miles north of Gerlach, this open-air gallery of desert folk art is as eccentric as it is thought-provoking. Our advice? Instead of driving through, park near the road’s entrance and walk the path – you’ll be so glad you did when you get up close and personal with the Desert Broadcasting System, Big Medicine, and tributes to Elvis and Aphrodite. πŸ™ƒπŸ—ΊπŸ“ΊβœŒπŸΌ #TravelNevada #WeirdNevada
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Happy Memorial Day 🀑
β€’ Do you have Coulrophobia? *Irrational fear of clowns
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β€’ I visited the World Famous The Clown Motel. It has been in Tonopah, NV for over 35 years. 🀑
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β€’ There are over 600 clowns on the property. Siblings, Leona and LeRoy David built the motel. Their dad was killed in the 1911 Belmont Mine Fire and is buried in the cemetery right next to the motel. 🀑
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Pinball Hall of Fame (Las Vegas, NV 2019) πŸ‘Ύ
Saw a few colorful characters around #TheClownMotel clownmotelphotos  #scarymotels #clowns #nevada #tonopah #roadtrip #explorenevada #halloween #scary  #uniqueplaces #weird
Sunrise at Seven, 2019. Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone #september7 #desert #sunrise #7magicmountains #sevenmagicmountains #color #installation #architecture #human #presence #love #expression #art #nature #light #naturallight #photography #photooftheday #giaaadventure #giatrovelaphoto #teamcanon #canonphotography canonusa canonbr canonuk canonaustralia 
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I recently found myself out in the middle of nowhere Nevada.  Couldn’t resist lighting up some buses and checking out some stars.  It’s damn dark out there! 🌚 ⁣
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A 10-foot-tall taxidermied polar bear, dubbed White King, looms over gamblers at the Commercial Casino, which originally opened in 1869 as the Humboldt Lodging House in downtown Elko, Nev. 
White King, who arrived at the casino in 1958 after being killed by Eskimos in Alaska, makes a momentary appearance in Hunter S. Thompson's 1992 essay
A truly weird (and wonderful) Nevada experience...essentially,
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