05 Oct Reno Mercantile Building
Built in 1872, the Reno Mercantile Building is Reno’s oldest commercial building, having survived both the 1873 and the 1879 fires that destroyed most of the downtown business district....
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05 Oct Reno RR Trench Archaeology
Excavation in 2004 for the Reno railroad trench uncovered a Native American village site north of the Truckee River. ...
05 Oct Spirit Cave
Spirit Cave is found high up in the desert hills north of Grimes Point, some 75 miles east of Reno. During excavations in 1940 the Spirit Cave Mummy was discovered....
04 Oct Elko Co. Courthouse
The original Elko County Courthouse was built in 1869 for $20,000. The present building was built in 1910 and sits on the site of its predecessor....
04 Oct Pershing Co. Courthouse
A rivalry with neighboring Humboldt County prompted the commissioners of Pershing County to plan a courthouse in Lovelock that would put that of their northern neighbor to shame....
03 Oct Storey Co. Courthouse
The courthouse opened in 1877. Electrification during the Great Depression left Art Deco style fixtures hanging from the high ceiling....
03 Oct Eureka Co. Courthouse
Eureka County built its courthouse in 1879. The courtroom includes original pressed tin ceiling and wood features. An nook for the court clerk in front of the judge's bench is noteworthy....
01 Oct Reno Whitewater Park
Since its opening in 2004, Reno's Whitewater Park has attracted kayakers, tubers, rafters, and swimmers to the Truckee River where it runs through the downtown area. ...
30 Sep Berlin Stamp Mill
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Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is at 7,000 feet on the western slope of central Nevada's Shoshone mountain range. Berlin saw its heyday in 1908, diminishing to nothing by 1911. ...
29 Sep Atop Mt. Tallac
Mt. Tallac, at 9,735', is one of the tallest peaks surrounding Lake Tahoe. From its peak the climber can enjoy the rare, uninterrupted panoramic view of 360 degrees. ...
28 Sep Fly Geyser
Located on a gated parcel of private property within the million-acre Black Rock Desert, Fly Geyser was created accidentally in 1964 from a geothermal test well inadequately capped....
28 Sep Sedan Crater
A 104 kiloton thermonuclear explosion on July 6, 1962 created Sedan Crater. At 1,214 ft in diameter and 330 ft deep, Sedan is the largest nuclear-caused crater in the United States....
28 Sep The Lounge at the End of the World
At the edge of the known world of Burning Man, before the fence that defines the Forbidden Zone of the deep Playa, the Lounge at the End of the World played music from sunrise to sunrise....
28 Sep Neon Boneyard
Las Vegas casinos have donated many of their older iconic signs to the Neon Museum. The museum's "Neon Boneyard" is a two-acre site enclosing more than 200 historic, non-restored signs....
28 Sep Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park
Water, geologic forces, and climatic changes combined to form Lehman Caves over the millennia. Really a single cave, Lehman Caves is located within Great Basin National Park....
28 Sep Amargosa Opera House
In July of 1968, Marta Becket, a transplanted dancer from New York, discovered an unused building in Death Valley Junction and began its transformation into the Amargosa Opera House....