26 Aug Trego Ditch
This linear pool was dug to channel water away from the nearby railroad tracks. The ditch has created a unique wetland micro ecosystem in this otherwise parched shoulder of the Playa....
Nevada Tag
30 Mar Truckee River Bike Path
The Truckee River Bike Path runs for 12 miles through downtown Reno to the eastern end of Sparks. Explore 27 spots along the trail in virtual reality. ...
05 Oct The Seasons Change Suddenly, 10/5/11
Wasn't it just last weekend that it was too hot to do the yard work? Now we wake up to snow on the mountains, and need to put on the fall jacket....
21 Jul The Ruby Pipeline East of Winnemucca
The swath of the Ruby Pipeline appears from over the hills and then heads west across the valley....
21 Jan The Virginia City Coach
Once the rolling home of eccentric writers Lucius Beebe and his partner Charles Clegg, the Virginia City railcar began its life in 1928 as the Pullman car Crystal Peak....
12 Jan The Middlegate Shoe Tree
Just east of the quirky roadhouse known as Middlegate Station, a 70' tall shoe-bedecked cottonwood tree on the side of Highway 50 was the king of sole....
19 Feb Carson City Mint (Nevada State Museum)
Treasury architect Alfred Mullett designed the U.S. Mint in Carson City, which opened in 1869. The Mint building reopened as the Nevada State Museum in October 1941....
08 Jan Moonlite Bunny Ranch
Known on late-night HBO's "reality" television series as the Cathouse, the Moonlight Bunny Ranch is located in the small community of Mound House....
02 Jan Central Nevada Museum
Tonopah’s Central Nevada Museum, founded in 1981, features an outdoor exhibit including an old west town where visitors can explore miners’ cabins, a saloon, and a blacksmith shop....
02 Jan Bucket of Blood
The Bucket of Blood, with its live music, authentic bar, and elaborate decor, is frequently voted the best rural saloon in Nevada....
31 Dec Territorial Enterprise
Established in Genoa in 1858, the Territorial Enterprise was to become one of the most important newspapers in the early American West....
31 Dec Micca House Hotel
The hotel was a favorite gathering place for the Italian American community. Deserted today, it is listed in the National Register of Historic Places....
29 Dec Sagebrush and Rust
Seen in the sagebrush: an old car, rusted past the point of recovery as an antique, adds a human accent to the landscape....
29 Dec Mina Motel
The Silver King Cafe and Motel sits on U.S. Rt. 95 in the tiny hamlet of Mina (pop. 200) in Mineral County....
29 Dec Remnant of Emigrant Trail in Dog Valley
Opened in 1845, the Dog Valley portion of the Emigrant Trail led California-bound pioneers from Reno to Truckee. It remained the main wagon route until 1925....
28 Dec Mather Overlook
Great Basin National Park’s Mather Overlook presents a roadside view of Wheeler Peak from a distance....
27 Dec Sunrise on Wheeler Peak
At 13,063 feet in elevation, Wheeler Peak is the second highest mountain in the state. Located within Great Basin National Park, Wheeler is a part of the Snake Range, near the Utah border....
26 Dec Werrin Building
The Werrin Building, on the south end of Virginia City, dates to 1873. John Werrin was a grocer from Cornwall, and his business stood on the edge of what was a Cornish neighborhood....
24 Dec Sand Springs
Pony Express Station
The ruins of the Sand Springs Pony Express Station are located just south of the Sand Mountain Recreation Area, 20 miles east of Fallon....
23 Dec Old Mormon Fort, Las Vegas
Arriving from Utah in 1855, 30 Mormon missionaries built an adobe fort here as the first permanent structure erected in the Las Vegas valley....
20 Dec Stewart Indian School
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From 1890 until it closed in 1980, the Stewart Indian School in Carson City was the only off-reservation boarding school in Nevada for Native American children....
17 Dec Sunrise on Snow
On the cusp of the Winter Solstice, the first light of a very short day colors the Reno morning sky, and also the snow....
14 Dec Bilby Crater
Bilby's subsidence crater resulted from a 249-kiloton atomic test, (equivalent to over 200,000 tons of TNT) which occurred on September 13, 1963....