16 Nov Carlin Canyon
From 1841 to 1870 the California Emigrant Trail led through this canyon. Thousands of westward-bound dreamers viewed this path through the mountains....
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16 Nov Spencer Hot Springs
Spencer Hot Springs’ pools are conveniently separated to provide privacy. The best may be the stone-lined pool on a rise with a commanding view of the mountains all around....
16 Nov Stokes’ Castle
Anson Phelps Stokes, from a wealthy eastern family, invested in a mining claim in Austin. In 1896 he began building a summer home for his family, a tower overlooking the Reese River Valley....
13 Nov Santa Rosa Mtns. Ranch
The north-eastern side of the Santa Rosa mountains shelter the ranching district of Paradise Valley on three sides. ...
11 Nov Rye Patch Reservoir
Construction of Rye Patch Dam began in 1935 and was in 1934. The 75-ft-high, earth-filled dam was built to control floods on the Humboldt River and provide for irrigation....
10 Nov Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
Stillwater Marsh has sustained human life for some 6000 years. The marsh was home to a tribe of Northern Paiutes, called the Cattail-Eaters, who thrived within this desert oasis....
09 Nov Lovelock Cave
Lovelock Cave was occupied by Native Americans from some 3,500 years ago until the middle of the 19th century. It is one of the most important sites in North American archaeology....
08 Nov Ruby Hill
Discovered in 1869, the rich veins of silver and gold at Ruby Hill soon attracted enough miners to grow a rough camp into a real town....
07 Nov Hidden Beach, Lake Tahoe
Although this scenic spot sits right below busy Hwy. 28, only a short hop from Reno over Mt. Rose, it still qualifies as secluded and, truly, “hidden.” ...
07 Nov Hamilton
Once the center of a mining district of 25,000 people, Hamilton now sits deserted ten miles off Hwy. 50 in White Pine County, between Eureka and Ely....
07 Nov Osceola
The cemetery, overlooking Spring Valley, is nearly all that remains of the mining town of Osceola, located near Great Basin National Park on the western slopes of Mt. Wheeler at 7,500 ft....
05 Nov Ward Charcoal Ovens
In 1876 Ward was the largest town in White Pine County. The Ward ores required the high burning temperature of charcoal for milling, therefore these charcoal ovens were constructed....
05 Nov Fort Churchill and Buckland Station
The U.S. Army established Fort Churchill in July 1860 to protect wagon roads and settlers in the region following the bloody battles that year between settlers and the Native Americans....
04 Nov Church’s Pond
This small snow-melt basin below Mt. Rose was named for James Church, the University of Nevada Reno professor who in 1909 devised a way to determine the water content of mountain snow....
03 Nov Old Washoe Club
The Washoe Club dates to the early 1860s. It was a high class bar, where a glass of whiskey or a cigar cost twenty-five cents. The furnishings were among the most elegant on the Comstock....
01 Nov Piper’s Opera House
John Piper came to Virginia City in 1860 and opened a bar on this site. In 1867 he bought Maguire’s Opera House, which then burned in 1875. He built this new opera house next to his bar....
31 Oct Artifacts of Old Virginia City
During excavations at the sites of the Boston Bar and Piper's Old Corner Bar, archaeologists recovered many different artifacts of old Virginia City. Here are six of them in virtual reality....
31 Oct Gold Hill Hotel
Proclaiming itself "Nevada's Oldest Hotel, the hostelry dates to the early 1860s and features a great room with hand-sawn ceiling boards....
30 Oct Wells: 2008 Earthquake Damage
On the morning of February 21, 2008, a 6.0 earthquake devastated the town's historic Front Street district. Some twenty buildings were damaged, perhaps beyond repair....
29 Oct New and Old Ruth
In 1902 the discovery of an immense source of copper ore lead to the founding of Ruth. Its mining boom rivaled the bonanzas of precious metals on the western side of the state....
28 Oct Dry Lakes Rock Art Documentation
In October 2006 Nevada Rock Art Foundation volunteers, led by director Alanah Woody, worked to document the rock art sites in the Dry Lakes area northeast of Reno....
28 Oct Sand Mountain
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Located 20 miles east of Fallon, just off U.S. Route 50, the dune is two miles long and rises to 600 feet....
27 Oct St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church in Virginia City was built in 1876 to replace an earlier church that had burned down a year earlier....
27 Oct Winnemucca Hotel
Family-style Basque meals are served daily at the Winnemucca Hotel & Bar, hosted by Michael Lynne Olana in this 2008 photograph....