22 Dec American Flat Mill
The ruins of the United Comstock Merger Mill at American Flat were demolished in late 2014. This 137-node virtual-reality tour was photographed from August to December of 2014....
Virginia City Tag
07 May Lagomarsino Canyon Petroglyphs
Lagomarsino Canyon, a Nevada rock art site on the National Register of Historic Places, is a quarter mile long. It consists of 2229 rock art panels, some created up to 10,000 years ago....
03 Dec Gold Hill Depot
The Gold Hill Depot of the V&T Railroad was completed in September 1869. The station served passengers and freight, and was also a telegraph station....
10 May Headframe of the Combination Shaft
This headframe served the Combination Shaft of the Chollar-Potosi/Savage/Hale & Norcross Mines beginning in 1875. With a depth of 3,250 feet, this was the deepest shaft of the Comstock....
26 Sep Remnant of the Emigrant Trail in Hidden Valley
In Hidden Valley a short segment of the Emigrant Trail is identified by markers and fenced off for preservation....
20 May 1873 Wooden Box Flume
Water was first brought to the Comstock by springs and wells. Usually, however, by autumn the water supply became insufficient. The solution brought water from high up in the Sierras....
01 Apr Inside V&T Locomotive #18
This virtual tour inside Virginia & Truckee Railroad's Locomotive #18 was made during its 2015–2018 inspection and maintenance....
15 Oct Old Virginia City Jewish Cemetery
During the height of the Comstock, this cemetery served Virginia City's thriving Jewish community. When the city's population began to shrink, the cemeteries fell into disrepair....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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 Mackay Mansion
Known as the Mackay Mansion, this 1860s era home was actually built for the superintendent of the Gould and Curry Mine. John Mackay later bought the mine and the building....
26 Oct Virginia City Cemetery
The Virginal City cemetery of today appears nothing like it did during the bonanza years of the Comstock. It was once a lush parkland, composed of more than a dozen different burial grounds....
23 Oct Sutro Tunnel
When gushing hot water threatened the production of the deeper Virginia City mines, Adolph Sutro offered an audacious solution. He would build a tunnel from Dayton up to the Comstock’s mines....
11 Oct Fourth Ward School
Virginia City's Fourth Ward School opened in 1877. The Fourth Ward was the largest and most advanced of several schools in the district. It is also the only one to survive....
05 Oct St. Mary’s in the Mountains
St. Mary's in the Mountains in Virginia City was rebuilt after the great fire of 1875. The interior features redwood columns and gothic rafters, original alters, pews, and confession box....
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....