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You may be wondering why so many cars in Nevada are driving without license plates. It turns out there are quite a few ...
Nevada City and Grass Valley, siblings in Gold Country near Sacramento, have been drawing more visitors than ever.
Eerily quiet with not a soul in sight for miles, traveling the Nevada State Highway 50, an “uninteresting and empty” road is ...
Clowns, geysers and ghost towns: 8 offbeat Nevada stops worth the weird detour. Jeffrey Meehan. Reno Gazette Journal. Nevada’s most unusual landmarks aren’t found in its biggest cities.
Nevada’s most unusual landmarks aren’t found in its biggest cities. According to a recent list from WorldAtlas, the state’s strangest stops are scattered across remote highways and desert towns — from ...
However, by 1915 Bodie came to be known as a ghost town. Mining profits from the previous year were as low as $6,821 ($153,309 in 2023). In 1917, the Bodie Railway was abandoned and its iron ...
Nevada’s quirkiest destinations aren’t found on the Strip or in downtown Reno. They’re scattered across ghost towns, highways and wide-open desert. That’s according to WorldAtlas, which ...
The remnants of Nevada’s abandoned boomtowns and settlements are scattered across the desert, if you know where to look. Experts say that Nevada has up to 600 ghost towns throughout the state.
If you ever find yourself on a Southwest ghost town tour, Oatman is an essential stop. Located 28 miles southeast of Laughlin, Nevada, in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, the vibrant town isn ...
A major $3.4 billion lithium mine has been approved in a Nevada town that was once a bustling gold mine hotspot.. Rhyolite Ridge - home to just 675 people - is one of the poorest places in the US ...
America's 'loneliest road' across Nevada's backcountry is not for the faint-hearted - and now travelers can also take a small detour to visit a real-life ghost town.. Known as 'The Town That ...
In 1896, additional silver deposits were discovered nearby. After a 10-stamp mill was constructed in Ione, the town flourished once more. That boom came to an abrupt end in 1898, when the value of ...