If you want to know the true nature of Nevada, whose 150th birthday we celebrate today, visit the ruins of St. Thomas, the town founded in 1865 by a group of hardy Mormons. Driven by the pioneer spirit, they…
Could Heidi Englund, her husband, Eric, and her friend Misti Gower replicate the 1964 cake, which measured 21 feet long and 13 feet wide and weighed 1,300 pounds? The baking brain trust has plenty of eager volunteers because, as Gower puts it, “People love cake.” Here's what else they have going for them.
A refrigerator-sized monument stands atop a lonely summit about 100 miles north of Las Vegas, just off State Route 375. It’s a tribute to an angelic revelation ...
Roela Peacock works 17 hours a day, four days a week, to help provide for her family. It’s her version of the American dream — not that she ever planned to live the American dream. Especially in Ely, which is ...
You'd think that, of all places, there would be a library in Virginia City, where Mark Twain launched his career. It's even called Storey County (if you can overlook the spelling). Well, there was a library here, then it lost its funding. Now it might be making a comeback.
Passing motorists traveling past the one-time boomtown of Goldfield may well notice the collection of old junkers off the highway, assembled in such a way that it's no ordinary junkyard. Its creators call it art.
When history buff Rick Main heard of the possibility of buying and renovating a 147-year-old inn in the ghost town of Belmont, he was thrilled. But that was before he confronted some obstacles. Now he's wondering if it's worth it.
Nevada is famous as the host of nuclear explosions at the old test site. But here's another site of an underground test — one that you can visit if you know how to find it. Just don't eat the dirt.
