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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sparks

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sparks, Nevada

Updated July 19, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Sparks

Meet Last Chance Joe, a grizzled, 36-foot-high prospector figure that was abandoned by its owner, a Sparks, Nevada casino.

Sparks, Nevada

Last Chance Joe

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence (while quoting aloud his instructions to Meriwether Lewis for some reason]

Sparks, Nevada

Scheels Sporting Goods

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The Generator workspace.

Sparks, Nevada

The Generator

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".

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Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

Reno, Nevada

Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

3 miles from Sparks

Looking south at night.

Reno, Nevada

Old Reno Arch

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

3 miles from Sparks

“Jackson” (Donald Lipski, 2010).

Reno, Nevada

'Jackson'

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

3 miles from Sparks

Entrance to the National Bowling Stadium, with its 80-foot bowling ball sculpture

Reno, Nevada

National Bowling Stadium

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

3 miles from Sparks

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