Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
New Washoe City, Nevada
Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.
Golconda, Nevada
A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.
Fallon, Nevada
This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Washoe County, Nevada
Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Goodsprings, Nevada
The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.
Shorewood, Wisconsin
A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.