Zzyzx Springs, an old health resort started by a charismatic quack named Doc Springer in the early decades of the 1900s. It started as Soda Springs, an army
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A small canyon located near Laughlin, Nevada is a wonderland of rock carvings known as petroglyphs. Current archeological research suggests that native Americans have been creating these drawings as early as AD 1100. There is a year-round creek that feeds
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The Rio Tinto Borax company operates one of the largest open pit mines in the world. This mine is the richest deposit of borate, which is used in hundreds of consumer products. This visitor center is really, really cool.
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The roads in Nevada's first state park, Valley of Fire, offer some of the best road photography in the west. Ancient trees and early man are represented throughout the park by areas
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The town of Ely almost looks as though it was frozen in time about 80 years ago. Wall murals depicting scenes and events adorn over twenty buildings along Highway 50. One of the most lovingly preserved structures is the six-story Hotel Nevada which was built in 1929. Of particular note
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Pioche, was a mining town with a serious reputation for wildness back in the 1860s. A short detour on State Route 321 (which parallels Highway 93) offers a quick look at the historic town center, where the 'Million Dollar Courthouse' still stands.
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One of the best places to watch airplanes and helicopters land and take-off is this WW II-themed restaurant located at the northern end of the Van Nuys airport runway. Unusual artifacts and delicious fare.
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There's no disputing that this is a very tall totem pole. Carved by Ernest Pierson and John Nelson from a single 500-year-old redwood tree in 1961, it's 160 feet tall, weighs 57,000 pounds, and sits on a base that weighs over two tons. Even so,
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