In a Northern Nevada boomtown, under several layers of ... It filled in gaps in the Black history of the mining town, an integral setting in the Silver State’s founding. Joe Curtis, a Virginia ...

Most in-tact ghost towns are concentrated in central and northern parts of Nevada where mining was more abundant in the late 1800s and early 1900s, said Megg Mueller, who has co-authored a book on ...

Unlike the abandoned mining town of Burke, Idaho ... Taken all together, the town of Pioche makes Nevada's Old West history come alive in more ways than one. Ready to discover more hidden gems ...

Virginia City isn’t your average ghost town. This Nevada boomtown turned tourist spot still has wooden sidewalks and saloon ...

WorldAtlas named Ely as Nevada's most underrated town. The rural community in northeastern Nevada began as a copper mining town but has also been a major player in other parts of the Silver State ...

At the end of town, a shuttered train depot bakes beneath the desert sun. These fragmented structures are all that’s left of Rhyolite, once one of Nevada’s most prosperous mining towns.

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