History & Culture in Nevada

Discover 13 history & culture in Nevada.

Florence and Little Florence Mines

Florence Hill, Nevada

Florence and Little Florence Mines

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

Bristol Well

Beehive charcoal kilns and slag deposits mark this late 19th century camp centered on a smelter.

Crescent Mill

A remarkably well-preserved brick chimney from a smelter dating to the 1860s is all that remains of this former mill.

View of the uphill side of the mill. Note the diagonal cross-braces installed by the Forest Service to stabilize the structure. The tramway comes in from the right.

Hamilton, Nevada

Belmont Mill

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

Esmeralda Bank, in May 2022, after the May 2020 Monte Cristo earthquake.

Columbus, Nevada

Candelaria

This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.

View of Belmont coming in from the south. Note the red brick chimney of the Monitor-Belmont mill to the left.

Manhattan, Nevada

Belmont

The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."

The old part of the Gold Hill Hotel, seen from the street.

Virginia City, Nevada

Gold Hill Hotel

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

Close-up of elaborate petroglyphs by campground.

Hickison Summit

This rest area is also home to a remarkable petroglyph site.

Mount Irish Petroglyph Site

Mount Irish Extraterrestrial Petroglyph Site

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

Extraterrestrial Highway Sign

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

Mt. Irish Petroglyphs

Mt. Irish Petroglyphs

One of the few remaining indigenous petroglyph sites in Nevada.

Alabam Statue - Hoover Dam Hero

Boulder City, Nevada

Alabam Statue - Hoover Dam Hero

An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Three Kids Mine

Henderson, Nevada

Three Kids Mine

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

The Flume Trail

Incline Village, Nevada

The Flume Trail

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Front facing street.

Winnemucca, Nevada

Winnemucca to the Sea Highway Marker

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

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