Nevada
Find Nevada travel tips, stories, maps, videos and news for unusual tourist attractions and sights.
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Last Chance Joe
Sparks, Nevada
35 ft. smiling, one-toothed, white-bearded prospector in a floppy hat. Rescued from abandonment -- lucky guy!
Fake King Tut Tomb
Las Vegas, Nevada
After King Tut's appeal to gamblers faded the lavish fabricated tomb was moved from the Luxor casino to a real museum.
Pinball Hall of Fame
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hundreds of classic and obscure arcade games from as far back as the 1930s. Free to enter; all of the machines play with quarters dispensed by change machines.
Sights for Oddball Excursions
Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car
Primm, Nevada
On display in a casino, along with Clyde Barrow's shirt of death.
Toilet Paper Hero of Hoover Dam
Boulder City, Nevada
A statue immortalizes Alabam, a 1930s dam worker who cleaned the construction site outhouses.
Tom Devlin's Monster Museum
Boulder City, Nevada
Special effects artist Tom Devlin's tribute to non-CGI monsters he loves and creates. Freddy, Jason, Pennywise, Maniac Cop, Gingerdead Man.
RyanHenge
Coyote Springs, Nevada
Built in 2017 next to a landfill, this massive Stonehenge surrounds a map of Earth.
Luxor Pyramid and Sphinx
Las Vegas, Nevada
Hotel and casino complex includes a 36-story glass pyramid, a replica Sphinx, and an indoor replica of King Tut's Tomb.
Las Vegas - Mighty Mutant
Las Vegas, Nevada
The short life span of most Las Vegas attractions means you'll always have some place new to spend your money.
Neon Museum - The Boneyard
Las Vegas, Nevada
A storage yard for all of the old and forgotten signs of Las Vegas, artfully packaged as a collection of neon and city history.
The Mob Museum
Las Vegas, Nevada
The city's very own chronicle of organized crime and enforcement, in a former courthouse.
Flaming Praying Mantis
Las Vegas, Nevada
40-foot-long steel Praying Mantis shoots fire from its antennae outside a shopping mall built of shipping containers.
Brilliant! Las Vegas Neon Sign Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
Brilliant! is a special music and light show mapped onto a canyon of old signs retired from casinos, lounges, motels and other Vegas business. Part of the Neon Museum/Boneyard.
Omega Mart
Las Vegas, Nevada
Sci-fi concept designed as a supermarket: a portal-pocked collision of trippy art and amusing, immersive tourist distractions.
The Little A Le Inn: Bar and Motel
Rachel, Nevada
Local watering hole since 1989 has doubled as a tourist attraction for fans of UFOs and nearby top secret Area 51.
Magic Carpet Golf
Reno, Nevada
Elaborate 66-hole miniature golf course with scores of monsters, dinosaurs, pagan deities and other imaginative giant hazards. Built by Bill Koplin, the father of classic mini-golf.
Last Supper and Giant Pink Woman
Rhyolite, Nevada
Ghost town, Apostle shrouds, and a naked pink giantess at Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum.
Scheels - Sportsman Attraction
Sparks, Nevada
The world's only sporting goods store with an indoor ferris wheel and animatronic President dummies. And a fudge shop.
World Famous Clown Motel
Tonopah, Nevada
Thousands of clown dolls are display in the lobby. Next door is an abandoned cemetery.
Silver Queen
Virginia City, Nevada
Haunted hotel features a 16 ft. tall painting of a lady with a dress made of 3,261 silver dollar coins.
Walk Through Hoover Dam
Boulder City, Nevada
Ride 54 stories down into the innards of the tallest arch dam in the USA. Expect to see giant machines, monster pipes, and several dizzying views.
Winged Figures of the Republic
Boulder City, Nevada
A pair of angular, giant figures of humanoids with wings stand 30 feet tall, guard the American flag pole, and like to have their feet rubbed. Close for repairs; was supposed to reopen in March 2023, but hasn't yet.
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Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Nevada attractions.
- Amargosa Valley: Area 51 Alien Travel Center and Brothel [tips]
- Boulder City: Toilet Paper Hero of Hoover Dam
- Boulder City: Walk Through Hoover Dam
- Boulder City: Winged Figures of the Republic
- Boulder City: Tom Devlin's Monster Museum
- Carson City: Nevada State Museum: Scary Teeth, Mummified Cat
- Carson City: Cadillac Ranch Driving Range
- Coyote Springs: RyanHenge
- Crystal Springs: Extraterrestrial Highway Sign [tips]
- Dayton: Republic of Molossia [tips]
- Genoa: Statue of Snowshoe Mailman of the Sierra
- Goldfield: Died Eating Library Paste
- Goldfield: International Car Forest of the Last Church [tips]
- Goodsprings: Haunted Pioneer Saloon [tips]
- Hawthorne: Hawthorne Ordnance Museum [tips]
- Hawthorne: Ordnance Sculpture - Bomb Whirligigs [tips]
- Henderson: Lion Habitat Ranch [tips]
- Henderson: Ethel M Chocolate Factory Tour [tips]
- Hiko: E.T. Fresh Jerky [tips]
- Hiko: Alien Research Center [tips]
- Imlay: Thunder Mountain Park
- Jean: Seven Magic Mountains
- Las Vegas: Madame Tussauds Interactive Wax Attraction
- Las Vegas: Luxor Pyramid and Sphinx
- Las Vegas: Pinball Hall of Fame
- Las Vegas: Atomic Museum
- Las Vegas: Half-Size Eiffel Tower, 2/3-Size Arc De Triomphe
- Las Vegas: Pee at the Berlin Wall
- Las Vegas: Kid-Friendly Mermaids in a Casino [tips]
- Las Vegas: Erupting Volcano [tips]
- Las Vegas: Fremont Street Experience
- Las Vegas: 1/3 Scale Statue Of Liberty, Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge
- Las Vegas: Strat Casino and Skypod
- Las Vegas: Tunnel Of Love: Drive-Thru Weddings
- Las Vegas: World's Largest Gold Nugget
- Las Vegas: Heart Attack Grill
- Las Vegas: Las Vegas - Mighty Mutant
- Las Vegas: Erotic Heritage Museum [tips]
- Las Vegas: Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas Sign
- Las Vegas: Neon Museum - The Boneyard
- Las Vegas: Statue of Elvis [tips]
- Las Vegas: Sin City Sindy: World's Largest Stripper [tips]
- Las Vegas: 40-Foot-Tall Dancing Woman [tips]
- Las Vegas: The Mob Museum
- Las Vegas: Vegas Vic: Giant Neon Cowboy [tips]
- Las Vegas: Glow-in-the-Dark KISS Mini-Golf [tips]
- Las Vegas: Battlefield Vegas: Machine Guns and a Tank
- Las Vegas: Machine Guns Vegas
- Las Vegas: Fake King Tut Tomb
- Las Vegas: Roller Coaster Atop a Casino
- Las Vegas: Mannequin Factory and Showroom: Buy Dummies [tips]
- Las Vegas: Slotzilla [tips]
- Las Vegas: Flaming Praying Mantis
- Las Vegas: Giant Cat Head: Snowball in Vegas
- Las Vegas: Johnny Tocco Boxing Mural
- Las Vegas: Shark Tank Water Slide [tips]
- Las Vegas: Hollywood Cars Museum
- Las Vegas: Manneken Pis: Wee Man [tips]
- Las Vegas: Big Rig Jig: Twisted Tanker Trucks [tips]
- Las Vegas: Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum [tips]
- Las Vegas: Brilliant! Las Vegas Neon Sign Show
- Las Vegas: Omega Mart
- Las Vegas: Vegas Vickie Neon Sign
- Manhattan: Herman the Mouse
- Nelson: Tour a Gold Mine Still Gold-Lined [tips]
- Overton: Valley of Fire State Park - Sci-Fi Locations Petroglyphs [tips]
- Overton: Elephant Rock - Valley of Fire
- Pahrump: Coffinwood [tips]
- Primm: Bonnie and Clyde's Death Car
- Primm: Al Capone's Bullet-Proof Gangster Car [tips]
- Rachel: The Little A Le Inn: Bar and Motel
- Reno: Museum with Elephant Foot Trash Cans
- Reno: Magic Carpet Golf
- Reno: National Automobile Museum [tips]
- Rhyolite: Last Supper and Giant Pink Woman
- Silver City: Robots Bearing Flowers
- Sparks: Last Chance Joe
- Sparks: Scheels - Sportsman Attraction
- Tonopah: World Famous Clown Motel
- Virginia City: The Way It Was Museum
- Virginia City: Silver Queen
- Virginia City: Mine Under the Ponderosa Saloon
- West Wendover: Wendover Will [tips]
