Reno, Nevada Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Reno and the surrounding area. Lake Tahoe attractions and city sights.
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Sights for Oddball Excursions
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.
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.
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.
Nevada State Museum: Scary Teeth, Mummified Cat
Carson City, Nevada
Features a replica silver mine in the basement, a dried-up cat found in a desert tree, and a display of bad miner teeth.
Cadillac Ranch Driving Range
Carson City, Nevada
Car collector Garth Richards had too many Cadillacs, so he buried them end-up in his golf club driving range in a tribute to Cadillac Ranch.
In and Around Reno
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Nevada attractions.
- Virginia City: The Way It Was Museum
- Sparks: Last Chance Joe
- Carson City: Nevada State Museum: Scary Teeth, Mummified Cat
- Carson City: Cadillac Ranch Driving Range
- Reno: Flying Bus [tips]
- Reno: Blarney Stone, Rub for Luck [tips]
- Reno: Time Zone Motel
- Reno: Birthplace of Denim Jeans [tips]
- Reno: Slinky Dog Bike Rack [tips]
- Reno: 1926 Reno Arch [tips]
- Reno: National Automobile Museum [tips]
- Reno: Rearing Horse [tips]
- Reno: Giant Indian Head: Wa-Pai-Shone [tips]
- Reno: Museum with Elephant Foot Trash Cans
- Reno: National Monument to the Basque Sheepherder
- Reno: Atlas Statue [tips]
- Sparks: Spider Bug: VW Beetle Mega-Insect [tips]
- Sparks: Scheels - Sportsman Attraction
- Reno: Magic Carpet Golf
- Reno: Carpeteria Genie
- Washoe Valley: Giant Prospector