Virginia City, Nevada Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Virginia City and the surrounding area.
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 15-foot-high painting of a lady embedded with 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.
Museum with Elephant Foot Trash Cans
Reno, Nevada
Museum exhibits a lifetime of hunting trophies from a Nevada rancher, including a recreation of his big game living room.
In and Around Virginia City
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Nevada attractions.
- Virginia City: The Way It Was Museum
- Virginia City: Silver Queen
- Sparks: Last Chance Joe
- Carson City: Nevada State Museum: Scary Teeth, Mummified Cat
- Virginia City: Mine Under the Ponderosa Saloon
- Virginia City: Bucket of Blood Saloon [tips]
- Virginia City: Haunted Spiral Staircase - Old Washoe Club
- Virginia City: The Suicide Table
- Virginia City: Nevada Gambling Museum [tips]
- Virginia City: Julia Bulette: Prostitute
- Virginia City: Shoe Tree [tips]
- Silver City: Robots Bearing Flowers
- Carson City: VW Beetle Spider
- Dayton: Republic of Molossia [tips]
- Stagecoach: Cactus Building [tips]
- Washoe Valley: Giant Prospector
- Carson City: Giant Head of DaVinci [tips]
- Reno: Carpeteria Genie
- Reno: Magic Carpet Golf
- Sparks: Scheels - Sportsman Attraction
- Stagecoach: Doggie Diner Head [tips]
