NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates

Pine Grove Cemetery 2023

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I headed to Pine Grove to add new flowers at the cemetery this weekend. My friend Kris helped put up flowers last year and wanted to go again. This year we also added some flags. Stepping up! Honey Badger is back from her first oil change with the new engine. I added drop-down Rock Slide Engineering step sliders. My hips will be so thankful! Momma Bager (Grand Cherokee) is ... VIEW POST

Keck Museum at UNR

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The W.M. Keck Museum is a hidden treasure on the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) campus. Located in the Mackay School of Mines Building, it is Nevada's oldest geology museum and the second oldest museum in Nevada. Exhibits include minerals, ores, and fossils. They also have historical photographs and mining equipment from Nevada mines. The museum is free, as it has been since 1908, and is a great ... VIEW POST

Panamint Annie

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On my last trip to Bullfrog and Rhyolite, my goal was to visit the grave of Panamint Annie. She was a woman before her time and a legend in Death Valley.  I found the headstone at the northwest corner of the cemetery. A large Joshua tree shadows the grave. A simple square granite headstone marks her final resting place.   "Mary Elizabeth Madison known as Panniment Anne, ... VIEW POST

Ghost Towns of Beatty

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Beatty is known for two things, as a gateway to Death Valley and the ever-popular road trip stop, the Death Valley Nut and Candy Company. Travelers fill the hotel rooms at night but leave early the next day to continue their journey between northern and southern Nevada, or head into Death Valley National Park. Some visit the spectacular ghost town of Rhyolite, but otherwise, few explore the ... VIEW POST

A silver weekend

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I hadn't been out with friends Kris and Austin since last year. The weather was beautiful, but we were all tired from yard work, so we wanted a short day and debated ideas. Short to Austin and me is one thing; short to Kris is a sixteen-hour day;) Kris suggested Aurora but I heard it is snowed in. I suggested the Silver Springs area. It is central to all of us and there were several ghost towns ... VIEW POST