Just a short drive from Reno, Virginia City stands as a testament to Nevada’s silver-rich past, where wooden boardwalks and Victorian architecture create a scene so perfect you’ll wonder if you’ve ...

A 19-year-old arrested in connection to a deadly shooting at street takeover told police he “feared for his life”, according to a new police report. A man stole a front loader from a construction site ...

What happens when old rails meet modern ingenuity? I built a mini truck designed to ride rails long left to rot. From rust-covered ties to eerie wilderness crossings, every inch of the journey felt ...

A Nevada County man was rescued by a team of firefighters early Saturday after falling down an abandoned mine shaft while searching for a lost dog late Friday, said Nevada County Consolidated Fire ...

The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less often after the federal government approved their waiver request on Friday ...

Few book projects have remained as relevant over the years as David Myrick’s splendid three-volume series, “Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California.” The first two volumes were originally released ...

Picture a town that exploded from nothing to thousands of people in just three years, only to vanish like a desert mirage. Rhyolite, Nevada, was that place, a Wild West boomtown born from gold fever ...

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...

Nevada offers more than just slot machines and neon lights. Scattered across its high desert, ghost towns and forgotten structures stand as testaments to boom-and-bust cycles that swept through mining ...

I still remember the first time I heard the whispers about the Green Shack, that long-gone restaurant on Fremont Street that seemed to exist outside of time. Once a bustling spot that fed generations ...