Best Nevada Attraction (2017)

The award-winning Nevada Museum of Art, situated just south of downtown Reno, displays a permanent collection of 2,000 pieces divided into four themed sections, Altered Landscape Photography, Art of the Greater West, Contemporary Art and The Work Ethic. The outdoor grounds of the museum house several pieces from the Burning Man festival.
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The modernization of Las Vegas has led to the decommissioning of many an iconic neon sign. The Neon Museum was founded in 1996 to collect and preserve these cultural relics. Visitors can see the Neon Boneyard – filled with more than 200 historic signs – on an hour-long guided tour.
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Lake Tahoe marks the Cali-Nevada border and is known equally for its wilderness and outdoor adventures as for its nightlife, parties and entertainment, especially on the Nevada side. It's the biggest alpine lake in North America and one of the nation’s deepest.
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A Pliocene-era landscape of carved cliffs and slot canyons awaits in Cathedral Gorge State Park, situated in a narrow valley in Southeastern Nevada. Popular with photographers, the park is also a walkers's paradise, with numerous trails winding through the clay formations.
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Located in the Mojave Desert northeast of Las Vegas, Valley of Fire State Park is the oldest and largest unit in the Nevada state park system. It's also one of the most popular, thanks to its magnificent red sandstone formations and 3,000-year-old petroglyphs. The springtime desert bloom is spectacular, and lucky visitors might spot the rare desert tortoise that calls the park home.
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Year-round outdoor adventure is on the menu at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Southern Nevada. These 1.5 million acres, shared with Arizona, feature bodies of water perfect for water sports, including kayaking, boating, sunbathing and sport fishing. Hiking trails wind through the surrounding desert scenery, leading to places inaccessible by car or boat.
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There's something fundamentally "American" about the dream of hitting the jackpot in Vegas – a dream that's funded some of the nation's biggest hotels and casinos along the stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard known as The Strip. In fact, many visitors to Nevada probably never leave this one iconic road.
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Situated about 30 miles east of Las Vegas on the border with Arizona, Hoover Dam is considered one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century. Nearly a million visitors tour the dam annually for the chance to see the dam up close and even stand on one of the 30-foot pipes where water rushes underfoot to the generators.
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Virginia City's history dates back more than 150 years to 1859, when a large silver deposit was discovered. Today, visitors enjoy one of the largest historical districts in the country, complete with a wooden boardwalk and 19th century architecture. Experiences in town include grabbing a drink at the Buckets of Blood Saloon, hopping a ride on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, panning for gold or catching a show at Piper's Opera House, built in 1885.
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Nevada's largest national park, Great Basin, encompasses a diverse region of caves, foothills and soaring peaks. Among the wealth of experiences open to visitors are the chance to tour Lehman Caves, hike empty backcountry trails, stargaze with some of the darkest skies in the country or drive toward the 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak.
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