Escape the scorch with Nevada’s alpine towns where crisp air, pine forests, and serene landscapes offer a cooler, quieter ...

Tales of the lawless West have always been a hit with tourists. Plenty of the "Old West" towns across the U.S. are more than happy to embrace their history and help visitors travel back in time to ...

Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present-day Dayton in 1849 and continued into ...

Firearms were as common as dust in the Old West. Most males owned weapons, kept them in their homes or bedrolls and carried them for protection or hunting outside city limits.

For those who love the cultural legacy these mining towns left behind, you can visit these destinations today.