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You Can Actually WALK Through This Working Railroad Yard! 🚂Hidden in Ely, Nevada, the Nevada Northern Railway is unlike ...
09/11/2026

You Can Actually WALK Through This Working Railroad Yard! 🚂

Hidden in Ely, Nevada, the Nevada Northern Railway is unlike any other typical museum. You can step beyond the depot and explore the historic rail yard, maintenance buildings, equipment, and locomotives that helped keep Nevada’s mining-era railroad running.

Locomotive #93 still steams, historic equipment fills the shops, and inside the enginehouse you'll find incredible pieces of railroad history—including a wrecking crane and massive rotary snow plow built for battling the heavy winter storms around White Pine County.

During scheduled operations, visitors can climb aboard a historic train ride, traveling through the high desert behind vintage steam or diesel locomotives. With regular and special themed excursions like the Star Train, Haunted Ghost Train, and Santa's Reindeer Flyer, you can explore the yard on foot then get the full experience with a ride on the rails!

This isn’t just a museum where you look at history behind displays… you walk it, breath it in, and ride through it all. ⛏️

09/01/2026

Abandoned But Not Forgotten 🏚️

Long after this remote mining homestead was abandoned, something unusual began happening inside its walls.

Explorers began leaving behind artwork, handwritten messages, motivational quotes, and personal creations, slowly transforming the forgotten house into a unique desert gallery.

Today, this House of Quotes stands as a fascinating example of how abandoned places can take on a new life—and become part of the history of those who discover them.

The Southwest is full of stories hiding in unexpected places... here you'll find one that speaks to you 🏜

DIAMONDFIELD GULCH📍 Esmeralda County, NV This re-imagined wild west outpost was built by frontiersman Ron Matheny near t...
08/30/2026

DIAMONDFIELD GULCH
📍 Esmeralda County, NV

This re-imagined wild west outpost was built by frontiersman Ron Matheny near the original Diamondfield gold rush district and includes false front buildings like a jail, dancehall, and Glory Hole saloon. Over the years Ron has collected countless genuine artifacts from around the desert that fill up the area. The gulch is a completely off-grid escape where Ron often holds off-road rides, camping, cookoffs, and full moon gatherings in this remote piece of desert outside Goldfield.

Would you like to see a full video on Diamondfield & the history of the original mining boom here?

Let us know down in the comments! 👇

08/20/2026

⛏️ PIOCHE, NEVADA — Nevada’s Wildest Silver Boomtown (FULL VIDEO)

In the early 1870s, Pioche exploded into one of Nevada’s richest mining towns. Silver brought thousands of fortune seekers to this remote corner of Lincoln County, and a reputation for violence followed which made Pioche infamous in the Old West. At its peak, more than 6,000 people called this remote Nevada town home. It's mines produced millions in silver, gold and other minerals. By 1900, the boom had largely faded, but the historic town survived.

Today, we explore Pioche’s fascinating past, from Boot Hill Cemetery and the Million Dollar Courthouse to the historic Mountain View Hotel, Godbe Mill and its remarkable aerial tramway. We’ll also visit the Lincoln County Museum and uncover some of the stories behind this legendary mining town.

🤠 The mines are quiet, but Pioche’s history is still very much alive...

From Silver Boomtown to Hot Springs Retreat♨️📍 Mono County, CABefore Benton Hot Springs became an Eastern Sierra getaway...
08/16/2026

From Silver Boomtown to Hot Springs Retreat♨️
📍 Mono County, CA

Before Benton Hot Springs became an Eastern Sierra getaway, it was a bustling 19th-century mining town. Silver discovered at nearby Blind Spring Hill in the 1860s brought miners, businesses, stagecoaches, and nearly 1,000 residents to Benton.

When the mining boom faded, the hot springs helped give Benton a second life as a tourist destination. Today, The Inn at Benton Hot Springs preserves that Old West atmosphere with historic lodging and private soaking tubs fed by the natural mineral springs.

A little Nevada-borderland history hiding in the California desert. ♨️⛏️

Howdy Adventure Crew, Mr & Mrs Mojo here! Just having nice relaxing soak after a long day of exploring🤠 You aren't going...
08/14/2026

Howdy Adventure Crew, Mr & Mrs Mojo here! Just having nice relaxing soak after a long day of exploring🤠 You aren't going to see us post "behind the scenes" stuff much here, but lately we've noticed an influx of low quality AI pages sharing unrealistic content of rural Nevada, ghost towns, mining, & southwest history. I'm sure many of you have noticed also!

Just today I saw a post about Delamar that made it look like a functioning wild west town such as Oatman. Imagine your surprise if you saw that post on social media and drove out there...

We want to assure you we are REAL humans with a REAL love of the southwest who share REAL history. Everything you see on our pages is done through good ole' fashion boots-on-the-ground exploring 👢

Shout out to our fellow creators here on Facebook and YouTube who are also "keepin' it real". You are a motivation to us and we hope to pass the torch onto others as time goes by. It takes a lot of dedication, research, time, effort, AND gas money to seek out and share these places in hopes of keeping the history alive. We love seeing all of your stories from the different little corners of the desert... whether that's sharing wild horses & burros, visiting historic mining districts, or preserving old ghost towns.

With that said, stay tuned for our next post where we will share the story of this location... ⚒

When your UFO breaks down in the middle of nowhere... 👽🚚📍 Rachel, NV
08/09/2026

When your UFO breaks down in the middle of nowhere... 👽🚚
📍 Rachel, NV

08/02/2026

Aerial Tramway Transfer Station
📍 Lincoln County, NV

This relic of mining history was used to transport rich silver ore from the top of the hill down to the Consolidated Mill complex in the valley below. It replaced a rail system as a much more cost effective way to move paydirt directly from the mine to mill for processing.

In the middle of the structure you can see huge bins filled with rock that acted as the counterweights. The tram was almost entirely powered by gravity with only the aid of a small motor. At the end of the video is an actual ore bucket still hanging from the lines... a testament to the rugged construction methods that have left this structure standing 100 years later.

Inside the historic Bodie Hotel📍 Bridgeport, CA🏨 Built in the 1870s during the Eastern Sierra mining boom, this landmark...
08/01/2026

Inside the historic Bodie Hotel
📍 Bridgeport, CA

🏨 Built in the 1870s during the Eastern Sierra mining boom, this landmark welcomed miners, stagecoach travelers, and adventurers heading to the famous gold town of Bodie nearby. More than 150 years later, the beautifully preserved hotel still stands, offering visitors a chance to experience a living piece of California's frontier history.

For a true experience, stay at the Bodie Hotel then follow the footsteps of the old timers up to Bodie Ghost Town, one of the best preserved boom towns in all of America!

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