If you like (or haven’t yet experienced) Basque chorizo burgers washed down with ice-cold domestic beers, this is your jam.Īre we talkin’ northern or southern Nevada? NORTHERNĭistance from Reno: 205 MILES or about 3.5 HOURSīest time of year to swing through: ANY TIME, THOUGH YOU MAY RUN INTO SNOW IN WINTER MONTHSĬlosest LIVING town to snag amenities: WINNEMUCCAĭuring the mid-1880s, the Techatticup gold mine in Eldorado Canyon was movin’ and shakin’ in biggest of ways. At one point, a horse broke into the building and got stuck for multiple days its happy and healthy condition when it was rescued is attributed to the care it received from a long-gone former employee, who was said to still reside there in spectral form.īut seriously, hit up the Paradise Valley Saloon & Bar G. It’s also a classic example of what Nevadans call a “living ghost town,” as around 100 people call the surrounding area home-just not in any of “downtown’s” buildings… except the saloon.Īlthough it truly looks and feels like a movie set, this building pictured above was once the Micca House-a historic home built in 1885 that went on to be a department store, post office, and government office.
With mountains on three sides, ensconcing multiple rivers and creeks that nourish verdant farms and ranch lands, Paradise Valley is aptly named.
