Sightseeing
Belmont Courthouse State Historic Park
Check pricesA well-preserved 1876 Italianate courthouse in the ghost town of Belmont, central Nevada.
Photo: Alisha Vargas from Reno, NV, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Sports & Outdoors
Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
A Nevada state park preserving a mining ghost town from the 1890s and a major concentration of ancient marine reptile fossils.
HC-61 Box 61200, Austin, NV 89310 · Austin, NV
About Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park
This state park in central Nevada protects Berlin, a mining town from the 1890s that has been left to slowly decay, with many original buildings and some early residents still buried in its cemetery. Self-guided trails wind through the townsite and explain the story of the town and its mine. The park also holds the largest known ichthyosaur remains and the most concentrated group of them, ancient marine reptiles from a warm sea that once covered the region. Those fossils are displayed at the Fossil House, where guided tours run on a seasonal schedule. Campsites, picnic tables and a nature trail that links the campground to the Fossil House are also available.
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The Clown Motel
No admission feeSleep in a clown-themed room, browse thousands of clown figures in the lobby and walk to the old cemetery.
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Tonopah Historic Mining Park
Under $25A former mining area in Tonopah, Nevada, now run as a museum and historic site by a nonprofit foundation.
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