After touring the maintenance building and museum, we got on the train for a 90-minute ride past the open pit Kennecott Mine area just west of Ely. Halfway out was...

Around Ely, as we’ve said, is the copper mine, the smelter in McGill, and the Nevada Northern railroad. The railroad had tracks straight into the open pit mine, and the...

We kept seeing the McGill Drug Store on the map of what to do and see around Ely, so we drove the 10 miles from our campsite and found it...

This 38-mile loop is one of Nevada’s prettiest, according to the marketing brochures, offering “panoramic views of craggy mountains, rugged canyons, and forested highlands.” The aspen groves with the wildflowers...

At the end of Success Loop south of Ely, we were at the spot where we could go to the Ward Charcoal State Historical Park. We had heard about these...