Stories from the Silver State
Travel stories, practical guides, and road-trip adventures from exploring Nevada since 1995.
These are our stories to you — from the places we've been, the trails we've hiked, and the roads that shaped every trip through the Silver State.
Lake Tahoe (Nevada Side): Summer Beaches, Hikes & Why It Beats Vegas in July
The Nevada side of Lake Tahoe — Sand Harbor, Incline Village, and Highway 28 — offers uncrowded beaches, excellent hiking, and the clearest alpine water you'll find anywhere in the American West. Here's how to spend a summer trip on Tahoe's quieter half.
Great Basin National Park: Nevada's Empty, Star-Filled Secret
Great Basin National Park is one of America's least-visited and most extraordinary national parks — ancient bristlecone pines, marble cave tours, Wheeler Peak, and some of the darkest skies in the country. Here's everything you need to visit.
Reno & Northern Nevada: A Different Side of the Silver State
Forget Las Vegas. Reno and the northern stretch of Nevada offer hot springs, ghost towns, basin-and-range geology, and a genuinely interesting city that most travelers drive past without stopping.
Valley of Fire State Park: Complete Visitor Guide
Everything you need to know before visiting Valley of Fire — the best trails, the petroglyphs, the Fire Wave, timing, heat safety, and why it's Nevada's most underrated landscape.
Beyond Las Vegas: Nevada's Most Underrated Destinations
The Nevada that has nothing to do with the Strip — Great Basin National Park, Valley of Fire, Virginia City, and the empty highway between them.
Las Vegas Without Gambling: A Week Well Spent
We don't gamble. We spent a week in Las Vegas anyway and found more than enough to justify every day. Here's the Vegas that exists outside the casino floor.
Valley of Fire: Nevada's Most Underrated State Park
An hour from Las Vegas sits one of America's most dramatic desert landscapes. Valley of Fire State Park doesn't get the attention it deserves, and that's partly why it's great.