Hoover Dam – RDZ Photography

Unusual State Symbol of the Day.

Official State Locomotive of Nevada – Engine #40 of the Nevada Northern Railway. (photo from Flickr/State Symbols).

Deserts

1946 1958 1961 1970 1979

Nearly the entire state of Nevada is in desert, offering numerous interesting landscapes.

All photos from Internet sources

This satellite view of Las Vegas illustrates the vastness of the desert.

Lake Tahoe

1952 1960 1975 2009 2013

One of the more beautiful places in the United States is Lake Tahoe, on the California/Nevada border.

Situated high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains the area is a ski destination (photo from Freestock photos)

Uniquely Nevada

1953 1972 2017

Without a doubt Nevada has their fair share of unique places.

Hoover Dam – Completed in 1935, this dam cost over 100 workers their lives, but has provided the water and power that has allowed the massive expansion of population in Nevada, Arizona and California.

Over 3 million cubic yards of concrete was used in the dam, with another million yards used in the power plant. This is enough concrete to build a 2 lane road from San Francisco to New York.

Since we visit 15 years ago they have completed the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge, routing all the non tourist traffic directly across the canyon. (photo from Wikipedia).

Las Vegas – Love it or hate it there is no other place like it.

Area 51 – Long rumored to be a site where the U.S. Government has made contacts with Alients, Area 51 is a secret Air Force base. It has a strong following of ‘believers’