Situated at the confluence of the Muddy and Virgin rivers, the soil was fertile. Thomas was a bustling little town for several decades after it was founded by Mormon settlers in 1865. Thomas ghost town – Not officially a ghost town, but I’ll take the liberty of calling it that since there is no soul remaining. Thomas, which was inundated when Hoover Dam was built but is now reappearing. This building is one of the tallest structures still standing in what was the town of St. Exploring the weird, whacky, and unusual in Nevada By the way, the travel gurus in Nevada call I-95 the “ Free Range Art Highway,” which may scintillate your senses for some of what’s to come. After that, my tour of weird Nevada will move mostly up through the western side of the state along Interstate 95. That makes a few of these weird wonders worth a day trip if you are in Las Vegas or even Death Valley.

To help you find these oddities in Nevada – sometimes seemingly in the middle of nowhere, which can be said about much of the state - I’ll start from the south in and around the Las Vegas area. All of which I intend to explore on future Nevada road trips in search of The Odd and The Wonderful. Know, however, that I’m just scratching the surface of strange in Nevada with this list. Can’t keep this road trip entertainment to myself. Wanting to explore a little weirdness yourself? I’ll share. The former grandiose bank building in Rhyolite is now but a shell of its former self in what is now a ghost town in Nevada.

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