Nevada Visits
Carson City, Nevada
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2180
South Carson Street
Ride the train, operate the hand car and view the exhibits. There is lots of restoration going on, too.
September 2006
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Nevada State Museum, Carson City 600
North Carson Street http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/cc/carson.htm
Plenty of historical and mineralogical exhibits.
September 2006
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Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory
Located a few miles North of Carson City, this is not a charitable organization at all, but the statue was so interesting, we had to include it.
September 2006
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Las Vegas, Nevada
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(702) 794-5161
http://www.atomictestingmuseum.org/
Located in the city of Las Vegas, near the Strip, the museum chronicles the history of atomic testing in Southern Nevada, including the background reasons for the testing.
December 2007
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Vegas
Indoor Skydiving 877.545.8093 http://www.vegasindoorskydiving.com/
December 2007
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Formerly known as Flyaway, this is an indoor skydiving facility. A large fan blows air vertically to allow in-place skydiving. Most customers are there for the fun (and lower cost than the airplane-version of skydiving, but it does demonstrate the physical concept of relative motion (the air is moving or you are, you can’t tell the difference) |
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Henderson Events Plaza
http://www.davinciexperience.info/
The daVinci Experience is a traveling exhibit of working models of dozens of da Vinci’s inventions. We saw it in Henderson, but it has moved on. Watch for it near you.
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Penn and Tell perform nightly at 3700
W Flamingo Rd
December 2007
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Penn and Teller put on a delightful, humorous magic show. Some tricks are explained, some are performed to show you how it is done. And both simply reinforce the appreciation of these skilled magicians. The magicians are very clear that all their magic is done by the tricks of the trade. There have no paranormal abilities. |
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MGM Grand Hotel and
Casino
December 2007
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The free Lion Habitat at the MGM Grand hotel features a small pride of lions with a walk-through tunnel exhibit to get you as close as possible to the lions. Their message of conservation is appreciated, though these “tamed” lions will never be able to live in the wild. |
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700
Twin Lakes Drive http://nevadaculture.org/museums/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=121
The Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas covers both dinosaurs and Casino Security and a lot in between. A great escape from the casinos!
December 2007
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