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heading out of town. From there, it's a quick drive to Seven
Magic Mountains, where nine-metre-tall towers of
painted boulders stand as unlikely sentinels guarding the
arid Mojave.
Farther north, the art installations continue along Hwy.
95 in Beatty at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, a sculpture
park created by a group of Belgian artists. You'll be awed by
the ghostly figures that compose a life-size 3D version of Da
Vinci's Last Supper.
Your day will get even weirder at the International Car
Forest in Goldfield, a collection of old automobiles that have
become the canvas. Wander through a graveyard of painted
cars that seem to erupt out of the ground. Before your car
decides to grow roots and join the metal masterpiece, con-
tinue north.
Your final destination is Reno and its hip midtown dis-
trict that's alive with public art, including some 100 murals.
Instead of driving there in one shot, think about breaking
up the trip in Tonopah and staying at The Clown Motel—this
creepy inn displays more than 2,000 clown figurines.
QUENCH YOUR THIRST ON THE SALOON CIRCUIT
During silver boom times, miners slaked their thirst at bars
located in towns all over Nevada. These historic "Sagebrush
Saloons" now serve beer and burgers to road-tripping tourists.
American flags and "Wanted" posters adorn the Happy
Burro Chili & Beer in Beatty, so named for the wild burros
that roam the town. Order a hot dog or burger topped with
chili, and wash it down with cold beer served in a mason jar.
At Iggy & Squiggy's Junction Bar in Gardnerville (cash
only), you can try a "Nevada Martini"—Coors or Pabst Blue
Ribbon served with gourmet olives. And be sure to sidle up
to Nevada's oldest bar inside the Genoa Bar & Saloon in
Genoa. It's a heritage brick building on the outside and filled
with saloon Americana within—wooden bar stools facing a
diamond dust mirror, chandeliers overhead, and vintage
photographs crowding the walls.
If these don't satiate your taste for the Wild West, it's just
another road trip past more surreal scenery to seek out the
rest of the state's saloons.
TRAVEL PLANNER
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