Nelson Ghost Town

About 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas, is the ghost town of Nelson.  The official web site still maintains it's geocities style design, but it is actually a pretty cool place.  There are many old buildings to go and look at, although you really can only go into the super creepy gift shop.  I guess it's not that creepy, but I'm just not a fan of taxidermy. 

 

There was a big sign when we got there to check in if you were a photographer.  We couldn't really find anyone to talk to in the gift shop, so we just wandered around and took pictures.  Jailtime to come, I guess.  We've gone a couple of times now and there is always a professional photoshoot going on, so maybe they just meant the professionals.  It looked like there was a tour of some kind, but we still couldn't find anyone to get more information, so we just wandered.  It was such a beautiful day both times we were there, which made for some awesome pictures. 

There were tons of old cars there that were beautifully aged. A short drive away was Nelson's Landing, where some awesome cliff diving happens.  Here is a really awesome video if you'd like to see people being crazy.  I'm afraid of falling, so that wasn't going to be something I'd do.

For such a short drive from Vegas, it's a day trip that everyone should take at least once.