Here's our ongoing slideshow of Christopher Smith's favorite images from our road trip around Nevada. Check back often for new pictures from our adventures on #DCRoadTrip2016.
Rick Lattin is a fifth-generation farmer whose family has been growing crops in the Lahontan Valley since 1909. But his particular operating model is simultaneously old-school and modern.
"The level of the water in the lake is very concerning, because, basically, Pyramid Lake is our identity, being the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. So, if we no longer have a lake, it also influences out cultural identity and who we are as a people."
Everywhere you look, a sculpture protrudes from a surface, an oddity is embedded in a wall, a clay face looks back at you. It would take years of study to see every item that Van Zant incorporated into his monument.
Here's our ongoing slideshow of Christopher Smith's favorite images from our road trip around Nevada. Check back often for new pictures from our adventures on #DCRoadTrip2016.
Some of the most compelling murals in Ely aren't just visually striking, but they reflect something about the community's history, and the communitiy's aspirations.
The quiet in Pahranagat is astounding. Even in the high wind -- perhaps even because of the wind, which turns the cottonwoods into musical instruments ...
Not to be weird or anything, but, question: Did mountains suddenly become beautiful and interesting when I wasn’t paying attention? I thought epiphanies were just a literary device
Fred Lewis cradles his Yorkie, Oscar, and rocks reflexively in an upholstered recliner near the front window of the mobile home from which he oversees Thunder Mountain Monument.
What’s a road trip without road food? Probably a road trip with fewer bathroom stops. But less fun! Here’s a sampler plate of what we ate on #DCRoadTrip2016
Rick Lattin, owner of Lattin Farms, is fond of telling the story about a 12-year-old girl who visited. Marveling at the pumpkin patch, she asked how long it took to haul the pumpkins to the farm.
We confess. We used to think like a lot of locals do, imagining the rest of the Silver State beyond our city as little more than Las Vegas’ ramshackle and somewhat embarrassing backyard.
In our April issue, writer Hugh Jackson examined the funding of corporate charter schools in Nevada. That essay earned him an appearance on the April 28 segment of the Vegas PBS show Ralston Live
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