Interstate 80 extends 410 miles from the edge of the great Bonneville Salt Flat at Wendover to the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada a few miles west of Verdi. It is a route once cursed for its miserable hardships and now often dismissed as boring. Properly experienced, I-80 is a symphony written in mountains, sagebrush and sky.
Cafe Napa at Harrah's Reno
A new 24-hour restaurant and Vintage Court wine bar offering the food and drink of the California wine country (without the traffic).
Marzen House Museum
Rancher Joseph Marzen built this showplace home on his Big Meadows Ranch. Now situated at Lovelock's west end, it houses an eclectic collection of local memorabilia.
Rolling Thunder Memorial This profoundly strange memorial to the American Indian was built by a man described variously as a monster and a saint. It is considered Nevada's equivalent to the Watts Towers, a major example of outsider art. Across the freeway from Imlay, between Lovelock and Winnemucca. Access is free, donations accepted.
Wendover,
at the Utah line, is a gaudy flowering of luxury resorts in the dead brown
hills at the edge of the cruelest desert your eyes will ever see. The horrific
setting makes the opulence of the casinos even more appealing.
