Nevada’s Great Basin Star Train takes passengers on a three-hour journey through the desert for a guided stargazing ...

It was the search for stars that brought me to the town of Ely on a weekend in May. A friend and I had booked tickets for the Nevada Northern Railway, which runs on select summer evenings from mid-May ...

Ely, Nevada — located about 240 miles from Las Vegas — is much like the mines that made it, nearly broke it and partially sustain it today: It doesn’t look like much on the surface, but scrape away ...

One of the best things about living in Nevada is that, no matter what the season, you can find a place with ideal temperatures not too far away. A place that has them right now is Ely, in White Pine ...

ELY, Nev. — This weekend was the annual Fire and Ice Winter Festival in eastern Nevada. It combined ice bowling, art sculptures, bonfires, live music, and historic train rides. This year's event is ...

The clamor of trains and blaring whistles no longer disturb folks in Ely. The railroad tracks now skirt the northern edge of this old mining town, not quite a four-hour drive north of Las Vegas. The ...

Kids can ride free this summer as steam trains chug their way through the remote and rugged high desert outside Ely, Nev. The Nevada Northern Railway is celebrating the 105 th birthday of its ...