Virginia City Nevada
Located in Nevada is Virginia City, a town offering a step back into the pioneer days of the American west. The town was named among the nation’s top 12 distinctive destinations by The National Trust for Historic Preservation and was presented the Distinctive Destinations Award in February 2009. The mining boom of the 1800’s turned Virginia City into a prominent settlement between Denver and San Francisco. Many of the grubby prospectors who flooded in became millionaires and they built mansions and imported furniture from Europe and the Orient to outfit their homes. Read the full Virginia City article.
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