The Virginia City, Nevada steam train still operates and was featured in the Imax project "Mark Twain's America."
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Virginia City is the home of the Nevada Gambling Museum.
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Area 51 is acknowledged with State Route 375 officially christened "The Extraterrestrial Highway" in a ceremony featuring the director and cast of the movie "Independence Day." The highway runs between Alamo and Tonopah, Nevada. There is a tiny restaurant