The Silver Queen Saloon boasts the Silver Queen (clever, don't you think?), a tribute to the Virginia City of long ago ... her gown consists of 3,261 silver dollars and 28 twenty dollar gold pieces and her jewelry is made of dimes and quarters. Another Silver Queen claim-to-fame is its wedding chapel where the Captain and Tennille were married!

As we were walking past yet another bar, a woman passed us and told us to be careful if we went inside ...

... and the bras hanging from the light fixtures gave us a clue what she was warning us about!

Virginia City has numerous museums, one of which was called "The Way It Was" ...

... a very comprehensive display of mining equipment. Actually quite interesting.

Among the many architecturally interesting mansions and homes in Virginia City is the Spite House ...

The legend says the house earned this name when two miners got into an argument, the subject of which has been lost. In a fit of rage, one of the miners moved his house next door to his enemy, so close that he blocked all the windows on the north side of the house. People are living here still ... can you imagine?

We wound up our tour(s) of Virginia City with a ride on the Virginia City-Truckee train. The ride took us down the hill, past many abandoned mines and mills, to Gold City, where the hotel has been in business continuously since the 1870s, and back again ...

... including through this really, really dark tunnel. It was fun ... windy, but fun.

We really enjoyed our visit here ... and the "Bonanza" theme song is going through my head again!!!

Later!

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