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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sparks

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sparks, Nevada

Updated July 19, 2019

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Meet Last Chance Joe, a grizzled, 36-foot-high prospector figure that was abandoned by its owner, a Sparks, Nevada casino.

Sparks, Nevada

Last Chance Joe

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Sparks, Nevada

Scheels Sporting Goods

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.
The Generator workspace.

Sparks, Nevada

The Generator

Its founder calls it a "proletariat art renaissance".
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Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

Reno, Nevada

Dymaxion Car at the National Automobile Museum

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
3 miles from Sparks
Looking south at night.

Reno, Nevada

Old Reno Arch

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.
3 miles from Sparks
“Jackson” (Donald Lipski, 2010).

Reno, Nevada

'Jackson'

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.
3 miles from Sparks
Entrance to the National Bowling Stadium, with its 80-foot bowling ball sculpture

Reno, Nevada

National Bowling Stadium

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
3 miles from Sparks
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