Eureka

The renovated Eureka Opera House, 31 S. Main St., which dates from 1880, presents a variety of cultural shows and serves as a convention, visitor and cultural arts center. The Eureka County Courthouse, at Ruby Hill Avenue and Main Street, typifies late 19th-century architecture. Completed in 1880, it features a large upstairs courtroom with a bench made of imported Spanish cedar. Rotating art exhibits can be viewed in the south hall. The courthouse is still in use today. Phone (775) 237-6006 for opera house and courthouse visitor information.

Eureka Sentinel Museum, at Bateman and Monroe streets, houses the original printing equipment of the newspaper, which began operations in 1870. It also exhibits mining and railroad displays, prints from the 1800s and articles from the Knobb Hill Firehouse; phone (775) 237-5010.

Visitor Centers

Self-guiding Tours