More than two dozen large painted murals scatter across the building walls of downtown Ely, depicting the town's mining and railway history, the Indigenous Newe (Shoshone) people of the Great Basin, the immigrant communities who built the copper industry, and scenes of basin-and-range landscape. The walk takes about an hour at a slow pace and is the best way to spend a morning if you are not in a rush to get to Great Basin National Park.
Free, always visible. The Ely Renaissance Society sells a printed mural-walk map for a dollar at the visitor centre, which is essential — many of the murals are tucked into back alleys you would otherwise miss. The highest-density block is around the intersection of Aultman Street and Murry Street.