Creating the perfect road trip itinerary can be daunting ... After a 40-mile drive, you will make it to the Hoover Dam. Its huge size and engineering genius are something to marvel at.

Hoover Dam, on the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers tours and scenic views. Visitors can choose between two guided tours: the Power Plant Tour and the Dam Tour. Tours often sell out, so arrive ...

Major John Wesley Powell makes the first recorded trip through the Grand Canyon and ... opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six ...

Hoover Dam, in addition to being, at the time, the largest dam the world had ever seen, was conceived to trumpet man’s dominance over the forces of nature. In envisioning the architectural ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...