Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, Hoover Dam was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. 5,000 working men and their families came to live ...

Standing on top of Hoover Dam conjures up a feeling of immensity ... but only a select handful can say they had the guts to jump out of a plane above it and fall at 120 mph. Skydive Las Vegas ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site. April 1, 1932. Bureau of Reclamation. Even under the best of conditions ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions of visitors to Las Vegas since it was constructed in the 1930s. But one of the lesser known facts about it is ...