Left: A view of one of the main drags in Reno -- cheap motels on the left, casinos (including the Circus Circus Reno) on the right.. Right: This Kilroy's Diner sign is pretty recent, I think (and the diner appears to be defunct), but I like its classic look.

Left: Here's a closeup of the Reno Circus Circus sign -- with a clown who's distinctly different from his Las Vegas cousin, yet just as grotesque and scary/appealing in his own way. Right: Reno is the home of a Dick Clark/American Bandstand gift shop that, inexplicably, seems to specialize in Betty Boop stuff. The Betty paintings on the windows are good jobs, given that their artist has clearly never seen a drawing of La Boop. More pictures