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Sleep between clowns and graves at Nevada's worst-planned attraction

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Aug 16, 2025
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The Clown motel in Tonopah, Nevada (pmvfoto/shutterstock.com)

The Old Tonopah Cemetery in Nevada has a dark history, made even creepier by the fact that it is currently located next to a clown-themed motel. This century-old cemetery was established in 1901 during Tonopah's earliest days as a mining town with roughly 300 permanent residents.

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