"Given that it was built during the Depression, I consider it a modern miracle." The Hoover Dam captures water from the Colorado River and fills Lake Mead. The dam also generates enough energy ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site ... from carelessly placed electrical lines. To top it off, workers knew they ...

Food and drinks are sold at the Hoover Dam Café, an American-style cafeteria with takeaway options. Or bring your own food ...

plus a tunnel drilled in the 1930s and a platform that sits on top of a 30-foot-wide water pipe. Both on-site guided tours include stops inside the power plant, but only the Hoover Dam Tour offers ...

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 ...