Johnny Depp saw a ghost here....

The Mackay Mansion was built in 1859 by a young mine superintendent named George Hearst, intending it to be both his residence and the location of a mining office. George Hearst made his fortune here in the mines, with just a 400 dollar investment in the rich Comstock mines. After making several million dollars, Hearst took the money, left Virginia City and made other investments in California, South Dakota, and Utah, securing a huge fortune. The second owner was Irish-born, John Mackay, who came to Virginia City, starting as a miner. He used his training, learned in his youth, to construct mine shafts, and was paid in mine stock. In the 1870s, he became wealthy, and purchased the former Hearst Mansion, now known as the Mackay Mansion. His partner, Mr. James Fair, also had a bedroom at the mansion. When Johnny Depp stayed at the mansion while filming Dead Man, a little girl dressed in all-white paid him a visit. Others have heard her playing in one of the upstairs rooms, and have spotted both a colonel sitting in the kitchen, and a woman making endless rushed trips up and down the stairs. The Mackay Mansion has appeared on Ghost Adventures and Dead Files.