Force safari to display standard website?

Is there a way to force safari on the iPad to display the standard web page rather than the mobile one? For instance, if I go to NBC.com, the page displays as a mobile page and I want it to display like it does on my desktop.
Thanks!

Download Atomic Web Browser. It's an incredible browser that has a lot of useful features. (No I don't work for the developer, but I got tired of Safari.) It has a feature so you can tell it to identify your browser as Safari desktop. Plus it's got an ad-blocker and has tabs for quick switching rather than waiting for Safari's eye candy. One thing that bugs me about Safari is that if you have multiple pages open, it reloads when you switch between them. Atomic doesn't seem to have that problem. Now, it does have some quirks; mainly it doesn't remember your last page open if you close the app. But, the developer takes user suggestions and it keeps getting better. A lot of folks on Macrumors recommend it.

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