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Sights
- Within Bellagio. The Fountains of the Bellagio perform a magnificent display (set to music) every 15-minutes in the evenings and also every hour on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Show times can vary on public holidays. Inside of the casino there is a tremendous flower garden, with displays changed every month or two. The casino also offers a fine-art gallery, although fees are charged. Bellagio is also home to one of the finest buffets on "The Strip".
- Flamingo Garden, 3555 Las Vegas Blvd S [1]. Offers a great garden with Flamingos and other exotic birds, as well as koi and turtles.
- Guggenheim Las Vegas, in The Venetian. Showcases modern masters from the Guggenheim Collection.
- MGM Grand Lion Habitat, [2]. Offers a free lion habitat, with close-up viewing of several lions during the day. Garden Cafe is also worth a look.
- Within Mirage. Almost every hour in the evening the "volcano" in front of the casino erupts in a terrific light show. Additionally there is a free white tiger enclosure within the casino, an impressive aquarium behind the check-in counter, and a dolphin habitat that can be viewed for a fee. The volcano is closed for renovation until November 2008.
- Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay. The Shark Reef in the Mandalay Bay hotel (about $16 per person), the highlight is walking through a transparent tunnel with sharks, sea turtle, fish on all sides.
- Fremont Street Experience. A pedestrian mall where most of the downtown casinos are located. Multimedia shows are displayed on a giant canopy over the street nightly. (dusk to mid night).
- Golden Nugget. Aptly named, the world's largest gold nugget is on display in the back of the casino. "The Tank", a $30 million complex complete with a shark tank, a 3-storey waterside and seven private cabanas has now opened.
- Main Street Station. The urinals in the men's room are mounted on a piece of the Berlin Wall. If you're one of the fairer sex, ask an employee to let you see it, they almost always will accommodate you.
- Star Trek: The Experience (Las Vegas Hilton) [3]. Includes two well themed attractions with simulator rides & live actors in Trek costumes. walk through museum serves as the queue to the attractions and "Quarks" bar awaits you at the finish of the attractions. Though frankly, unless you're a big Star Trek fan, it looks a little dated now. Tickets are usually available at the discount/half-priced ticket booths located on the strip.
- Las Vegas Chinatown Plaza[4]. A place to experience Asian culture. Located about 1 mile west of Treasure Island. Take a westbound CAT Route 203 bus from the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road between TI and the Fashion Show Mall.
- U.S. Route 95 at night. This route climbs gradually northwest of Las Vegas so that the Strip's neon lights remain visible for a remarkably long distance, appearing as a luminous cloud from the furthest point.
Museums
The Las Vegas Art Museum (LVAM) is a 30,000 square feet facility located Las Vegas, Nevada in a building shared with the Sahara West Library branch of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. 'The Las Vegas Art Museum is dedicated to engaging visitors in the international culture of contemporary art'.
The Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, documents the history of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in the desert north of Las Vegas. The museum opened in March 2005. The museum covers the period from the first test at NTS on January 27, 1951 to the present. Among its exhibits covering American nuclear history is a "Ground Zero Theater" which simulates the experience of observing an atmospheric nuclear test. The museum is operated by the Nevada Test Site Historical Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation, in association with the Smithsonian Institution.
The Liberace Museum is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and houses many of Liberace's stage costumes, cars, jewelry, lavishly decorated pianos, and numerous citations for philanthropic acts. The non-profit museum funds the Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts.
The Lied Discovery Children's Museum (LDCM) is a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m²) facility located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] The museum is located across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. The LDCM shares its building with the Las Vegas Library branch of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District[2] and offers over 100 hands-on exhibits.[3] Since opening to the public in September 1990, Lied Discovery Children’s Museum has established itself as an important community resource, becoming one of the metropolitan area’s major educational institutions serving children and families. To date, more than 1.6 million people have visited the Museum and more than 400,000 children have participated in school field trip programs designed to supplement the curriculum in innovative ways. The participatory nature of the Museum’s exhibits and programs encourages interaction between child and adult, providing an opportunity for them to share a special learning experience through the joy of discovery. The Museum is centrally located for easy access from all areas of Las Vegas, and is committed to serving children and families from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds.
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