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How well do you think you know Las Vegas? Take this quiz to test your knowledge. Start Quiz Previous Next Try Again 50 Facts About Las Vegas (Hidden inside are answers to the quiz) The answers to the questions in the quiz can be found below (but no cheating). Here are 50 facts...

Perched at 1 Fremont Street, on the corner of Fremont and Main Street, the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has seen it all. As the first hotel structure in Las Vegas (originally Hotel Nevada), the building survived the prohibition of both gambling and...

The Strip and Fremont Street Experience are both wonders to see when visiting Las Vegas. However, if this is your umpteenth visit to the city, the same casinos and sights get pretty old, pretty quick. Now, you’re in search of new places to go. Rather than leave the city for a...

Everyone knows, Las Vegas is the place to party hard. And, when it comes to Nevada Day 2018, the planned celebrations are endless during this 3-day state holiday. Get festive with locals and tourists as the Silver State celebrates its 154th birthday!This year’s Heritage Day...

Vegas is a city that changes quickly. It seems like every time you visit, new hotels are open, old hotels have been demolished, renovated or rebranded, hundreds of restaurants have come and gone, and the city has reinvented itself again. With the Riviera closed and gone forever,...

What does The Godfather, Ocean’s 11 and Rocky movies have in common? Yes, they were all filmed throughout Las Vegas. Nevada is well known as a popular place for filmmakers, due to not only the iconic sites of Las Vegas Boulevard, the majestic hotels, and the active nightlife but...

Las Vegas is the city that defies all odds. In the middle of the desert, you can glide over the Venetian canals in a gondola, or walk down Fremont Street under an electric sky. It also has a proud history of shirking authority. This city was built on...

Modern Las Vegas may be packed with digital billboards and LEDs, but it hasn’t forgotten its old Vegas glitter-and-neon roots.As casinos continue to shift towards computer-based gaming, automation, and corporate-style uniformity, it’s easy to miss the charm of vintage Las...

Imagine making Las Vegas hotel reservations for the world-renowned Titanic Hotel? Or maybe you prefer to stay at the City by the Bay along the popular Vegas Strip. What? You never heard of these hotels? That’s because they never got past the drawing board. As...

If These Walls Could Talk… Beginning in the 1980’s Las Vegas began losing much of its long, and at times, controversial history. Classic hotels, such as the Dunes, the Sands, and Sahara, were torn down to make way for the now famous mega-resorts. A city that was once known for...