When visitors come to Las Vegas they usually don’t think about numbers except their own odds in beating the house. These are some very important numbers to know too. But, we will talk about other numbers, numbers when added up tell a story, a true picture of what makes

Anyone who has ever been to Vegas in the last 50 years knows that Elvis lives and he lives in Las Vegas, like, everywhere. You will find him at the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign waiting to take a photo with you. He is walking the Strip. He officiates at

  Our readers seem to love Vegas trivia so let’s try some more. This time we will ask the question and put the answers below. Can you get them all correct? This one is a hard one. Where is Wayne Newton’s Shenandoah Ranch located? Who was Father Francisco Garces? What

Las Vegas is not the steal-deal vacation it was in the 1990s and earlier. Gambling is no longer the only draw that will bring forty-one million visitors this year. The entertainment, the food, the architecture and natural wonders are all reasons to visit the city. Therefore, the traveler’s budget will

Unofficially, Las Vegas was born on May 15, 1905. This was the date when William Clark’s San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad auctioned off 1200 lots. This auction launched a wave of new buildings and businesses that eventually evolved into the city we know today. The lots were

There are dozens of movies set in or around Las Vegas. In a future article we will highlight some of the best of these. Some of the early ones like the original “Oceans 11” are really well done and give younger folks a look at the way Vegas was five

If you would like to take some time off from the Strip and do something really different, let us recommend Techatticup. Techatticup is a gold mine located just to the east of Nelson, Nevada. It is located in El Dorado Canyon and is close to the flow of the Colorado

Las Vegas, maybe more than most cities, has a history rife with urban legends. Some have traveled the internet for decades and others come and go as time goes by. Here are two of the most famous ones. You May Lose More Than Your Money In Las Vegas This legend

Vegas trivia is always fun. See how good you are. There are 11 Vegas “Firsts” listed below. Let us know by a comment how many you knew before reading these. Some Las Vegas “Firsts” The first hotel/casino opened in downtown Las Vegas at 1 Fremont Street in 1906. It was

A very popular side trip from Vegas, less than 150 miles away, is Rachel, Nevada. Rachel is as close as you can get to Area 51 without getting arrested or shot. It is also in the center of SR 375, which the state of Nevada officially designated as the “Extraterrestrial