If you’re short on time or budget, skip the Hoover Dam tour and walk across the Top of the Dam for free. Visitors will enjoy sweeping vistas of the bridge and surrounding geographic features, along with vertigo-inducing views looking straight down the dam.
In addition to the most classic and very latest solid state machines, pack your quarters for plenty of EM tables from every decade—including the pre-flipper days—rare finds, oddball experimental concept tables, and more at the world’s largest collection of pinball machines.
What began as a retirement village for defunct neon signs is now home to more than 200 rescued neon signs, each an icon plucked straight from the Las Vegas story.
In between Las Vegas and Lake Mead lies Valley of Fire, an impressive canvas of wind-sculpted red sandstone that transforms with each slight movement of the sun.
Some 40 miles of trails include many miles along the spine of the Spring Mountains. Elevation changes and the virtual absence of flat terrain make for strenuous but beautiful hiking.