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El Cortez (Las Vegas)
· 12.9 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over near the El Cortez for a blast from Vegas's past. This casino, a block from the Fremont Street Experience, is one of the oldest in town. Opened on Fremont Street on November 7th, 1941, the El Cortez was once…
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Las Vegas, NV
· 13.0 mi · Wikipedia
This desert valley is cradled by mountain ranges, with peaks soaring over 10,000 feet. The land itself is mostly rocky and arid, dotted with desert flora and fauna. Despite the dry landscape, the area is prone to…
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The Neon Boneyard
· 13.1 mi
At 770 North Las Vegas Boulevard sits the Neon Museum, founded in 1996 to rescue the city's discarded signs. Its outdoor 'Boneyard' holds more than 250 unrestored signs leaning in the desert sun, plus a couple dozen…
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Las Vegas, NV
· 13.1 mi · Local history
Las Vegas, a city of dazzling excess, owes its improbable existence to a confluence of factors. The arid landscape, dominated by creosote bush scrub and home to the resilient desert tortoise, hardly seems a likely place…
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The Neon Museum: Las Vegas's Glowing Graveyard
· 13.2 mi · Historical Marker
The Neon Museum preserves iconic Las Vegas signs spanning decades of casino history.
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Neon Museum
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
A boneyard of vintage Las Vegas neon signs. The old Strip lives here.
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Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
· 13.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Hold up! You're about to drive past the birthplace of Las Vegas. This unassuming spot marks the location of the Old Mormon Fort, the first permanent settlement in what would become this glittering city. In 1855, a group…
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The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
· 13.5 mi · Historical Marker
The concrete arch bridge you can see near Hoover Dam is the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, completed in October 2010. It was built to solve a serious problem. For decades, all traffic between Nevada and…
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Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
· 13.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
This bridge isn't just concrete and steel; it's a tribute to two very different kinds of American heroes. It's officially called the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. Back in the 1960s, officials realized…
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Hoover Dam: Taming the Colorado
· 13.7 mi · Historical
Built during the Great Depression, Hoover Dam was one of the largest public works projects in American history, taming the Colorado River and enabling the growth of Las Vegas and the modern Southwest.
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Hoover Dam
· 13.7 mi · Things to Do
A Depression-era engineering marvel holding back the Colorado River. 726 feet of concrete.
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Hoover Dam
· 13.7 mi · Historical Marker
A 726-foot concrete arch-gravity dam in Black Canyon on the Colorado River, built during the Great Depression and one of the greatest engineering achievements of the twentieth century.
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The Moulin Rouge: Las Vegas's Civil Rights Landmark
· 14.3 mi · Historical Marker
The first racially integrated casino in Las Vegas, opened in 1955 on the Westside.
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Las Vegas Springs
· 15.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
For 15,000 years, this oasis has sustained life in the desert, drawing people and animals alike. The Las Vegas Springs, also known as Big Springs, are a natural oasis, traditionally called a cienega. Springs emerged…
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Eureka and Palisade Railroad 4 Eureka
· 18.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine the Nevada desert echoing with the whistle of a steam engine – this area whispers tales of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad. Built in 1875, the Eureka and Palisade was a narrow-gauge railroad serving the silver…
