The Mirage – Las Vegas
Owned by MGM Mirage, this Hawaiian-themed, 3,000 room hotel is as much an entertainment complex as a place to stay. Over 40 years ago it was known as Castaways. But it’s as up-to-the-minute fresh as...
View ArticleThe Venetian – Las Vegas
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino contains everything listed in its name, and a great deal more. Once upon a time on its site stood the legendary Sands Hotel. But Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack were...
View ArticleBellagio Hotel – Las Vegas
Home of the famed Cirque du Soleil show O, the Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas has this and much more to offer the guest. Opened in 1998, this luxury hotel is patterned after a Roman extravaganza, but offers...
View ArticleCaesars Palace Las Vegas
One of the oldest hotels in Las Vegas still standing, first opened in August 1966, Caesars Palace has never gone out of style. Recently renovated, it is still the Emperor of the city. With all the...
View ArticleCirque du Soleil Las Vegas
The astounding Cirque du Soleil is an enormous acrobatic act… and so much more. If you have an image of the old time circus with clowns and acrobats, be prepared for a shock. Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas...
View ArticleDining in Las Vegas
Not too many years ago, using the word ‘dining’ in relation to Las Vegas would have elicited laughter from any gourmet. True, you could get a steak for $2, but it was barely edible. The...
View ArticleFremont Street Las Vegas
Every city in America has a main street. Many European cities do, too, but as many of them are round it’s sometimes hard to tell which it is. But that’s not a problem in Las Vegas. Fremont Street is...
View ArticleRed Rock Canyon Las Vegas
Imagine Las Vegas and you have images of neon lights, casinos and maybe a spectacular show. But Vegas has much more to offer than the expected modern pleasures. Fewer than 20 miles from The Strip is a...
View ArticleLas Vegas Shopping
Vegas is naturally associated with gambling. Then came the inexpensive food, in order to get people to stay near the casinos to… gamble. Later came shows to attract people to the casinos to, well,...
View ArticleStar Trek Las Vegas: The Experience
The Star Trek Experience inside the Las Vegas Hilton is one of the more unusual ‘rides’ a visitor can take anywhere, even taking Disneyland into account. While Disneyland offers many a thrilling ride...
View ArticleStratosphere Hotel and Tower Las Vegas
The Stratosphere is not the largest hotel, nor does it have the biggest casino. But it’s got something that is nowhere else in Las Vegas or anywhere else: The Stratosphere Tower. The Tower, as it’s...
View ArticleAtomic Testing Museum
At 755 East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas resides one of the more unusual museums that visitors to this wild city can view. Considering that we’re talking about Vegas, that’s saying something. In fact,...
View ArticleSan Francisco – The Science and Nature Experience
Exploratorium Founded by Frank Oppenheimer, the brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer and himself a physicist, the Exploratorium contains over 650 exhibits that can’t be properly described – they have to be...
View ArticleAlcatraz Prison Tour
For a structure that served the purpose that made it famous for less than 30 years, Alcatraz is an enduring monument to a bygone era. Alcatraz Prison By the time it first came into use as a U.S....
View ArticleChinatown San Francisco
There are over six million people in the San Francisco area, with 750,000 in the Bay Area itself. Nestled within that vast sea of individuals is a conclave known around the world as Chinatown. Most...
View ArticleUnion Square San Francisco
San Francisco is a tourist’s delight for those seeking a mixture of old and new. One of the best examples of that contrast is Union Square. Built in 1847, the Union Square San Francisco was designated...
View ArticleAquariums of San Francisco
Visitors to San Francisco have a choice of three major options when seeking an aquarium. Fortunately, there’s no way to go wrong – all three are terrific. Aquarium by the Bay The Aquarium by the Bay,...
View ArticleThe Golden Gate Bridge
In 1937, then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in the White House. That simple action officially announced an event much of the world was already anticipating: the opening of The...
View ArticleSan Francisco, The West Coast Jewel
From its magnificent bayside vistas to the intimate cafes, San Francisco offers a visit par excellence. Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge may be the city’s two most well known attractions –...
View ArticleHaight Ashbury San Francisco
Chinatown isn’t San Francisco’s only culturally distinct neighborhood. From an area uptown near the corner of Haight and Ashbury streets sprawls “The Haight”. Several blocks of record shops,...
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