Before highways streamed with vacation-minded drivers and airliners landed at McCarran International Airport, the most reliable way to travel to Las Vegas was by train. This locomotive heritage is in full choo-choo working order in Boulder City, where a short line takes visitors on scenic trips in the desert. Massive displays of old-school engine cars thrill 'iron horse' enthusiasts and families looking for a retro experience.
Nevada State Railroad Museum
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
16.14 MILES
Owned by the eponymous Hollywood studio, the MGM Grand casino and hotel liberally borrows Tinsel Town's themes. Flashing LED screens and computerized…
The STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod
19.29 MILES
Vegas has many buildings more than 20 storeys tall, but only Stratosphere (now officially The STRAT Hotel, Casino and SkyPod, but still 'the Strat' to…
15.48 MILES
Angular and glittering gold, massive Mandalay Bay flanks the far south end of the Strip. It's the first resort many visitors lay eyes on as they roll into…
17.22 MILES
Running between The LINQ Hotel & Casino and the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, the LINQ Promenade is a partially-covered outdoor pedestrian walkway…
20.99 MILES
The myth and mystique of mobsters from Bugsy Siegel to Al Capone get the museum treatment inside a hulking Downtown courthouse where real gangsters sat…
16.46 MILES
We’ve seen this symbiotic relationship before (think giant hotel anchored by a mall ‘concept’), but the way that this futuristic-feeling complex places a…
17.14 MILES
Caesars Palace claims that its smartly renovated casino floor has more million-dollar slots than anywhere in the world, but its claims to fame are far…
17.45 MILES
The Venetian's regal 120,000-sq-ft casino has marble floors, hand-painted ceiling frescoes and 120 table games, including a high-limit lounge and an…
Nearby attractions
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What's that rising from the desert floor along I-15 just south of Las Vegas…gigantic, neon-colored, stacked-up marshmallows? Actually, the monumental,…
13.96 MILES
The asphalt hubbub and glittering-light jungle of Las Vegas takes a breather in this regional park. A lovely lake is surrounded by acres of grassy, tree…
3. McCarran International Airport Viewing Area
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With some 43 million travelers visiting Las Vegas each year, the skies above Sin City are filled daily with airliners landing and taking off. Thrill…
14.52 MILES
This sprawling, Spanish Empire–themed locals' casino has (allegedly) better odds than the Strip, a massive bingo hall and an even larger bowling alley,…
14.6 MILES
For connoisseurs of brews and distilled spirits, a visit to the Henderson Booze District is a must. Here beer lovers will find CraftHaus Brewery and Bad…
14.78 MILES
This chocolate factory features the largest cactus garden in the Southwest at over three acres. Strange juxtaposition? Sure, but this is what Vegas does…
14.81 MILES
In a city famous for neon signs, one reigns supreme: the 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada' sign, facing south and straddling Las Vegas Blvd just…
14.91 MILES
Amble among re-creations of what the Las Vegas region looked like decades and even centuries before the modern neon-lit era of casinos and hotels. From…