The rest of the nation is on the heels of Las Vegas in many ways, now offering everything from 24-hour services to casino gambling. But no other place puts a package of non-stop escapism together like the city that truly doesn't sleep. That's because Las Vegas sits way out there on the cutting edge, always ready with a new desert mirage and forever willing to reinvent itself. And now, with a unique sort of intricate urbanism dawning along the Strip, the bar again has been raised.
A departure from the lights and glitter
Two brothers from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn opened Off the Strip - Just Real Food, in 2008....
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Simple quality away from the hype
Rosemary's Restaurant is perfect for the weary visitor or business traveler wanting to to escape the strip for a spell....
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Put some sparek into your night with a volcano
The Volcano Eruption at the Mirage Hotel is a nightly display no one who visits Vegas can miss....
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A signature of the Las Vegas skyline
OK, so it's only half the size of the original, but the Vegas Eiffel Tower Experience gives visitors a great view of the Strip and the surrounding mountains, something you won't find in Paris....
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Learn how nuclear power came to represent the future in the USA
From the city that once trotted out atomic pin-up girls in mushroom-cloud swimsuits for cheesy publicity stills comes a one-of-a-kind insight into the Nevada Test Site, the US's principal nuclear weapons testing facility from 1951 to 1992....
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You are the passenger...
More than 3,000 bits and pieces recovered from the mother of all seafaring disasters are now on permanent display at the Tropicana in this diverting show, which also affords visitors the chance to experience a simulation of the kind of weather experienced by the poor unfortunates on the night in question....
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The longest-standing gallery on the Strip
The Bellagio Gallery stages a strong selection of shows; they're here on a temporary basis, but the last three shows have been in residence for a year apiece....
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Tricky to find, but worth the trouble
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery is best visited on a weekday, when you're sure to run into an art student who can point you towards it....
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The best shopping, dining and entertainment in Las Vegas
A $1-billion expansion of the Fashion Show Mall included the addition of the Cloud, an amazing image projection screen/sunshade that hovers over the front of the shopping centre and broadcasts to the Strip....
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Premier retail, dining and entertainment destination
Sure, it might be trying too hard with the faux- Roman vibe (classical pillars, statues, huge fountains), but the Forum Shops rakes in a whopping $1,300 in sales per square foot each year, the nation's highest per-foot revenue....
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The swankiest old-school lounge in Vega
Known for the seats around the combination fire-pit-fountain and for the luxuriant dresses worn by the bosomy waitresses, Peppermill's Fireside Lounge is old Vegas at its best....
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The lounge with flashy spinning parasols dangling from the ceiling
Parasol Up/Parasol Down, two pricey, Euro-chi-chi hangouts overlooking the waterfall, itself projected with images and colours, have more charm than standard casino bars, and are full of the sort of beautiful, wealthy people that like to hang out at this most chichi of resorts....
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3 Championship golf courses in one resort
Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort features its original course, Snow Mountain, the natural course, Sun Mountain, and the newest, signature course, Wolf....
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Relax, rejuvenate, and lose weight
Let's Wrap Infrared Body Wrap offers a more effective body wrap, targeting body fat and cellulite not just water weight....
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One of the longest running cultural outlets in the city
Reed Whipple Cultural Center, located across from Cashman Field, is headquarters for the Rainbow Company Youth Theatre....
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Five-acre park, climate-controlled under a pink plastic dome
Adventuredome is a scene Fred Flintstone would love: waterfalls, faux mountains and animated spitting dinosaurs stuck in fake tar pits....
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