Las Vegas is home to all kinds of crazy and unusual things. Here's some stuff to check out to see the unusual side of Las Vegas...
- The Lou Ruvo Brain Injury Center. So much irony here.
- The top-secret Janet Airlines flies out of Vegas.
- This is the most comprehensive Las Vegas weather site I've ever seen.
- We have a ghost town...under Lake Mead.
- We also have a haunted pet cemetery in Boulder City.
- A ways away from Las Vegas you will find Nevada's only micronation, Molossia.
- Las Vegas has a super secret, by-appointment-only art exhibit at City Center.
- The Wheel of Misfortune used to be an urban legend but now it is a quirky tourist attraction.
- My favorite TV show about Nevada is 'Outdoor Nevada'.
- People really do live under the city in storm drains.
- We have an observatory but it is off limits to all but LVAS members.
- When you go to Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, ask to see the secret room.
- You can see a piece of the Berlin wall, in the men's restroom at the Main Street Station Casino.
- Find a bird sanctuary right on the Las Vegas Strip (it's out the back door at the Flamingo Hotel).
- The secret pizza place at the Cosmo used to be a secret, now not so much.
- You can pray for your immortal soul, go to confession, and take communion right on the Las Vegas Strip at the Guardian Angel Catholic Church.
- You can get a custom coffin made in--where else--Coffinwood just down the road in Pahrump.
- The closest legal brothel to Las Vegas features a hotel and restaurant (you don't have to partake of their other services).
- Find Devil's Hole just outside of Las Vegas at Ash Meadows.
- Machine guns are outlawed nearly everywhere but not in Nevada. There are several places to shoot machine guns in Las Vegas.
- You can walk out over the Grand Canyon on a glass skywalk (eekk!).
- Want to do a marathon in Nevada in August? Run the ET Full Moon Marathon!
- If you are looking for weird people, the Fremont Experience on a weekend night has more weird people per square mile than anywhere else in Vegas.
- For pure creepiness factor, the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum was pretty weird.
- The High Roller at the Linq is pretty cool--it is the largest observation wheel in the world.
- One would expect the Bodies Exhibit to be creepy but it is actually fascinating and very educational.
- There are several TV shows filmed in Las Vegas (American Ninja and Penn and Teller Fool Us to name a couple). Find audience tickets to these shows here.
- While Cirque du Soleil tickets are much in demand (and pretty expensive) the public can watch their rehearsals for free!
- Take a ride on the new driverless shuttle in downtown Las Vegas!
- Seven Magic Mountains is...unusual. A huge pile of painted rocks in the desert that draws visitors from all over.
- Although I've never been, apparently it is possible to do a ride along with Las Vegas Metro, one of the busiest police departments in the country.
- Las Vegas has a very active walking group and everyone is invited to tag along with them.
- I haven't been to Blackout Dining in the Dark either but the thought of eating an entire meal in the dark is just...weird.
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