Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Strip is a luminous, surreal playground rising opposite the Mojave Desert—a 4.2-mile stretch of highway defined by mega-resorts and hyper-fictional architecture. It is a global destination where environmental anomalies reign: you can surf a man-made wave, gaze at replicas of the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty, and watch dancing water fountains set to music, all without stepping outside a hotel complex. Far from the ‘tacky’ stigma of previous decades, the modern Strip now features Michelin-starred dining and legitimate world-class residencies by the globe’s biggest musical acts. It is an expertly engineered oasis of hedonistic excess and spectacle, a truly 21st-century landscape of pure, unfiltered ambition.

Step into Las Vegas’s glittering past at the Neon Museum, where a sprawling “Neon Boneyard” preserves more than 200 rescued signs from the city’s golden age. Guided tours wind through towering marquees — ranging from the iconic Stardust to the whimsical Moulin Rouge — each illuminated against the desert night. The museum’s newest addition, the Neon Night Flight, lets visitors experience the signs in their full, buzzing glory, while the daytime “Neon Boneyard” walk reveals the patina of time on these electric relics.