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(Look for the camera for my personal pictures from these places )

(Most are within a 3 hour drive from vegas - Fun outdoor things to do ) 
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• Adventure Canyon ride
• Area 51 Extraterrestrial Highway (near Area 51)
• Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area
• Bonnie & Clyde Getaway Car
• Bonnie Springs / Old Nevada
• Bryce Canyon (Bryce Canyon National Park is 24 miles southeast of Panguitch, Utah)
  Thousands of delicately-carved spires rise in brilliant color from the amphitheaters of Bryce Canyon National Park. Millions of years of wind and water at work have etched out the pink cliffs of Bryce Canyon. Bryce Canyon National Park is 24 miles southeast of Panguitch, Utah. The visitor center is open year-round. Park entrance fee is $20 per vehicle or $5 per person on buses. A $25 annual pass is availabl
• Bryan Head, mountains.
• Clark County Museum
• Chloride Mining Town
  Located just south of the Hoover Dam off US 93
• Colorado River
• Death Valley (Ghost Town, 20-mule team Borax works, Scotty's Castle) down I-15
• Desperado roller coaster
• Duck Creek Utah
• Edwards airforce base - alternative landing site for shuttle and U2, airshows
• Flee Markets
  * -Broadacres Swap Meet (fri,sat,sun 6:30AM - ?) near corner of Pecos and Las Vegas Blvd.
  -Fantastic Inddor Swapmeet Inc (not been to the rest of these yet)
  -Fernando's Show Store
  -Teresa's Trach To Treasures
• Floyd Lamb State Park
• Frog Hopper
• Gondolas at Lake Las Vegas
• Grand Canyon Hike
• Great Basin
  From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient bristlecone pines, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
• Heritage Museum Recreation of 1950's Las Vegas in a small cul-da-sac. Well worth seeing. Comments from NPR radio.
• Hoover "Boulder" Dam (( 34 miles (54.4 km.) from Las Vegas. 726 feet high (220.00 meters) from bedrock, 45 minutes)
  Parking: $5.00
  Discovery Tours: Adults (Ages 17-61) $10.00
  Seniors (62+) $8.00
  Juniors (Ages 7-16) $4.00
  Military and Dependents (Adults & Seniors) $8.00
  Children (Ages 0-6) Free
  Operating Hours: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  The Hoover Dam Visitor Center is open every day of the year except for Thanksgiving and Christmas. All times are for the Pacific time zone.
• * Techatticup Gold Mine
  Nelson, NV
• Tecopa Hot Springs before Pahrump 
• * Lake Mead (rent house boats, swimming)
  Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NRA) offers a wealth of things to do and places to go year-round. With 1.5 million acres, it is twice the size of Rhode Island. Its huge lakes cater to boaters, swimmers, sunbathers, and fishermen while its desert rewards hikers, wildlife photographers, and roadside sightseers. Three of North America's four desert ecosystems-the Mojave, the Great Basin, and the Sonoran Deserts-meet in Lake Mead NRA.
• Laughlin  Motorcycle run 2005
• Maxflight 2002 Virtual Roller Coaster
• * Mount Charlston, Mount Charlston Hotel
• Nellis air force tours
• Nevadas Lost City Museum - (702) 397-2193 Established in 1935, the Lost City Museum has one of the most complete collections of artifacts of the early Pueblo Indians in the Southwest. Open daily 8:30am-4:30pm, admission
• North of Mesquite, Cliffs and Bluffs on I-15 
• Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
• Pioche located 180 miles northeast of Las Vegas
• Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings
• Race track
• * Red Rock Canyon
• Shakspeare festival, cedar city (2.5 hours up I-15)
  UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Southern Utah University, 351 E. Center Street,
  Cedar City, UT 84720.
• Spring Mountain Range State Park
• Turbo Drop
• * Valley of fire (55 miles (88 km.) from Las Vegas)
  Scenic landscapes of hidden canyons and unique rock formations, petroglyphs and remains of ancient Indian civilization. Nevada Park Service visitor center open daily, 8:30am-4:30pm., tours available. Entrance fee: $5 per vehicle.
• The Vault
• Zion National Park, Utah ( One of the nation's oldest national parks, 2-3 hour drive from Las Vegas)

ON THE STRIP Submit new ones  (My choices *)

• Bally's
  Jubilee! All Access Backstage Walking Tour
• Bellagio
  * Fountains (outside at night. Wonderful experience to see)
  Gallery of Fine Art
  Conservatory
• Caesars Palace
  Fountain shows and aquarium
• Circus Circus - Circus Circus Hotel & Casino 2880 Las Vegas Blvd, S Las Vegas, NV 89109 Phone: 702-734-0410
  Adventuredome
  Canyon Blaster
  Chaos
  Inverter
  Motion Rides
  Rim Runner
  Sling Shot
  World's Largest Permanent Circus
• Excalibur
  Merlin's Magic Motion Machines
• Flamingo
  Wildlife Habitat
  Imperial Palace
  The Auto Collections
• Las Vegas Hilton
  BORG Invasion 4D
  Klingon Encounter
  Star Trek: The Experience
• Luxor  * (outside is wonderful at night to see. According to what I have read, the Luxor light is the only manmade structure visible from outer-space. Apparently contrary to what we are told the Great Wall of China is not really discernable)
  IMAX Theatre
  In Search of the Obelisk
  King Tut's Tomb
  Motion Rides
  Pirates 4D
• Mandalay Bay
  * Shark Reef (Aquarium)
• CBS Television City Research Center
• MGM Grand
  * Lion Habitat (Very nice lion display behind glass)
  * Studio 54 (Dance club. Spectacular)
• Mirage
  Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
  Tiger Habitat
  Volcano
• New York - New York
  Manhattan Express
• Paris
  * Eiffel Tower
• Rio
  Masquerade Village
• Sahara
  Las Vegas Cyber Speedway
  Speed: The Ride
• Showcase Mall
  Gameworks
  M&M World
• Stratosphere * (Excellent view of the city. Interesting amuzement rides at the top)
  Big Shot
  High Roller
  Stratosphere Tower
  X Scream
• Treasure Island
  Sirens of TI
• Tropicana
  Air Play
  Casino Legends Hall of Fame
  Tiana Caroll's Bird Show
• Venetian
  * Gondola (The inside is spectacular. It is like walking OUTDOORS in Venice Italy. A Must see)
  Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
  Las Vegas Preview Studios
  Madame Tussauds wax museum
  Time Traveler: The Ride
  Guinness World of Records
  Wet 'N Wild
  A. J. Hackett Bungy
  Flyaway Indoor Skydiving
• Wynn Resort
  This just opened so no comments as of yet till we go see it. The comments so far from people is this is a must see place.

OFF THE STRIP Submit new ones (My choices *)

• Mario Andretti Qualifier
• Atomic Testing Museum
• Elvis-A-Rama
• Ethel M's Chocolate Factory
• * Fremont Street Experience
• Las Vegas Art Museum
• Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix
• Las Vegas Natural History Museum
• Laser Quest
• Liberace Museum
• Lied Children's Museum
• Lost Vegas Gambling Museum
• Marjorie Barrick Museum
• Neon Museum
• Neonopolis
• Nevada Test Site History Center
• Nevada State Museum
• Old Mormon Fort
• Mario Andretti Pace Car Ride
• Mario Andretti Champ Ride
• Planetarium and Observatory
• Ron Lee's World of Clowns
• Scandia Family Fun Center
• Sunset Stampede
• Zoological - Botanical Park

Shopping in Las Vegas  Submit new ones (My choices *)

• Boulevard Mall  The largest mall in town.
  The Boulevard Mall, one of Nevada's largest shopping centers with 1.13 million square feet of retail space, features anchors J.C. Penney, Sears, Dillard's and Macy's. The Boulevard Mall also offers specialty shops such as American Eagle Outfitters, The Gap, Yankee Candle Co., Charlotte Russe and a Footlocker Triplex. The Boulevard Mall has convenient valet and self-parking. It is located two miles east of the Strip at 3528 Maryland Pkwy.
  
• Chinatown Plaza  Stores and restaurants.
  
• Desert Passage at the Aladdin Resort Casino
  Desert Passage, at 475,000 square feet, is the world-class retail and restaurant complex surrounding the Aladdin Resort & Casino. The mall offers more than 130 retailers, including Tommy Bahama, Z Gallerie, Steve Madden, Aveda, Royal Seblangor and numerous restaurants, such as Sevilla, Commander's Palace, Prana and Lombardi's. Designed to immerse shoppers in exotic marketplaces, Desert Passage features shops tucked into a towering eight-story mountainside, a full-sized freighter anchored alongside a replica of a North African harbor and a crowd pleasing indoor thunderstorm.
  
• * Fashion Show Mall  For your more expensive shopping.
  The Fashion Show mall recently completed a dramatic $362 million expansion and remodeling that transformed it into an unrivaled fashion venue with nearly 2 million square feet. The new Fashion Show offers the world's most exceptional lineup of anchor stores, with Neiman-Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's Home, Macy's, Dillard's, Robinsons-May and Nordstrom all under one roof. In keeping with its name, the new Fashion Show includes an elevated runway for staging events such as fashion shows and special promotions. In fall 2003, the Fashion Show's Strip-fronting façade will sport a completely redesigned look, highlighted by a 72,000-square-foot outdoor plaza covered with a 128-foot-high multimedia "cloud."
  
• Fashion Outlets of Las Vegas (Primm)
  Features more than 100 brand names such as Neiman Marcus Last Call Clearance Center, Burberry, Escada, St. John, Kenneth Cole, Banana Republic, Williams-Sonoma Marketplace, Polo Ralph Lauren, Bally, Coach, Gap, Tahari, Versace and Tommy Hilfiger. It is located at the Southern Nevada-California border 35 miles south of Las Vegas, off Interstate 15. Shuttle bus service is provided from the Las Vegas Strip with ticket desks located at the MGM Grand, New York-New York Hotel and the Shops in Desert Passage at the Aladdin.
  
• The Forum Shops At Caesars
  The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace opened in 1992 with more than 526,000 square feet of retail space; a planned expansion will add another 175,000 square feet in 2004. The Roman decor offers shoppers a unique background in which to relax and a valet parking entrance provides easy access to the shops. Popular stores include Louis Vuitton, Escada, Gucci, Guess, Christian Dior, NikeTown, Virgin Records Megastore, Fendi, Polo/Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss, as well as restaurants such as Wolfgang Puck's Spago and The Palm steakhouse.
  
• Galleria Mall The newest mall.
  The Southwestern themed Galleria Mall is located at Sunset Road and Stephanie Street in Henderson, Nev., about 12 miles east of Las Vegas. Galleria At Sunset tenants include J.C. Penney, Robinsons-May Co., Dillard's, Mervyn's California, Ann Taylor, Cache, Champs Sports, Victoria's Secret, Eddie Bauer, The Disney Store and a 600-seat food court.
  
• Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian
  Cobblestone walkways line The Grand Canal Shoppes, 500,000 square feet of unique retail space within the Venetian. This indoor shopping area features an authentic reproduction of Venice's Grand Canal (complete with gondolas) and a replica of St. Mark's Square, which serves as the centerpiece of the mall area. Among the more than 70 shops, restaurants and attractions are Burberry, Jimmy Choo, Davidoff, In Celebration of Golf and Mikimoto, as well as restaurants such as the Delmonico Steakhouse, Lutece and Pinot Brasserie.
  
• Las Vegas Outlet Center Amazing conglomerate of stores. Used to be Belz Factory Outlet World.
  Located on the southern end of the Strip, Las Vegas Outlet Center offers exceptional bargains on a wide variety of famous brand name merchandise priced 20 to 70 percent below retail. Stores include Reebok, VF Factory Outlet, Levi's, Liz Claiborne, Waterford Wedgwood, Danskin, Nine West and Greg Norman. The Las Vegas Outlet Center features Off 5th-Saks Fifth Avenue Outlet. The center is a short cab ride from the Strip and is served by a Citizens Area Transit (CAT) bus.
  
• Le Boulevard at Paris Las Vegas
  Paris Las Vegas features upscale French retail shopping, located within the resort's quaint Le Boulevard district. The interior buildings are covered with facades representative of real Parisian districts. Picturesque cobblestone streets and winding alleyways take guests on a European shopping spree. Le Boulevard features a wide array of authentic French boutiques, such as Le Cave, where you can sample premier French wines and private labels; Les Enfants, a purveyor of French children's toys and games; Lunettes designer eyewear; Le Paradis fine jewelry and crystal; and La Boutique by Yokohama de Paris.
  
• The Meadows Mall
  Exemplifies the ease of one-stop, convenient shopping in a multilevel center located near the U.S. 95 Expressway at Valley View Boulevard. The Meadows Mall provides its own downtown trolley that travels to and from the Downtown Transportation Center in less than eight minutes. The mall has two levels of specialty stores and five courtyards. Anchor stores include Dillard's, Macy's, J.C. Penney and Sears.
  
• Premium Outlets 120 stores, many high end outlets near the downtown area.
  More than 100 designer and name brand outlet stores will offer savings of 25 to 65 percent every day. Look like a high-roller after shopping at outlet stores such as A|X Armani Exchange, Coach, Dolce & Gabbana, Guess, Kenneth Cole, Lacoste, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, St. John, Tahari, Theory, Tommy Hilfiger Company Store and many more.
  
• The Tower Shops at Stratosphere
  An international marketplace with a little something for everyone. You'll enjoy the themed streets scenes reminiscent of Paris, Hong Kong and New York City. The Tower Shops house a variety of shops and an array of specialty retail carts throughout the cosmopolitan streets.The selection of stores and eateries offer delights for customers of all ages. Whether you are in the mood for ice cream, a new fragrance, a pair of shoes or a fun novelty gift, plan a visit soon to the themed shopping center.The Tower Shops mall is conveniently located on the second level at the top of the escalator near the property's main entrance. Mall hours are 10:00am to 11:00pm Sunday through Thursday and until 12midnight on Friday and Saturday. For further information, call (702) 383-5319.
  
• Via Bellagio
  In late 1998, one of the most opulent, high-scale resorts in the world came to Las Vegas when Bellagio opened on the Strip. In keeping with Bellagio's luxurious setting, Via Bellagio offers exquisite fashion and jewelry collections from Gucci, Hermes, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Chanel, Tiffany & Co., Moschino and Fred Leighton.