Las Vegas: Neon & Mob Museums

When I'm in Vegas, I don't drink, gamble, or usually go out to show off my moves at a club. So what the heck do I do?

Surprisingly for some, Las Vegas is actually more than just for partying. For example, there's places like the Neon Museum.

Every time someone I know is going to Vegas, I always recommend them going to this place. They usually don't... but that's definitely their loss (I'm looking at you Gina), because the Neon Museum is basically a neon sign graveyard that tells the history of Las Vegas.

I've gone on both the day tour and night tour, and they're equally great. If you have to choose one, I'd say the night tour though. Because the neon signs are so worn down, most of them don't light up anymore, but the few that do are displayed during the night tour, and the rest of the signs are lit by lights along the ground. It's a nice ambience.

The two tours had a lot of similarities — same basic information and focus on the larger and prominent signs — but there also seemed to a little difference in a few of the signs focused on, which made it nice so it wasn't an exact repeat of the first one.

Be careful about taking the day tour though when it's really hot outside. You're standing in direct sunlight for most of the time, so even when I went this last trip and it wasn't that hot, we really appreciated when we could stand in a small area of shade.

I'd recommend this tour for anyone; you get a really different view and understanding of Las Vegas. I definitely have a new appreciation for neon signs as well.

If you're going to the Neon Museum (which, to me, is first priority) then you might as well get the combo ticket to the Mob Museum.

Honestly, this museum could take you all day. And it's got every museum exhibit feature design that you could possibly think of to keep you intrigued and entertained throughout each part of the exhibit.

The information about the mob blew my mind (blowing minds — a mob trademark). The mob was everywhere. Maybe, probably, still is.