Neon Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

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Neon Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada

Sin City may be the best-known nickname for Las Vegas, but it’s sometimes called the City of Lights. And a visit to the city’s Neon Museum may make clear how the ‘lights’ name arose. The gallery of glitz-gone-by offers visitors a literal walk through the city’s history: the old casino, hotel and club signs that once cast a multicolour glow on the Vegas strip are preserved as significant cultural relics of the city’s history.