Southeastern Utah
The Halls Crossing marina has a store, boat launch, campground and a great playground for kids.
Must-see attractions in The Southwest
Southeastern Utah
Shady Green River State Park has picnic tables, a boat launch, a nine-hole golf course, an 18-hole disc golf course, but no trails.
Reno
Founded by Nevada gambling pioneer William Harrah in 1946, Harrah's is still one of the biggest and most popular casinos in town.
Summerlin
Popular with a well-to-do older crowd, this high-end local's casino is only a short drive from the Strip, but feels worlds away.
Northern Nevada
Pride of place goes to Eureka's carefully restored county courthouse, with its handsome pressed-tin ceilings and walk-in vaults.
Wasatch Mountains
This old train station houses four small museums dedicated to classic autos, Western history, firearms and Utah railroads.
Grand Canyon National Park South Rim
The Abyss is a good place to see sheer canyon walls, with the sheer cliffs dropping 3000ft to the Redwall limestone below.
Moab
For some no-frills wine tasting, visit the surprisingly good Spanish Valley Winery, 6 miles south of Moab on Hwy 191.
New Mexico
Along Hwy 3, are the Spanish colonial villages of Villanueva and San Miguel, which has a fine church, built in 1805.
Santa Fe Region
Stop in at Ponderosa Valley Winery for a glass or bottle of late-harvest Riesling or Pinot Noir. Free tastings.
Kaibab National Forest
This endearing mom-and-pop museum offers a handful of displays highlighting Ash Fork's Route 66 history.
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
Southwestern Utah
Small collection of historical artifacts belonging to pioneers who settled in the region.
Southwestern Utah
Pioneers left carved names and dates on canyon walls while passing through Capitol Gorge.
Greater Phoenix
The oldest dolls in this lovingly curated collection date back to the 18th century.
Salt Lake City
On Temple Square, the Brigham Young Monument marks the zero point for the city.
Las Vegas
Despite its Carnaval theme, the all-suites Rio casino hotel is often overshadowed by the action at the Palms casino resort across the street. Occupying…
Las Vegas
A gambling hall and hotel have stood on this corner since 1906, one year after the whistle-stop railway town of Las Vegas was founded. It didn't become…
Las Vegas
For some reason, in such a sunshine-filled place, it took 60 years for an outdoor park to be built on the Las Vegas Strip. The new-in-2016 'park' is a…
Moab
An unabashed tourist trap 12 miles south of Moab, Hole ’n the Rock is a 5000-sq-ft home-cum-cave carved into sandstone and decorated in knockout 1950s…
Las Vegas
This medieval caricature, complete with crayon-colored towers and a faux drawbridge, epitomizes gaudy Vegas. Inside the mock castle, casino walls are hung…
Las Vegas
Unless it's 'bigger is better,' there is no real theme at this time-warped giant with its football-field-sized casino overhung by twinkling chandeliers…
Las Vegas
Built on the site of a Union Pacific Railroad Depot, the Plaza opened in 1971. For decades it was a gaudy, cheap-looking hotel attracting package tourists…
Santa Fe Region
Nine miles north of Santa Fe along Hwy 84/285 is Tesuque Pueblo, whose members played an important role in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and later suffered…
Reno
A Victorian-themed place, the Silver Legacy is easily recognized by its white landmark dome, where a giant mock mining rig periodically erupts into a…
Las Vegas
With the only walk-up (and drive-thru) wedding window in Vegas, plus a cathedral-style chapel, this newly built place also arranges weddings at scenic…
Las Vegas
Above New York–New York's casino floor, a gargantuan carnival-esque arcade offers something for kids (and kids at heart) with 200-plus video games ranging…
Northern Nevada
Amazingly, some couples actually do come to Lovelock to symbolically lock their love (a padlock) onto this cheesy monument: a steel chain encircling a…
Reno
The most family-friendly of Reno's casinos, Circus Circus has free circus acts to entertain kids beneath a giant, candy-striped big top, which also…
Kanab
Five miles north of town, this tourist trap is an oddball collection of genuine dinosaur tracks, real cowboy and Native American artifacts, and other…
Las Vegas
For cheap booze and cheap thrills, it's tough to beat this lowbrow dive next door to Circus Circus. Grab a coupon book, give the giant slot machine a free…
Central New Mexico
Although the conservative San Felipe Pueblo does not encourage visitors for most of the year, outsiders are welcome at the spectacular San Felipe Feast…
Southern Nevada
This sprawling, Spanish Empire–themed locals' casino has (allegedly) better odds than the Strip, a massive bingo hall and an even larger bowling alley,…
Las Vegas
It's a long way from your Daniel Craig and Eva Green fantasies, but low minimum bets make the gaudiness easier to stomach. Cheap drinks and fast food keep…
Reno
About 2 miles south of downtown, the Peppermill, one of the newer and more stylish casinos in town, features a 17-story Tuscan-style tower and a killer…
Reno
Right downtown, near the Reno Arch, the Eldorado has a kitschy Fountain of Fortune that probably has Italian sculptor Bernini spinning in his grave.
Moab
To fill up on fresh spring water, take Hwy 191 north to Hwy 128 east and continue 100yd to Matrimony Springs, on the right.
