Las Vegas, NV

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• Best Vegas Arts District Spots

  18b, the Arts District just south of downtown, packs galleries, cocktail dens, a brewery and a burlesque museum into a few walkable blocks of Main Street. Follow it for First Friday crawls, date nights and a local scene that feels nothing like the Strip.

• Best Vegas Buffets & Brunches

  The all-you-can-eat buffets and brunches still operating in Las Vegas, from the Strip's splurge spreads to locals' casino bargains, for anyone hungry and planning a big meal.

• Best Vegas Chinatown Restaurants

  Spring Mountain Road's Chinatown runs three miles and holds more than 240 sit-down restaurants. This set picks the strongest: James Beard-recognized Shanghainese and modern American, serious omakase, ramen and a Mexican tasting room, for locals and visitors who want to eat off the Strip.

• Best Vegas Desert Day Trips

  Red rock, alpine forest, a legendary dam and desert art, all within about an hour of Las Vegas. Day trips for visitors needing a break from the Strip and locals with a free weekend.

• Best Vegas Free Attractions & Shows

  The best of Las Vegas that costs nothing: fountain shows, light canopies, circus acts, wildlife and photo icons for budget-minded visitors and locals showing friends around.

• Best Vegas Instagram Art Installations

  Vegas has blue-chip public art hiding in plain sight: Burning Man tanker trucks, a traffic circle of 200 boats, Koons tulips and a Hirst shark. This set maps the most photogenic pieces, most free to see, for locals and visitors who want shots beyond the Welcome sign.

• Best Vegas Kid-Friendly Attractions

  Vegas works for families once you know where to go: a three-story children's museum, a desert preserve with flash-flood demos, sharks overhead, lions in Henderson and a free-to-enter pinball hall. Built for local parents and visiting families who need a plan away from the casino floor.

• Best Vegas Late-Night Eats

  Every pick here is open 24 hours or well past 2 a.m., from a steam-kettle oyster counter to Chinatown pho and izakaya skewers. It's a map for dealers, bartenders and anyone leaving a show at 1 a.m., with hours in every pin so you never drive to a dark kitchen.

• Best Vegas Old Vegas Neon & Downtown History

  Before the megaresorts, Las Vegas was a railroad town, a Mormon fort and a strip of neon on Fremont Street. This set links the boneyard signs, the 1906 hotel, the mob courthouse and the first licensed bar so locals and visitors can walk the city's origin story in one downtown loop.

• Best Vegas Pool Scenes Locals Love

  Pools where non-guests can actually get in, from free 21+ decks to locals-favorite resort lagoons in Summerlin and Henderson. Each pin says how to enter (free, day pass or cabana) and the season, so locals and visitors can plan a swim day without a room key.

• Best Vegas Speakeasies & Cocktail Lounges

  Hidden doors, passwords and serious cocktails: the best speakeasies on the Strip, downtown and off-Strip, for visitors and locals looking for a quieter, more memorable drink.

• Best Vegas Spots Off the Strip

  Where Las Vegas locals actually eat: chef-driven restaurants in Chinatown, the Arts District, downtown and the suburbs, worth the short drive from the Strip for visitors and residents alike.

• Best Vegas Steakhouses

  Vegas runs on steak, from clubby downtown dining rooms where Casino was filmed to wood-fired Strip showplaces. This set mixes splurges like Bazaar Meat and Carversteak with old-school value at Circus Circus and a 3 a.m. off-Strip classic, for locals and visitors alike.