Las Vegas Strip Named One Of Top 20 Tourist Attractions

A recent survey names the world-famous Las Vegas Strip as one of the top 20 tourist attractions in the U.S.A. Other recent surveys also reveal which tourist attractions Nevadans like to visit. In addition, there’s another recent survey which names the most disappointing U.S. tourist attractions. Let’s dig in and get more details.

Millions and millions of people travel to the world-famous Las Vegas Strip from all over the planet every year. There’s just so much to see and do when you’re here in Sin City.

A recent survey provided to us by PlayStar reveals the Las Vegas Strip is tied for 19^th with Waikiki Beach in Hawaii as one of the best overall tourist attractions in the U.S.

The overall winner in this survey is the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Other tourist attractions in the top five include the San Diego Zoo (tied #2), South Beach Miami (tied #2), Central Park in the “Big Apple” (#4), and the Chicago River (#5). That’s the one that goes all green for St. Patrick’s Day.

Incidentally, another Nevada site to make the top 30 was the Hoover Dam, landing at #25. Tourist attraction rankings in this survey are based on Yelp reviews, Instagram hashtags, Booking.com reviews, State Safety reports, and proximity to major airports.

So, now that we know our state has two of the top 25 tourist attractions in America, let’s find out which ones those of us who live in Nevada love to visit.

A recent survey provided to us by Tickets2You discount ticket deals analyzes Google searches by Nevada residents who want tickets to theme parks. From May 2023 through April 2024, Universal Studios Hollywood leads the pack, averaging over 4,000 monthly searches.

Surprise, surprise! Second place belongs to Circus Circus Adventuredome right here in Las Vegas. Walt Disney World Resort lands in third. The rest of the top five tourist attractions Silver Staters want to visit are Knott’s Berry Farm (#4), and Six Flags Magic Mountain (#5).

But wait, there’s more! Another recent survey provided to us by JeffBet looks at Tripadvisor and Google reviews of 45 major U.S. tourist attractions. Those with ratings of one to three starsm or phrases related to disappointing visits, were collected and analyzed.

The Kennedy Space Center takes the dubious honor of being the most disappointing U.S. tourist attraction with over 20% of their reviews being negative. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio is the second most disappointing destination.

Rounding out the top five are Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky (#3), the Biltmore in North Carolina (#4), and the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (#5).

Nevada tourist hot spots which made the disappointing list include the Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (#13), the Fountains of Bellagio (#20), and the Hoover Dam (#26).

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Summer vacation is upon us. So, where to? Maybe the Poop Museum!

There are some great places, national parks, monuments, and museums to visit and explore in the United States. Some great places in the state of Nevada, that you probably didn't even know about. And we'll get to those. But I have to share one of the places I just found out about.

If you drive about four hours from Las Vegas, you will find an amazing place. The Grand Canyon? Yes - but no. It's right near the beautiful Grand Canyon - but you can always see that.

Yeppers! I'm talking about the brand new - world's largest museum - for fossilized POOP!

It just opened in Williams, Arizona near the Grand Canyon. And they gave it the perfect name:  The Poozeum. Yes, I'm serious.

If you're looking for a fun road trip this summer, this cool(?) - uh, interesting(?) - new attraction just opened, in the small town of Williams, Arizona, on historic Route 66.

Most people who visit The Poozeum are actually on their way to the Grand Canyon. It's about 60 miles south of it.  But, dare I say - it smells like the Grand Canyon has some stiff competition now. (Oh shut up - that was clever, and you know it)

The poop museum just opened in downtown Williams, and it is the largest poop museum! It specifically highlights fossilized dinosaur poop. So there is definitely something to it.

The term for fossilized feces is coprolite. (COP-rolite, not CRA - well, you got it.)  They've got around 8,000 pieces in their collection, including the largest dinosaur poop ever found: a two-foot-long specimin that they think belonged to a T-rex.

Believe it or not, the museum is free.  So if you're passing through Williams, it won't cost you anything. But I think just getting a picture in front of it is reason enough to stop. Because of the name alone!

Definitely check out The Poozeum if you are heading to the Grand Canyon. Or just GO!

Here are some strange and interesting Nevada attractions you might enjoy.

The Clown Motel is just plain weird. And it is said to be haunted - which is not hard to believe. I have been to it, but refuse to stay, because it is like something out of the X-Files the Scully and Mulder would have even avoided, But it is quite the tourist attraction. At least check out the weird gift shop.    

It's a tree with a bunch of shoes hanging over branches. The story is that a couple got in their first fight as newlyweds, they had an argument right near the tree, and one left the other walking home, without shoes. They patched things up, but made an anniversary tradition out of going back each year to throw a shoe on the tree. It's interesting. In Dayton, Nevada, about 50 miles from Fallon Nevada, on The Loneliest Road In America.

The call it the Free Range Art Gallery. There are dozens of cars, vans, and trucks half-buried, or sticking straight up out of the ground, and even on top of each other. These are the canvas, and they are really colorful, and festive. It's a really cool sight to see, in the living ghost town of Goldfield. 

The Seven Magic Mountains were supposed to be a temporary exhibit, but they have been up since 2016. About 20 minutes outside of Las Vegas are seven fluorescent colored, 11 story rock towers. They have become a bit of  have become something of a cult classic, and they are a GREAT photo op. A really cool sight to see! 

There were over 900 atomic tests in Nevada. And people would take buses to see the testing. It was a huge draw for Las Vegas, and people came in from everywhere. People would bus out to the test site, put their goggles on, have a cocktail, and enjoy watching the mushroom clouds in the sky. It was quite the attraction on Las Vegas in the 50's. The Atomic Testing Museum, though, is quite amazing, and full of history. A huge, actual, nuclear reactor, a backpack nuke, and personal atomic weapons. Yikes! But the Oppenheimer era was fierce in Las Vegas.

The Little A'Le'Inn is just as kitschy as you would imagine! You can stay there, eat there, and shop. All a play on the Area 51 test site, that is not too far down the road. And all part of the heyday of the Las Vegas atomice times. Do NOT try to trek on over to Area 51, and think you'll get past anything. Lights go on, and guards swarm in from nowhere! Just keep close to the Inn.

Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC. Follow us: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram