Adventuredome
Adventuredome, located at Circus Circus on Las Vegas Boulevard, is America’s largest indoor theme park. The theme park is inside a nearly 6-acre glass dome. It has several rides that thrill visitors, including the Canyon Blaster and IMAX’s Chaos. The Canyon Blaster, which begins with a 90-foot view of the park, sends riders on a double loop and a double-corkscrew track. IMAX’s Chaos, a new ride, turns visitors upside down, backwards, and counter-clockwise. Guests can purchase tickets for the individual rides for $3 to $5, or they can buy a daily pass for $18.95. The park is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and from 10 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; it is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

Ethel M's Chocolate Factory
This is the best spot for those who have a sweet tooth. Ethel M’s Chocolate Factory is only seven miles from the Las Vegas Strip. Guests learn, step by step, how candy is made. The tour ends at a chocolate shop where guests receive a free sample. The factory also has a garden area that tourists can visit, and a gift shop where guests can purchase candy. The chocolate factory, located at 2 Cactus Garden Drive in Henderson, is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free.

Fremont Street Experience
The Fremont Street Experience, which features retail shops, live music, souvenir stands, and curbside performers, is a show that has Las Vegas’ guests dancing on the street. This attraction is 90 feet above Fremont Street and has a canopy that consists of 2.1 million lights. Visitors get to see some of Vegas’ most famous landmarks, including the Binion’s Horseshoe, Glitter Gulch’s Vegas Vickie and Vegas Vic. The site’s entrance is the Neon Museum, which features light displays from the city’s early days. Tourists are also treated to an amazing 540,000-watt sound system that releases a medley of songs from the Supremes, Smoky Robinson and Aretha Franklin. The festivities kick off at 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and run every hour until 11 p.m. The party continues until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

Madame Tussand’s Wax Museum
This is one of the most famous museums in the world. Madame Tussand’s Wax Museum, which is located at 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S., houses wax figures of some of the most famous people in film, sports, music, and politics. Guests learn about the wax-sculpturing process while touring the museum. You can go 12 rounds with Evander Holifield and Muhammad Ali or listen to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones, Tina Turner, and Lenny Kravitz. Las Vegas legends Liberace, Wayne Newton, and Siegfried & Roy also have their likenesses encased in wax. The museum has a “Spirit of America” exhibit, which features patriotic figures from the past and the present, and sculptures of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and George W. Bush. It is open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. General admission is $14.95 for non-Nevada residents.

Manhattan Express
Tourists can take a bite out of the Big Apple while visiting Las Vegas’ deserts. The Manhattan Express is set on the replica of New York Harbor at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino at 3790 Las Vegas Blvd. S. The ride has twists, turns, dives, hills, loops, and corkscrews that will have your heart racing. Although the ride is only 2 minutes and 45 seconds long, it is one of the longest rides in Las Vegas. Lines for this ride can be long, but it’s worth the wait. The Manhattan Express is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $10.50 per person, but you can purchase an additional $5 ticket to ride a second time.

Majorie Barrick Museum
The Majorie Barrick Museum, located at 4505 Maryland Parkway, has Western culture displays that detail desert life and ancient Mexican history. Visitors will also learn about desert animals, including Gila monsters, iguanas, snakes, and lizards. Paintings by artist Andrew Jackson Grayson are showcased at the museum. The traditions of the Pauite and Hopi Indians, and Mormon settlers are also featured here. The Majorie Barrick Museum is open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free.

Merlin’s Magic Motion Machines
Merlin’s Magic Motion Machines is another amusement park that is full of rides that will thrill you. Actor Craig T. Nelson hosts your tour of one of America’s greatest race tracks. The 7th Portal is a comic adventure, while the Warriors of the Dawn is a mythological Greek adventure. The amusement park is open daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is $4 per ride. This park is located inside the Excalibur Hotel and Casino, which is at 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. S.

M&M World
M&M World is in the Showcase Mall at 3785 Las Vegas Blvd. S. The attraction takes guests on an adventure with Red and Yellow, the familiar characters from M&M television commercials. They take visitors on a tour through M&M World’s 26,000-square-foot, four-story building. The tour concludes with a 3-D movie that features Red and Yellow on a quest for Red’s missing “M.” Viewers will receive a surprise once they exit the movie theater. M&M World is open from 9 a.m. to midnight Sundays through Thursdays and from 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Nevada Test Site History Center
Guests will learn about the history of U.S. bomb testing and its role in the United States’ defense program. The Nevada Test Site History Center presents a timeline from the 1950s to the present. It tells the story of the United States’ nuclear testing program, the military’s role in atmospheric nuclear testing, and NASA’s astronaut training. The Nevada Test Site also has a gift shop. Those who want to visit the actual atomic bomb testing site should call the center at (702) 295-0945 at least two weeks in advance. The center is open from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The history center is located at Losee Road and Energy Way North Las Vegas.

Race for Atlantis
The Race for Atlantis is an attack on the senses. This attraction has spectacular graphics and sound effects. They are greeted by a 30-foot tall Neptune that is battling a dragon at the entrance. After paying for a ticket, guests are led through a Roman corridor that has arcade games. As they make their way through the Heaven room, tourists are placed on teams for a chariot race. The ride begins with a pre-show. Riders are then gathered into a theater and released to choose their seats. Race for Atlantis is open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Race for Atlantis is located at 3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton
Trekkies will enjoy this museum and ride. Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton is a simulator ride aboard the USS Enterprise. Visitors are accidentally transported aboard the ship after a lapse in the time/space continuum. That’s when a Klingon warship attacks the ship, and Cmdr. William Riker and Lt. Geordi LaForge come to your rescue and try to return you home. You can visit the History of the Future exhibit, which has the largest permanent collection of Star Trek props and costumes, after your ride through space. This attraction is open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets (an all-day pass with unlimited access) are $24.99 each for non-Nevada residents. It is located in the Las Vegas Hilton, at 3000 S. Paradise Road.

Wet ‘n Wild
Las Vegas has sweltering summers, but tourists can cool off at Wet ‘n Wild. The water park is always packed, but it’s one of the best places in the city to escape the scorching heat. Visitors can glide lazily on inner tubes or cool down while experiencing an adrenaline rush at one of the parks roller coasters, such as The Bomb Bay – a bomb-shaped compartment that is attached to a high-speed water slide. The Royal Flush, one of the newest rides, flushes riders down a chute at speeds of more than 45 mph. After the ride pushes visitors down the chute, it swirls them around in a bowl and dumps them into a 10-foot-deep pool; it is recommended for only strong swimmers. Admission is $26.99 per person for those who are taller than 48 inches. Season passes are available for $65. This attraction is located at 2601 Las Vegas Blvd.