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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas flickr photo by wireforlego shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) licenseThis mural by Ruben Sanchez is painted using an eye-catching cubist style. It depicts the main character and writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson, as he makes his way through Sin City in a drug-induced haze. Initially created for the 2015 Life is Beautiful Music Festival, it’s one of the most popular murals to photograph in Downtown Las Vegas. Find it at 107 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

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The Meaning flickr photo by wireforlego shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) licenseItalian artist, Pixel Pancho, designed this mural for the 2015 Life is Beautiful Music Festival. He is known for using signature robot imagery to capture meaningful and provocative messages, and this piece of art is no exception. As explained by the artist, the two robots in the mural are meant to provoke thoughts about our society’s obsession with wasteful spending and not taking into account the effects on the planet. Take a look for yourself at 700 Fremont Street.

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“CORPORATE WELFARE” BY SHEPARD FAIREYRight on the corner of Fremont Street and 6th Street, this stunning mural was painted by Shepard Fairey for the 2016 Life is Beautiful Music Festival. You may recognize his name for his famous “Hope” poster designed for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. His red, black, and beige “Corporate Welfare” mural can be found on the side of the Emergency Arts Building. It strives to provoke thoughts on corporations and the government’s welfare system with the statement, “Be a Maker, Not a Taker.”MURAL BY FAFIThis 2016 Life is Beautiful piece by Fafi is also on the Emergency Arts Building on the front. The French artist features powerful female characters displaying expressions of confidence, toughness, and strength. The women are painted in Fafi’s trademark Fafinette style that is immediately recognizable if you’re a fan of her work.

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Full Moon flickr photo by wireforlego shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) licensePuerto Rican artist, Ana Maria Ortiz, brings her ethereal and soft touch to this Downtown Las Vegas mural. Originally painted for the 2015 Life is Beautiful Music Festival, the emotive piece depicts three birds, a hybrid-looking rabbit, octopus tentacles wrapping around tall grass, and a beautiful full moon in the background. You can find this mural at 209 North 7th Street.

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Horned Toad flickr photo by wireforlego shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) licenseAs many of the murals in Downtown Las Vegas, this piece created by ROA was originally designed for the Life is Beautiful Music Festival. The incredibly detailed lizard stretches across the building wall found at 598 Steward Ave. The scaley creature is monochromatic except for the red blood shooting from its yellow eye. The artist explained this phenomenon is a protection mechanism for horned toad lizards when feeling threatened. The predator becomes frightened by the unexpected stream of blood. Something to think about when admiring this piece.

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Fear No Fate flickr photo by wireforlego shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license Found on Fremont Street between 6th Street and 7th Street, Eaton’s homage to vintage Las Vegas can be found on one of the walls of the El Cortez parking garage. The mural features a Sin City showgirl in profile wearing a classic headpiece that exudes nostalgia from top to bottom. The showgirl’s headpiece comes alive with feathers, casino chips, dice, and a hint of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign in tones of reds and yellows.

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“Come on Lucky Number 4!” A common phrase heard around the Sigma Derby table found on the second floor of the D Las Vegas Casino. This 34-year-old game was a staple in most casinos and is a star attraction at the D. Currently, it is the only one remaining in the city. Sigma Derby is a beautifully-crafted track game that includes 5 mechanical horses. All you have to do is bet which horses will be first and second. Sounds easy, but betting can only be placed with quarters. Before the game starts, you choose which horse you think will win and have the chance of betting odds that range from 2-1 to 200-1. You then have 30 seconds to put in your quarter, then after that, the gears and motors take over while you sit back and cheer. Located around the game are 10 stations for people to gather and cheer on their lucky horse. Come check out this novelty game and hopefully win big while making some new friends.

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A Pizza joint that pays tribute to Evel Knievel with an impressive array of memorabilia devoted to the legendary daredevil. Las Vegas is an important city in Knievel’s journey. On December 31, 1967, he tried to jump the fountain at Caesars Palace. He cleared it, but fell off his motorcycle on the landing, crushing his pelvis and femur, and fracturing parts of his hip, wrist, and ankles. While he spent nearly a month in the hospital, the jump and subsequent crash brought Knievel international attention and a decades-long career in death-defying showmanship was born. Knievel would go on to attempt even more audacious jumps, including one over Snake River Canyon, but he’d never attempt the fountain stunt again. His son, Robbie, however, decided to try his luck. On April 14, 1989, Robbie revved his star-studded bike at the end of the ramp, sped toward the fountain, and launched. He flew over the water, and landed, still safely on his bike. With such a dramatic history, it’s only fitting that Las Vegas now features a restaurant that pays tribute to the famed stuntman. Evel Pies is filled wall-to-wall with Knievel memorabilia. There’s a life-size statue in the corner, a pinball machine (still working), and an Evel Knievel bicycle hanging from the ceiling. Knievel, who died in 2007, presides over it all in many, many photographs and a painted portrait, where he’s clad in his classic red, white, and blue jumpsuit, above the bar. Let your eyes wander over the walls and relive some of your memories of his jumps and crashes. The man wore a cape! That’s a hard fashion accessory to pull off, but he did, and with style. Know Before You Go There's some street parking, but there is also a parking lot directly behind the restaurant, accessed through the side street. The joint gets pretty busy, but if you can't get a seat, you can still get a slice and hang out at the park next door.

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In 1945, when Joe and Stella Sobchik opened a small café on Fremont Street in Las Vegas, the war was still on, and that meant rationing. Running a restaurant was a challenge in those days, but Joe and Stella stuck it out and Virginia’s Café (named for Stella’s mom) did pretty well for a few years. In the early 1950s Vegas was booming, and at the nearby Nevada Test Site for nuclear devices, so were mushroom clouds. Joe had grown tired of flipping burgers and saw an opportunity in catering to the liquor needs of Fremont Street, so with atom bombs literally and figuratively in the air, in 1952 the Sobchik’s shut down the café and opened Atomic Liquors. They lit up the now-famous neon, got themselves the very first Las Vegas Tavern License, and were on the road to becoming the oldest free-standing bar in town. At first Atomic Liquors was just a package store, selling beer, wine, and the hard stuff on a take-out basis. But with the newly-minted tavern license, mixed drinks could be served alongside the stuff going out the door in paper bags, and it became a 24 hour a day business. Rooftop service was added so customers could tipple a few “Atomic cocktails” while watching the blasts 65 miles to the north (it being a time before the dangers of observing nuclear testing was understood). All kinds of customers came–construction workers drank alongside the Rat Pack, Barbra Streisand kicked back with the staff and played a little pool, and casino workers dropped by at all hours to cap off a long shift dealing blackjack. A kind of respite from the glitzier Strip, the Atomic and its classic good looks drew the attention of Hollywood too, eventually turning up as a location in “The Twilight Zone,” and later in the films “Casino” and “The Hangover.” Atomic Liquors has held down their corner of Fremont Street for over six decades, under the watchful eyes of the Sobchiks for most of that time. Joe and Stella were still in the house into their 90s, and in 2010, after they both passed away, their son Ron took over. A couple of years later the family sold to new owners, looking to keep the old haunt just as it had been back in those early Rat Pack days. The bar was restored to its original configuration, with the famous neon kept intact. You can still order up some Atomic cocktails–just hold the mushroom clouds. Know Before You Go Atomic Liquors is open from 4pm to 2am on most days, and until 4am on Fridays and Saturdays. There are always special events to watch for, so check out their website for full updates. They are located on Fremont Street, just a few blocks down from the Fremont Experience.

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Standing outside of Downtown Container Park shopping center is a massive, metallic mantis. Like some kind of post-apocalyptic, Mad Max–monster, the mantis sculpture is capable of shooting fire from its antennae and blaring sound from a powerful internal speaker system. But strangely, this tribute to B-movie creatures began as an anniversary gift. The Mantis was originally built by aerospace engineer Kirk Jellum as a first wedding anniversary gift to his wife Kristen. Debuting at the Burning Man Festival, the Mantis made a second appearance outside of Zion National Park before finding its permanent home in Las Vegas. In addition to the fire and sound, the 40-foot-tall Mantis also claims to be able to “speak 20 different languages,” and can also be driven to new locations, should Jellum feel the need to move his giant artwork. But for now, the Mantis can be seen firing off nightly bombast in front of the Container Park, a giant metal monument to love and monsters. Know Before You Go The Mantis is awakened every night at sundown by a drum circle celebration called the “Call to the Mantis” and shortly after begins its flame shooting display. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Downtown Container Park (@containerpark)

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