Odd Attractions for nongamblers

WORLD'S TALLEST CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN
(Bellagio)

- World's tallest and largest volume chocolate fountain
- White, medium and dark confectionary grade chocolate
- Designed by Montreal artist Michel Mailhot
- 6 pumps circulate close to 2 tons of chocolate
- Over 500 feet of stainless steel piping
- Chocolate circulates at 120 degrees F
- Climate controlled enclosure maintained at 95 degrees F
- Chocolate rises 27 vertical feet from lower level pump room
- 6 ceiling spouts disburse chocolate 14 feet above floor level
- Chocolate cascades into 25 hand-crafted artistic glass vessels
- 2 years of engineering, planning and design

Also while you are in Bellagio you have see the Fiori de Como which in 1998 was in the Guiness book as the largest glass sculpture ever made. The ceiling chandelier measures 65 feet 7 inches by 29 feet 6 inches.
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2,112 AIR SICKNESS AIR BAGS -

The Guiness Book of World Records Museum displays a collection of AIR SICKNESS BAGS from 470 airlines all collected by Niek Vermeuten. The crown jewel is a NASA space shuttle bag which Vermeuten pursued for more than ten years.

IMPERIAL PALACE CAR MUSEUM

This is one to see this trip. With coupons ( I have plenty) it is free. The collector died and gradually they are selling off all the cars, so you may not get a second chance.
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HENDERSON BIRD PRESERVE

You might not think you can see birds in the desert, but we enjoyed a morning walking the trails between nine ponds and seeing all the waterfowl here. This is just 15 minutes from the strip by car. Click for details

LIBERACE MUSEUM

If you are my age, you probably remember seeing Liberace on television with his sidekick George. His flamboyance was a great joke at the time and continued until his sad early death from AIDS. This museum captures some great parts of his life. Included is a 1788 Broadwood piano (one of the oldest in existence) a French Pleyet piano owned by Chopin, a chickering wood piano once owned by George Gershwin, and a piano made of tootpicks. Of course, we don't pay full fare. 2 for 1 tickets are in many of the magazines and I've saved some for December.





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