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A radical building for its time when built in 1889, the Chilehaus in Hamburg, Germany, was a ten Storey building. Unfortunately, it didn't survive World War 2 bombing. 

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Built between 1869 and 1871 in Carson City, Nevada, which is the capital of the state of Nevada, it is considered a classic building. 

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A view from the W hotel, which is part of the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino, and you can see the property I worked at for 21 years, The Luxor hotel and casino, the pyramid opened in 1993, and then you can see the Excalibur hotel and casino, opened in 1989 and at the time it was the first property with 4,000 rooms and biggest in the world then, and then you see the NEW York New York  hotel and casino opened in 1996 and then you can what was originally the Monte Carlo but now The Park hotel and casino opened in 1996. This is the South end of The Strip.

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Easter egg shaped tiny home. 

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Shows you how different was New York city a long time ago. 

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Mail order barns were popular 100+ years ago. 

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The Rampart casino is located inside the J.W. Marriot hotel about a two mile drive from where I live here in Las Vegas. It was built by a Swiss company back in 1998 but it didn't do too well, so they sold it to the Marriot corporation.

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Back in 1998, I visited the US Naval Academy with my mother who asked me to see Washington D.C. and Baltimore since Mom was very patriotic, as a member of the World War 2 generation, and wanted to see how much it had changed since she visited it back in 1967 on a family trip we did and later on Mom suffered a stroke which left her invalid back in 2000.  I haven't been back there since. 

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In North central New Mexico in Taos County, there is a town you should visit if you go to New Mexico. Originally established in 1615 by the Spaniards on what was then an indian town, but it was formally established in 1795 by the Spaniards in their territory of Nuevo Mexico. 

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Originally opened in 1969, its original name was The International hotel and casino and in the early 1970's until 1976 it had Elvis Presley as an entertainer and if you ever see the James Bond movie Diamonds are forever, it was the main building and in 1971 until 2012, it was bought by the Hilton company and was known in Las Vegas as The Big Hilton. From 1998 until 2008, it housed The Star trek Experience exhibit and Barry Manilow has been the main entertainer for 10+years. It has been the Westgate since 2012 and it's not only a hotel and casino, but also a time share building. I went to see it yesterday since it had been years since I was in it. 

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Originally opened in 1952 and funded by the Mafia, The Sahara hotel and casino closed in 2011 and was then remodeled and expanded and became the SLS in 2014 but then in 2019, it was renamed the Sahara. It is one of the few casinos left in The Strip with free parking. It is located on Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue. I visited it a couple opf days ago since I hadn't gone in it since the 2004 AVN and saw Minka in it. 

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Newest Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas located on Fremont Street. Opened in October 28, 2020. It has the best Sportsbook in the nation, or that is what is said.