The Las Vegas Strip Is Not in Las Vegas – and Other Legends of Sin City

Filmed on location in Las Vegas – our own photos and videos, plus illustrations for the history. The most famous street in the world lies outside the city it is named after. The man everyone credits with inventing Las Vegas did not invent it. The famous Welcome sign was never copyrighted. And the two German boys who became the kings of the Strip left behind a garden that is now gone. Chapters: 00:00 The Strip is not in Las Vegas 00:32 The meadows 01:10 1931 01:37 Outside the line 02:09 The man who did not invent Las Vegas 03:05 A town called Paradise 03:51 The sign that belongs to everyone 04:30 A street without a birth certificate 04:52 The city of copies 05:33 Two boys from Germany 06:05 The Secret Garden 06:40 Where the garden ends 07:22 Where the legend ends Sources: Wikipedia (Las Vegas Strip, Paradise Nevada, Las Vegas, El Rancho Vegas, Flamingo Las Vegas, Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Luxor, New York-New York, Paris Las Vegas, Siegfried & Roy, The Mirage), Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Sun. Historical scenes are illustrations and are marked as such in the video. #LasVegas #TheStrip #History #Travel #WhereTheLegendEnds