We stayed at the Flamingo, started by a mobster, so we decided to visit the Mob Museum while in town. HOLY COW! This place does not disappoint. The museum starts with the birth of Las Vegas and explains how it became “sin city.” It has all kinds of history, and the exhibit even talked about Vegas’ divorce resorts, so you had somewhere to stay for 6 weeks while waiting for it to be finalized (back then). There are interpreters in each room that give you the basics and you can ask them specific questions too. There are a LOT of artifacts…they even have the original wall of the St Valentine’s Day massacre. The building used to be a government building, and one of the courthouses across the country that tried the mobsters is there. You get to sit in it and watch some short films about the trials held in that room. The photos and readings around the museum are numerous but not overwhelming, since each is just the important details. After several floors regarding the mob, the ending of the museum (it flows down each floor..that’s how they direct you to do it), you learn how the mobs do business today. Since alcohol is legal, they’ve had to branch out into drugs, shell businesses, etc. There is an exhibit that shows actual pictures of mob “hits” with lots of gore, but they warn you and there is a door to skip that exhibit if you want to. There are side exhibitions you can pay to visit, such as a mock crime lab and a shooting area (didn’t do it so nothing to sat). We spent about 2 hours there and could have gone longer but our brains were “full”, LOL