We headed to the Neon Museum in Las Vegas (a.k.a. the Neon Boneyard) to see the side of Vegas most people skip—the old signs that built the city’s identity before everything became giant LED screens and mega-resorts. I’m not gonna lie, I had to swap over to my phone because of the camera rules, and then to make it even better, I somehow lost a chunk of the video footage between America and getting home. So what you’re seeing is a mix of what we recovered and Vee’s photos—but the place is so atmospheric it still comes through. The boneyard is an outdoor exhibit (just over 2 acres) packed with vintage Vegas history—over 250 signs on-site, with a wider collection of 800+ pieces from 200+ properties. We walk through how neon arrived in Vegas around 1928–1930, how it exploded by the 1950s, and why these weren’t just adverts—they were basically beacons that turned a dusty desert outpost into “Las Vegas.” We also look at highlights like the La Concha Motel lobby (now the visitor centre), the Moulin Rouge sign (the first racially integrated casino in the US), and oddballs like the giant neon duck. If you’re visiting, I genuinely reckon going after dark is the move. Seeing roughly 30 restored signs glowing again—and hearing about the Brilliant! Jackpot show—makes it feel less like a museum and more like history coming back to life.