The mob chapter, from inside the courthouse

Two films from the Mob Museum itself: its 10th-anniversary panel (the Massacre wall acquired via a homeowner's phone call; the February 14, 2012 opening on the Massacre's anniversary) and its official virtual tour, narrated from the historic courtroom where the Kefauver Committee held its Las Vegas hearing on November 15, 1950 — Siegel and the Flamingo through Howard Hughes's arrival, told by the institution that owns the building (the former federal courthouse and post office).

The Story of The Mob Museum: Celebrating Its Past, Charting Its Future

The Mob Museum

Recorded at the museum's 10th anniversary, this panel tells the Mob Museum's own story: how Las Vegas built a serious, accredited museum in its old courthouse, opening on Valentine's Day 2012, the anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The best anecdote is the acquisition of the Massacre wall itself, which a North Las Vegas homeowner offered up by phone. Institutional history, told by the people who made it.

Key takeaways
  • 10th-anniversary panel on the museum's creation
  • Opened February 14, 2012, in the old federal courthouse
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre wall came via a homeowner's call

Travel Thru History | S1E2 | Las Vegas

GoTraveler

GoTraveler's Travel Thru History devotes an episode to Las Vegas, and the Atomic Museum is a featured stop among the city's historic sites — the episode ranges from the museum's test-site story to the Neon Museum's rescued signs, including the Moulin Rouge sign (the first racially integrated casino resort in Las Vegas) and the Green Shack marker that greeted travelers arriving from Boulder Dam. Professionally narrated TV: the museum in the company of the city's other memory-keepers. Transcript recovered via an English-track re-pull.

Key takeaways
  • A TV episode touring Las Vegas's historic sites
  • The Atomic Museum featured among the city's memory-keepers
  • Moulin Rouge and Green Shack signs covered at the Neon Museum

The Neon Museum Las Vegas Nevada A Walkthrough History.

Yankee in the South

Yankee in the South walks the Neon Boneyard at night, when the restored signs are lit and the Brilliant! projection show brings unrestored signs back to life with light and music. The visit dates from the Tim Burton exhibition period, and some pieces on camera belong to that show; the signs themselves are the permanent collection. Night is when this museum performs.

Key takeaways
  • A nighttime Boneyard walkthrough
  • Brilliant! projection show relights unrestored signs
  • Filmed during the Tim Burton exhibition period; displays rotate

Neon is the archive

A nighttime Neon Boneyard walkthrough — restored signs lit as intended, the Brilliant! projection show relighting the unrestored ones (filmed during the Tim Burton exhibition period; displays rotate) — and the City of Las Vegas's YESCO centenary: the sign company behind Vegas Vic, Vegas Vickie and the Welcome sign (singled out as arguably one of the most recognizable signs on Earth), glass-bending shown on its shop floor. A TV history episode ranges wider — the Atomic Museum's test-site story, the Neon Museum's Moulin Rouge sign (the first racially integrated casino resort in Las Vegas), the Green Shack marker that greeted travelers arriving from Boulder Dam.

Atoms, chocolate, and the big top

An Atomic Vegas feature (2026) builds an episode around the Atomic Museum under its new branding — Dani uses its original name, National Atomic Testing Museum, on camera — then walks the cocktail trail it inspired: Atomic Bar at AREA15, and Atomic Liquors, the oldest bar in Las Vegas. Ethel M's taste-and-history (January 2026) tells the Forrest Mars story whole: Mars Bar, Maltesers, a hand in M&M's — then, in 1981, a Henderson chocolate factory named for his mother. And Circus Circus at 55: the world's largest permanent circus, the Strip's only RV park (~170 spaces as filmed), a 124,000-square-foot casino in smaller pockets — the pink tent as a historical document that still takes reservations.

Sources: the eight videos on this page — two Mob Museum films, a Boneyard night walk, a YESCO centenary, a history TV episode, an Atomic feature, an Ethel M history and a Circus Circus portrait — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

100 Years of Neon, Signs & History: How YESCO Helped Shape the Las Vegas Skyline

City of Las Vegas

The City of Las Vegas celebrates 100 years of YESCO, the sign company behind much of the city's neon — Vegas Vic, Vegas Vickie and signs from downtown to the Strip — with a behind-the-scenes visit to its shop floor, glass-bending included. The Welcome to Las Vegas sign anchors the film's argument about why signs matter here: it is singled out as arguably one of the most recognizable signs on Earth, the one you cannot think of Las Vegas without picturing. A neon-history companion to standing at the sign itself.

Key takeaways
  • A centenary tour of YESCO, maker of much of Las Vegas's neon
  • The Welcome sign is singled out as one of the world's most recognizable
  • Glass-bending and neon testing shown inside the YESCO shop

A Side of Vegas Tourists Rarely See | Atomic Vegas: Fallout, History & Wild New Cocktails!

Dani.702

Dani.702's Atomic Vegas feature builds a whole episode around the museum: inside the Atomic Museum (still widely known by its original name, the National Atomic Testing Museum — Dani uses it on camera), then out to the atomic-cocktail trail — a new experimental drink menu at Atomic Bar inside AREA15, and a finish at one of her favorite spots, the oldest bar in Las Vegas, Atomic Liquors. The museum segment is the anchor and the longest stop: exhibits first, cocktails after. Filmed 2026 under the museum's new branding.

Key takeaways
  • The Atomic Museum as the anchor of a full episode
  • Atomic Bar at AREA15 and Atomic Liquors complete the trail
  • Filmed 2026, under the museum's new name

Virtual Tour: The Mob and Las Vegas

The Mob Museum

The Mob Museum's own virtual tour tells the Las Vegas chapter of the mob story from its historic courtroom, the room where the Kefauver Committee held its Las Vegas hearing on November 15, 1950. The narration runs from Bugsy Siegel and the Flamingo through Howard Hughes's arrival. Produced by the museum, it is the authoritative orientation film for the building.

Key takeaways
  • The museum's official virtual tour
  • The courtroom hosted the Kefauver hearing on Nov 15, 1950
  • Siegel, the Flamingo and the Hughes era covered

Watch: Las Vegas History Guide, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Ethel M Chocolates - Las Vegas Taste and History

Almost a Local Las Vegas

Almost a Local tells the taste and history of Ethel M (January 2026): Forrest Mars — son of Mars founder Frank Mars, creator of the Mars Bar and Maltesers, and part of the venture that created M&M's — founded Ethel M in 1981 after all that, naming it for his mother. The factory and cactus garden near Green Valley are framed as a piece of chocolate and Las Vegas history, especially over Christmas.

Key takeaways
  • The Forrest Mars story told fully
  • Founded 1981, named for his mother Ethel
  • Mars Bar, Maltesers and M&M's connections

Circus Circus: 55 Years Under the Big Top

Dale McKenzie

Dale McKenzie's Circus Circus feature asks where you find the world's largest permanent circus, a hotel-motel-RV park choice at one property, and childhood play fantasies under a 90-foot pink-and-white big top — then tours all of it: the 5-acre Adventuredome with its 26 rides, the Strip's only RV park (about 10 acres, 170 spaces, as filmed), and a casino of almost 124,000 square feet arranged in smaller pockets. The Midway and its free circus frame the whole film. Dale's full-property portrait of the pink tent.

Key takeaways
  • The world's largest permanent circus, introduced and toured
  • RV park: the Strip's only one, ~170 spaces as filmed
  • A 124,000 sq ft casino arranged in smaller sections

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