Top Ten Hotel Balconies

Check out this great list from ASKMEN.com via MSNBC of the world's top ten hotel balconies. I'll start you out with their Top 3:

1. Atlantis Resort & Casino, Bridge Suite, Nassau, Bahamas
At $25,000 a night, the Bridge Suite at the Atlantis Resort and Casino in Nassau is positioned atop a bridge that connects the hotel's Royal Tower buildings. The balcony overlooks the entire resort and marina, with the turquoise waters of the Caribbean.

2. Palms Resort & Casino, Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, Las Vegas.
This balcony, which hosted the likes of Kanye West, Common, Soulja Boy and T-Pain during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, overlooks the glittering Las Vegas Strip. As well as having enough space for a party, the balcony boasts a cantilevered Jacuzzi pool with glass end-wall and the Playboy logo.

3. The Hotel Cipriani, Palladio Suite, Venice, Italy
Built above a shimmering blue lagoon with dozens of floor-to-ceiling windows, it's not hard to see why the Palladio Suite at the Hotel Cipriani is its most coveted. The suite has access to a stunning terrace that features an outdoor heated plunge pool flanked by fragrant jasmine bushes. There's also a Jacuzzi, from where you can admire Venice's canals.

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Las Vegas History

Las Vegas - Fremont Street Experience

Freemont Street Light Show, Las Vegas
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From the bright lights of the Las Vegas strip or the huge light show canopy over Fremont Street you'd hardly guess how humbly Las Vegas began. Originally Las Vegas was a dusty speck in the huge Nevada desert, but burst into prominence when gambling and drinking were offered here to serve the thousands of workers building the Grand Coolee dam - at the time one of the world's largest construction projects.