Las Vegas

2896 Las Vegas Blvd; 702.732.3200

What good are mega-casinos without a Mega McDonald's to match? At 8,600 sq ft, with massive LCD displays seducing you with giant-sized McFood, plus a two-story dining lounge ringed with 14 media screens, this is the ultimate place to feast on the exact same Big Mac found at any of the other, smaller McD's around the world.

3400 Las Vegas Blvd; 702.791.7111

Stare in awe as the Mirage's latest Volcano incarnation spits out four minutes of choreographed flames, lava eruptions, and massive fireballs shot 12 feet in the air, all to a soundtrack composed with help from The Dead's Mickey Hart, who's like 90% sure he saw all this at a party at Grace Slick's house.

Fresh off a San Fran gallery run, this series of 40 oil paintings depict sharp contrasts between the 24hr craps-tasticness of Vegas, and the black tie, roulette-centric atmosphere of European casinos in cities from Stuttgart, to Wiesbaden, to Irkutsk -- though if you're gambling in Siberia, haven't you already lost?

Something you hopefully don't already know: underneath Vegas lies a maze of storm drains and tunnels where thousands of very low rollers make their home, a sub-city documented in photographs and text by the author as he follows the footsteps of murderers, dances with naked crack-heads, and learns how to make meth. Exactly how Gore Vidal got his start.

For an alarmingly quick route to adult stardom, click the link below, fill out the info, upload a pic (under 500k), then watch in lurid fascination as AVN hostesses Jenna Haze and Belladonna appear, talking dirty and flashing your handsome mug on their Iphone -- like getting a picture with Santa Claus, minus the third ho.