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10 Crazy Facts About Las Vegas — The Las Vegas Strip is not in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas has 164,000 slot machines for 635,000 residents and a sunken city under Lake Mead. Plus the world's largest gold nugget at Golden Nugget Hotel.

10 Crazy Facts About Las Vegas

5. The Las Vegas Strip is not in Las Vegas.

Aerial night view of the Las Vegas Strip with car light trails and the lit Cosmopolitan tower.

It is one of the most confusing aspects of the city. As much as people associate the Strip with the city, technically, it is outside the site. To be precise, the Strip sits in the Paradise and Winchester areas of the state, both in Clark County. Las Vegas is part of Clark County as well.

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