Rob Kachelriess

Driving from Reno to Fallon is an exercise in decompression. The 70-mile journey takes just over an hour, following the Truckee River and other waterways like loose threads that delicately hold the disparities of Northern Nevada together.

A new era of fine dining and celebrity chefs is turning restaurants into attractions alongside slot machines and poker tables. Nearly 40 of them were in the spotlight Saturday at the Las Vegas stop of the USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience.

If topless swimming pools are on the way out in Las Vegas, Moorea Beach Club never got the memo. The adults-only enclave is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Mandalay Bay, refusing to shy away from its “toptional” tagline.

Anyone can check into a hotel. Some visitors, however, never check out.

Balloon rides to space, flying taxis, virtual tour guides, augmented reality and yes, the metaverse. The 2022 edition of CES provides an eye-opening look at vacationing in the future.

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Premium air travel is usually a choice between a first-class ticket on a commercial flight or chartering a private jet. Aero falls somewhere between the two, selling individual seats on private jet flights without sacrificing luxury, convenience or exclusivity.

Pull out the popcorn–or the pork belly. The season finale of Top Chef: World All-Stars airs Thursday, June 8 on Bravo. As we say goodbye to Padma Lakshmi’s upside-down fork and Tom Colicchio’s pleas for “more acid,” Top Chef alumni look back on their time as contestants while continuing to thrive at some of the best restaurants in Las Vegas.

There's a rebellion underway in Henderson — and it comes in the form of a brand-new pizzeria, where fresh ingredients and expert preparation are front and center.

When it comes to road trips, there's really only one way to travel between Las Vegas and Los Angeles -- by channeling your inner-Hunter S. Thompson and taking a drive through the desert on Interstate 15. The journey is at least three hours and more than 200 miles, but it's far from boring.

Las Vegas has always been a place that operates by popular demand. It's hard to put a limit on what a tourist will spend on Gaga, Celine, or Cirque. Yet on a consistent week-to-week basis, the highest-drawing paid-ticket in town is rarely discussed in travel guides and nowhere near the Strip.

Why roll the dice? From restaurants to pools, these nine Reno resorts prove casino culture is about more than slots and table games.

Mike Tyson hasn't had a professional fight since 2005, but the strength in his handshake suggests the former boxing champ still packs plenty of power in his fists.

It's been a good decade for superheroes, from The Dark Knight, which just turned 10 years old, to last month's Ant Man and the Wasp. But while Warner Bros. and the Walt Disney Company are raking in the box-office billions, a school in Las Vegas is in the business of grooming a generation of real-life superheroes.