Since its founding, Caesars Palace has been home to professional racing, daredevil stunts, mafia intrigue, and more famous acts and entertainers than you can count.

Though certainly not the oldest casino in Vegas, nor the first to toy with the idea of a special theme, the Palace revolutionized the developing Strip and opened the door to a new kind of aesthetic and luxury experience.

Much of the proliferation in fanciful edifices can be traced back to the imposing classical might of Caesars Palace. Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world, but it’s also an architectural menagerie-a collection of some of the most dazzling and uncanny structures ever built. There are few places on Earth where the Eiffel Tower is within sight of one of the Great Pyramids.