Today I Learned: These Mildly-Interesting Photos Are Proof There Are New Things to Discover Every Day

If you think the real estate market is crazy today, you won’t believe what was going on in Las Vegas back in the 1950s. Believe it or not, you could purchase a hotel plot for a cool $3 million! That’s right, for the price of a few mansions, you could own your very own slice of the Las Vegas Strip.

Of course, things have changed a bit since then. Nowadays, $3 million won’t even get you a parking space in some parts of the city. But it’s always fun to look back on the wild and crazy history of Las Vegas and see just how far we’ve come. So the next time you’re walking down the Strip, take a moment to appreciate the history and the absurdity of it all.