In a society focused on the new, preserving old places — from culturally important indigenous lands to historic buildings in some of Nevada’s largest and smallest cities — is a constant battle.

The new year is generally regarded as an opportunity to start fresh — resolutions abound, grand plans are launched. But in a society focused on what’s new, the preservation of old places — from culturally important indigenous lands to historic buildings in some of Nevada’s biggest and smallest cities — is an uphill battle.

When someone says they’re from Las Vegas, where do they specifically mean? The majority of the Valley lives in one of the adjacent municipalities or unincorporated Clark County. So how did we get this weird patchwork of townships and jurisdictions, and how did it set up the city and the county for their many tensions today? We’re sharing our notes in this re-airing of a popular episode — co-host Dayvid Figler talks to UNLV history professor Michael Green about the last century of Las Vegas and Clark County history, and how a city-county showdown brought us to this utterly unique arrangement.

Newcomers to Nevada might be surprised to learn the state’s capital isn’t in the most populous area of Las Vegas, or even the “biggest little city” of Reno, but is instead 30 miles south of Reno and a nearly seven-hour drive from the state’s population center.

Newcomers to Nevada might be surprised to learn that the state capital is not in the more populous Las Vegas area, or even the “biggest little city” of Reno, but is instead 30 miles south of Reno and nearly a seven-hour drive from the state’s population center.

It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.

Nevada’s landscapes are etched with stories, from sprawling mountains to stretches of arid desert, all bearing traces of a past too often forgotten in today’s rush to the future.

Cashman Center never caught on as a premier Las Vegas destination. Located in the Cultural Corridor in Downtown Las Vegas, the 50-acre center, which includes a theater, warehouse showrooms and a field, is up for auction starting at $33.95 million.