Raley was back in Las Vegas to donate his third miniature version of a classic Strip sign to the Neon Museum. On the verge of tears, he placed a 34-inch version of the 1960s Stardust resort and ...

Neon is nothing new in America's Playground ... the Golden Nugget and Stardust. Recent museum visitors highly recommended the night tours, when you can see a few signs that have been restored ...

"They're solid samples of stars, real stardust," said lead author Philipp Heck, a curator at Chicago's Field Museum and associate ... of the element neon - Ne-21 - to date the grains.