It was imploded on Oct. 27, 1993. And in October 1998, Bellagio opened where the Dunes once was. Here’s a look back at the Dunes, courtesy of the Review-Journal’s archives.

which capture drifting sands and redeposit them back on the dunes. Some of these remarkable hills are formations known as star dunes, molded by complex wind patterns into multi-pronged shapes, which ...