Home of gourmet chocolate and beautiful greenery, Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Garden is located right off the Vegas strip on the way to
Hoover Dam. Built in 1981 in tribute of Forrest Mar's mother Ethel, this Chocolate Factory takes Ethel's family recipes and combines them with fruits and nuts to form top-dollar gourmet candies. Tour the factory and see how it happens! You can also walk through the Botanical Cactus Garden of over 350 species of cacti and other desert plants. Be amazed by the Living Machine, a water treatment plant that is totally natural; the cleansing is performed by a waste-consuming ecology of snails, plants and other aquatic life.
