Globe Trotter in USA

Day 3,131, 12:34 • Published in USA North Korea • by Silexu


A. Beauty of USA

"There is never a bad time to visit the USA. A vast country almost 3,000 miles wide, a jigsaw of 50 diverse states, five territories and the District of Columbia, America is a destination which will always delight and thrill, whatever the four-digit number on top of the calendar."
10 of the best reasons to visit the USA in 2016

"Imposing mountain ranges, vast national parks, vibrant cities and pristine wilderness combine to make North America a haven for adventure and activity seekers. Linda Harris, Explore Product Manager for USA and Canada, shares her top ten reasons to join an Explore tour to North America."
Top 10 reasons to visit North America

One picture is worth a thousand words
It is hard to choose from 100 Reasons to Visit USA to make an good overview but I will do my best. I will sometime choose pictures I liked even the places are not so commonly known. There are some of the pictures chosen even if they are well known. But I could not miss them because I was there.


Statue of Liberty


Times Square, New York


St. Louis


Las Vegas Strip


Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina


Galena, Illinois


National Museum of Natural History


National Air and Space Museum


Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta


Six Flags Safari, New Jersey


Yosemite National Park


Badlands National Park


Canyon de Chelly, Arizona


Hamilton Pool, Austin, Texas


Natural Rock Bridge, Winston County, Alabama


Manicured Park in Savannah, Georgia


Skagit Valley, Washington


Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah


Pigeon River Waterfall, Minnesota


Port Austin, Huron County, Michigan


San Juan Mountains, Colorado


Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming


Nā Pali Coast State Park, Hawaii


Cape Perpetua, Lincoln County, Oregon


Walt Disney World


The Wizarding World of Harry Potter


Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida


Kingda Ka, Six Flags, New Jersey - I've been there with the last run


B. Interesting facts about USA
Sources: Interesting Facts About The United States
33 Strange Facts About America That Most Americans Would Be Shocked To Learn
10 Interesting Facts About United States

- The Pentagon is the largest office building in the world by area.
- John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and was found in a warehouse. Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and was found in a theatre.
- Harvard was the first university in the US and was founded in 1636.
- The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France in 1884.
- Wabash, Indiana was the first electrically lighted city in the world.
- The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California. But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.
- Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other 49 U.S. states put together
- In more than half of all U.S. states, the highest paid public employee in the state is a football coach.
- The Declaration of Independence was actually written by Thomas Jefferson on July 2nd. The congress was the then ruling party and took its time for 2 days to accept the declaration. Jefferson drafted the declaration on his laptop. In those days, a laptop was a writing desk that fit on one’s lap.
- Prospect Creek, Alaska, recorded the lowest temperature ever in the United States on the 23rd of January in 1971. It was recorded as -80 degree Fahrenheit. Death Valley in California recorded the highest temperature on July 10th, 1913.
- The Iolani palace had belonged to the Monarch King KalaKaua and Queen Lili’uokalani until 1893, when they were overthrown. The palace is the only one in the United States to be used by a monarch.
The palace served as the Capitol building till 1959, until Hawai became a state. Now, the palace is a museum.
- The most interesting fact about United States is that there is no official language in the country. Although English is the most common language used in United States, but there is no official language of the country.

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