El Capitan is a 3,000-foot (910 m) vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, California, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is one of the world’s favorite challenges for rock climbers. The formation was named ‘El Capitan’ by the Mariposa Battalion when it explored the valley in […]
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The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), or, more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship.The copper-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates
Since its inception in 1929, the Museum of Modern Art has continually redefined the idea of the museum in contemporary Western culture. Originally conceived by its founders as a place for Modern art to come and go (because what makes up modernism is constantly changing), MoMA, as it is commonly known, established a permanent collection
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The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums. It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and
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The Four Corners Monument marks the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado,New Mexico and Utah meet. It is the only point in the United States shared by four states, leading to this area being called the Four Corners Monument region. The monument also marks the boundary between two semi-autonomous native American governments, theNavajo Nation, which maintains the monument as a tourist attraction, and the Ute Mountain
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In 1969, Emerald Bay was designated a National Natural Landmark for its brilliant panorama of mountain-building processes and glacier carved granite.The natural beauty, geology and history of this unique island make it one of the highlights of any visit to the Lake Tahoe area.The park features Vikingsholm, one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture
“The Met is a universal museum: every category of art in every known medium from every part of the world during every epoch of recorded time is represented here and thus available for contemplation or study — not in isolation but in comparison with other times, other cultures, and other media.” Visit the Met…see the
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Old Faithful Geyser is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It was named Old Faithful Geyser in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition to the area and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name.Eruptions of Old Faithful Geyser can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 U.S. gallons (14–32 kL)
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The USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and commemorates the events of that day.
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County.The Golden Gate
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