Fisherman’s Wharf San Francisco
One of the most popular tourist destinations in San Francisco, Fisherman’s Wharf alone has enough to see and do to consume the entire vacation. The area is one of the stopping points of the famous...
View ArticleSan Francisco Cable Cars, Old and New
San Francisco is, intentionally no doubt, one of the most eccentric and mixed metropoli on the planet. The town is heavily populated with residents strongly opposed to anything commercial. Yet, it is...
View ArticleGolden Gate Park
At over 1,000 acres Golden Gate Park in San Francisco is larger than Central Park in Manhattan. And, no less impressive too! In one of the busiest cities anywhere, visitors can enjoy archery,...
View ArticleNavy Pier Chicago
Whether you want to ride a ferris wheel or lean toward seeing some Shakespeare, Navy Pier in Chicago has every kind of enjoyment you can imagine. Open to the public since 1916, the area was revitalized...
View ArticleChicago Museum of Science and Industry
There are many examples of a Museum of Science and Industry around the country. But the one in Chicago is the oldest and unquestionably the best museum of its kind in the world. On three floors,...
View ArticleMagnificent Mile – Chicago
A mile of shopping! Now that’s something to set the heart a flutter. But the excitement doesn’t stop there, because this famed area has much, much more to offer. True, the shopping is first rate. But...
View ArticleShedd Aquarium
Sited at the shore of Lake Michigan, the John G. Shedd Aquarium is widely acknowledged to be among the world’s finest. Home to more than 650 species of fish, reptile, amphibians, birds and mammals,...
View ArticleBrookfield Zoo
Chicago is hugely popular among tourists for great buildings, restaurants and shopping. But one of the chief attractions, for both locals and visitors, remains the Brookfield Zoo. Opened in 1934, the...
View ArticleParks in Chicago
With over 500 parks to choose from in the Windy City (Chicago) you may have trouble deciding which to visit. But some of the major ones have gained their reputations from all the things they offer...
View ArticleThe Sears Tower – Chicago
For many years the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Sears Tower is really nine buildings combined into one massive structure. Completed in 1974, it was erected to consolidate offices housing 6,500 Sears...
View ArticleThe Art Institute of Chicago
Housed in an 1893 building erected as part of the World’s Fair, The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the country’s preeminent schools and museums. The college which is part of the Institute actually...
View ArticleThe Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright is justly regarded as one of the greatest architects in history. But it wasn’t always so. Early in his career, as with most artists, he struggled for recognition and commercial...
View ArticleJohn Hancock Center, Chicago
Not the tallest building in Chicago, but surely one of the finest anywhere. John Hancock Center, with its distinctive twin aerials on top and X-shaped braces along the facade, this slightly trapezoidal...
View ArticleField Museum Chicago
Founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum, this treasure trove of archaeological artifacts is one of the world’s preeminent institutions. With a library of more than 250,000 volumes and millions of...
View ArticleWhite Sands National Park
The name of the White Sands National Monument is well chosen. The sparkling white grains of gypsum that cover the whole area give off an eerie glow as the wind brushes over them. But there is much more...
View ArticleStunning Beauty and Variety of US National Parks
It’s impossible to completely convey in a single article the stunning beauty and variety of the U.S. National Parks. They range over the moonscape-like areas of the Badlands in South Dakota and the...
View ArticlePetrified Forest National Park
Sometimes, over millions of years of being exposed to the elements, wood eventually turns to something like stone. That obscure fact of chemistry takes on a whole new dimension in the Petrified...
View ArticleBadlands National Park
If you want to get a great idea of what South Dakota looked like millions of years ago, come visit Badlands National Park. Eons of wind and water have created deep canyons and high buttes where...
View ArticleThe Everglades National Park
Only an hour from bustling Miami is one of America’s most unusual parks. Covering over a million and a half acres in southern Florida, The Everglades National Park is a wilderness wonderland. Filled...
View ArticleZion National Park
In the northwestern section of Utah there is a region that offers terrain like no other. Zion National Park provides some of the most dramatic and variable scenery anywhere within the entire system....
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