Each year, millions of people from all over the world flock to New York. There are many exciting things to see and do all over the state. Some are widely known and others are less known. If you are planning to travel to New York, below is a list of the top New York travel …
Located at the east end of the National Mall, the Capitol Building was one of the first structures conceived by city planner Pierre L’Enfant, who noted that Jenkins Hill, which rose 88 feet above the level of the Potomac, was “a pedestal waiting for a monument”. Picking the location was easy, but building the monument …
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The stunning alpine Lake Tahoe is known as the Jewel of the Sierra. Its deep sapphire blue water surrounded by the soaring, snow capped mountains forms a postcard vista that leaves visitors convinced of a higher power. It is one of the largest (192 square miles and boasting its own Coast Guard), deepest (only Oregon’s …
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By now you probably know that Champagne is really just sparkling white wine, but specifically refers to bottles that hail from the Champagne region of France. Most newer growers don’t put champagne on their bottles anymore, but you still know roughly what you’re getting when you buy a bottle of California sparkling wine. But do …
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The U.S. has always been beer-crazy, but it wasn’t until the mid-1980s that ‘brewpubs’ took off and beer lovers everywhere began enjoying hand-crafted bottles of suds with bold flavors and imaginative names. No state encapsulates this love affair better than Colorado, which ranks third in the U.S. in its abundance of microbreweries and brewpubs. Coors …
People think of the Statue of Liberty as an all-American symbol, but she’s not, really. Born and bred in France, she was intended to symbolise not one country but rather an abstract, revolutionary idea: liberty, for everyone, everywhere.
When coming up with a list of some of the best beaches in Florida it is kind of a daunting task. There are just so many to choose from, as well what criteria you use to pick which one wins? Clearly any list of beaches is going to have to make up some of the …
I. M. Pei admitted to knowing little about the music in question when he was chosen to design Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the shores of Lake Erie. After a bit of remedial listening, he set out to create a building that would embody rock’s brash dynamism, and came up with a …
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