Idaho Falls, a beautiful city in Idaho. Stopped here to enjoy the surroundings. Idaho Falls is the largest city in Eastern Idaho and is often featured as one of the "best places to live” in various publication due to its high quality of life.
Beverly Hills is the home of many rich and famous in Los Angeles. It is also a high-end shopping paradise. In case you’re wondering, there is no West Beverly High. The residence at flat part of Santa Monica Boulevard is merely middle class, the gradually slopping part is for upper class and the fabulously wealthy people lives at the hills north of Sunset Boulevard. There are many celebrities’ homes at Beverly Hills too. But the chances of meeting your favourite celebrities here are pretty slim.
The original Chinatown was demolished to make room for Union Station. The new Chinatown that we see today is located at where Los Angeles’ Little Italy originally used to be. In the 1920s and 1930s, Italians began to move out and Chinese began to move in to this area.
Downtown Los Angeles is the central financial hub of the city where all the skyscrapers located. The tallest building in Los Angeles is the 73-story U.S. Bank Tower (left in the photo), which was completed in 1989. Skyscrapers are difficult and expensive to construct in Los Angeles due to the city's high rate of earthquakes and position near the San Andreas fault line. But the city’s skyline continues to grow rapidly due to improvements in seismic design standards, which has made building highly earthquake-resistant.
Universal CityWalk is located directly next to the famous theme park, Universal Studio Hollywood. With more than 30 places to eat, 6 hot nightclubs, 19 IMAX screen theatre and more than 30 unique shops, it is definitely a great place to check out in Los Angelas.
Madame Tussauds is the most famous wax museum with over 17 branches located all over the world. I made it a point to visit Madame Tussauds while in Hollywood since I have missed visiting this place several times while visiting other cities.
Madame Tussauds Hollywood was opened in 2009 and the inside, is divided to few sections comprising of the Courtyard, Red Carpet Arrival, A-List Party, Spirit of Hollywood, Westerns, Crime, Modern Classics, Sport Heroes, Action Heroes and etc.
Hollywood is the most famous district in Los Angeles, largely due to its fame as the entertainment capital of the world. It is every actor’s dream in the world to make their mark in Hollywood.
You know you’ve arrived in Hollywood when you spot the Hollywood Sign, situated high up on Mount Lee in Griffith Park. You can drive part way up for a closer look, but you can't hike all the way to the sign.
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean, along the central coast of California.17-Mile Drive along the dramatic Pacific coast is one of the most famous scenic drives in the world. Part of it serves as the main road through the gated community of Pebble Beach. There are a total of 21 stops of attraction as you drive through the 17-mile road.
Alcatraz Island is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison followed by a federal penitentiary from 1934 – 1963. It used to housed notorious criminals including Al Capone, Robert Stroud better known as “Birdman of Alcatraz" and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.
Today, Alcatraz Island also known as the ‘Rock’ is a national park. Visitors can reach the island by ferry ride from Pier 33.
No trip to San Francisco is complete without visiting the Bay. It is the best place in town for people watching, shopping and eating to your heart’s content. Pier 39 is located at the edge of the Fisherman's Wharf district. You can find shops, restaurants, street performances, Marine Mammal Center, the Aquarium of the Bay and California sea lions “sun-bathing” on docks of Pier 39.
If you’re visiting San Francisco, be sure to check out the three landmarks that make the city world famous: The Bridge, the Bay and the Rock.
The Bridge is of course referred to the internationally recognised symbol of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge. The suspension bridge links the city of San Francisco to Marin County. Before the bridge was built, the only practical way to cross the sea between San Francisco and Marin County was by boat.
Home to more than three hundred wineries, Napa Valley is the main wine growing region in the United States and also well known all over the world. It is also one of the most popular tourist attractions in California with more than five million visitors each year. The main attraction of Napa Valley is of course, the fine dining and wine tours, especially the wine tasting.
Lake Tahoe is a beautiful, crystal-clear blue lake nestled among mountain peaks at an elevation of 6,229ft. One of United State’s most beautiful landmarks spanning 19 x 35km, it is the second deepest lake in the US at a depth of 501m. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America.
The lake is situated in northern California on the Nevada border and the closest city to Lake Tahoe is Reno, Nevada.
Known as “The Biggest Little City in the World”, Reno is famous for its casinos. It is located in the north-west region of the State of Nevada. It is also the second largest tourist destination in Nevada. From the time gambling was legalised, Reno was the gambling capital of the United States. Till of course the booming period of Las Vegas.
Other than gambling, Reno is also famous for getting instant marriages and quickie divorces.
Shoshone Falls is a beautiful waterfall located along the Snake River, a few miles east of Twin Falls, Idaho. At 212 feet high and 950 feet wide, it is nicknamed as “Niagara of The West”. It is best viewed during the spring when the snow melts and the water levels are high. In summer and fall, the Snake River is diverted for irrigation and often significantly diminishes the water levels at Shoshone Falls.
The I. B. Perrine Bridge at Twin Falls, Idaho is named after I. B. Perrine, who spearheaded the early 20th century irrigation projects in the Magic Valley region and is largely credited as the main founder of Twin Falls.
The steel cantilever bridge was originally named the Twin Falls-Jerome Intercounty Bridge. At the time that it opened to traffic in September 1927, it was the highest bridge in the world. However 50 years later, the original bridge was out-dated and unable to handle heavy loads and required replacement. It cost $9,700,000 to build the current bridge and its construction took approximately 3 years to finish (May 1973 – July 1976). After this, the original cantilever bridge to the west was disassembled.
West Yellowstone is a town in Montana, adjacent to Yellowstone National Park. For many, the town of West Yellowstone is a place to stay while traveling through Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, home to over 10,000 thermal features and over 500 hundred of which are geysers. With half the earth’s geothermal features and more than two-thirds of the world’s geysers can be found here in Yellowstone.
Yellowstone is actually a massive caldera of a supervolcano whereby most area of Yellowstone sits inside an ancient volcanic caldera. Measuring 72 x 48km, it is one of the largest caldera in the world.
Yellowstone National Park, designated as the world’s first national park in 1872 is also a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in 1978. Covering an area of 2.2 million acres, the park is huge.
So how does the name Yellowstone came about? ‘Mi tse a-da-zi’ meaning Yellow
Rock River is named by the Native Indians who have lived in Yellowstone for more
than 10,000 years.
Yellowstone comprises of lakes, canyons, river, mountain ranges and of course
the geothermal areas. Half the earth’s geothermal features and more than two
third of the world’s geysers can be found here in Yellowstone. Famous for its
diverse and vast collection of geysers, hot springs, mudpots, and fumaroles,
Yellowstone is like no other place on earth.
Wyoming is house to two of United States’ famous National Park, the Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.
Grand Teton National Park is located in the Rocky Mountain in Wyoming, just south of Yellowstone National Park and north of Jackson town.
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