Tag: "USA"
Top 5 Abandoned Modern Cities
Some modern cities of the world that yesterday were full of inhabitants and life, now they’ve been abandoned. You probably know them as ghost towns. Of courses, behind every city is an interesting story. Stillness that surrounds these former human settlement seems almost palpable. In contrast to continuous noise and chaotic human restlessness that characterizes large [...]
Top 5 Places With Paranormal Reputation
Hundreds of places – houses, cemeteries, theaters, patches of forest or desert, mountain peaks and valleys – all over the world have gained, over time, a strange fame: there are some inexplicable things happen, or at least Unexplained (scientific, rational) so far, or explained so that explanation is accepted only by those who believe in [...]
Beaver Creek Resort – major U.S. Ski Resort in the Rockies
Beaver Creek Resort is a major U.S. ski resort near Avon, Colorado, run by Vail Resorts. The resort comprises three villages, the main Beaver Creek Village, Bachelor Gulch, and Arrowhead to the west. It is the sister resort of Vail, Colorado. Beaver Creek is a regular host of Alpine skiing World Cup events. Resort descriptions [...]
Whiteface Ski Resort from Lake Placid
Lake Placid’s Whiteface Ski Resort has earned Ski Magazine’s no. 1 ranking among eastern United States ski resorts several times. Also Whiteface is considered one of the top ski resorts in all of Eastern North America, after Quebec’s Mont Tremblant. Whiteface Mountain has a 3,430-foot vertical drop that’s the biggest in the East and has [...]
Brooklyn Bridge – National Historic Landmark
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States was built between 1869 and 1883. The bridge connects Manhattan with New York‘s most populous borough, Brooklyn, at the time one of the country’s largest cities. The bridge is one of the most magnificent landmarks in New York. The Brooklyn Bridge ranks [...]
U.S. Virgin Islands – Paradise next to home
The United States Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, is the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean. The US Virgin Islands is a preferred destination for those who don’t want to worry about having a passport or speaking another language when they travel. The US Virgin Islands reputation is based mainly [...]
Royal Gorge Bridge- The highest bridge in North America
Royal Gorge Bridge is America’s highest suspension bridge and a legendary feat of engineering . Built in 1929 for only $350,000, the cost today would easily exceed that amount . For those who venture across it, whether walking or driving, the experience is priceless. The Royal Gorge Bridge is also an important tourist attraction destination [...]
Mount Saint Helens eruptions
Mount St. Helens, located in Southwest Washington State, blasted its way into the history books on Sunday, May 18, 1980 in a spectacular eruption . In March 1980, it began rumbling, attracting the attention of volcanologists worldwide. A dome began swelling on the mountain’s north slopes. Volcanic activity The most catastrophic eruption on May 18, [...]
Mount Saint Helens
Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington , United States. It is 96 miles (154 km) south of Seattle and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Portland Oregon . Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the british diplomat Lord St. Helens who made a survey of the area in the [...]
St. Paul’s Chapel , New York City Landmark
St. Paul’s Chapel is Manhattan’s oldest public building in continuous use from the time it was opened in 1766. Nestled among the skyscrapers of the Wall Street financial district, St. Paul’s was the church where President George Washington worshipped when New York was the first Capital of the United States. History and architecture St. Paul’s [...]
