The White House

The White House, one of the world’s most famous residences, governs Pennsylvania Avenue. The building was designed by Irishman James Hoban, who drew upon the Georgian design of Leinster Hall, in Dublin and other Irish country houses. After the terrorist attacks of September, 2001, public tours of the White House were suspended.

Next door to the White House, the French Empire-style Old Executive Office Building houses the vice president’s ceremonial office (he has also one in the west wing of The White House) and those of others in the executive branch.

Lafayette Square is an intimate oasis in the midst of downtown Washington. This quiet park served as a campsite for soldiers of both the War of 1812 and the Civil War. At the top of the square, golden domed St. John’s Episcopal Church is also known as the Church of Presidents. Read More..

Virginia Tourism

The heart of Virginia Beach, 6 mi of crowded public beach and a raucous 40 block boardwalk has been a popular summer gathering place for many years. One advantage of the commercialism is easy access to sailing, surfing and scuba rentals. Be mindful, however, that the beach gets extremely crowded mid-summer. Almost 2 mi inland, at the southern end of Virginia Beach, is one of the State’s most visited museums, the Virginia Marine Science Museum, where you can bird watch in a salt marshland use computers to predict the weather.



On the Eastern Shore U.S. 13 takes you past historic 17th to 19th century towns such as East Ville, which has a courthouse from 1730. Onancock has a working general store established in1842 and a wharf where you just might be able to witness a sunset over the bay. Read More..

Charleston Hotels

Hotels and inns on the peninsula are generally more expensive than those in outlying areas of the city. Rates tend to increase during festivals, when reservations are essential, and on weekends. From December through February some rates drop by as much as 50%. Nearby world-class accommodations include the Kiawah Island, Wild Dunes, and Seabrook Island resorts.



Charleston Place: This graceful, luxurious hotel, an Orient-Express property has rooms with period reproductions, French bed linens and fax machines. It’s near upscale shops in the historic district. The Charleston Grill, with its mahogany-paneled walls, provides an elegant dining experience.

John Rutledge House Inn: An ornate Main house, built in 1763 by a signatory of the U.S. Constitution and two carriage houses, make up this luxury B&B. Rooms have plaster molding, wood floors, antiques and four poster beds. Read More..

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Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village

Harold Warp’s Pioneer Village has pioneer memorabilia, horse drawn covered wagon rides and craft work demonstrations. Tour Buffalo Bill Cody’s ranch house, enjoy trail rides or chow down on buffalo stew in the buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park. In Hastings, which lies near the junction of US 34 and Highway 281, you will find the Hostings Museum of Natural and Cultural History, which includes a planetarium and exhibits on natural history and frontier days.

Fort Kearney State Historical Park has a recreated stockade and interpretive exhibits detailing the role of the outpost on the frontier. Great Platte River Road Archway Monument – As travelers approach Exit 272 on I-80 near Kearney, they will see what appears to be a huge log fort spanning the interstate. Reaching eight stories and modeled after nearby For Kearney, this interactive museum honors those who traveled this route throughout history, including Native Americans, Mormons and railroad workers. Read More..

Tourism in US

Tuscumbia is the birth place of the famous lecturer and author Helen Keller. Tourists love to visit this place and you can visit this place any time (year round tours are available). During the period between June and July, The Miracle Worker – the drama about Helen Keller’s childhood is performed here. Tuscumbia is 120mi northwest of Birmingham via I-65 and US. If you want to know more about tourist information contact the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau.

For Lodging you can contact Sharlotte’s House Bed and Breakfast. Two blocks from Helen Keller’s birthplace in Tuscumbia’s historic district, this antiques-filled, stately Victorian home has served as an inn since 1993. Read More..

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San Francisco Budget Hotels

Hotel Del Sol: Once a typical ‘50s-style motor court, the Hotel Del Sol has a sunny courtyard and yellow and blue three story building that are candy for the eyes. Rooms evoke a beach house feeling with plantation shutters and rattan chairs. Some have brick fireplaces. In the Hotel more than 50 rooms are available.

Golden Gate Hotel: This homey, family run B&B IS SET IN FOUR STORY Edwardian with bay windows. The original “birdcage” elevator takes you the rooms, which are individually decorated with antiques, wicker pieces and floral bedding and curtains. The least expensive rooms share a bath. 23 rooms and 14 rooms with bath are available.

Adelaide Hostel: The bedspreads don’t match the curtain, but the rooms are clean and cheap at this friendly small hostel popular with Europeans. There are sinks in every room, but the baths down the hall are shared. Private rooms are available for one to four and dorm rooms have a maximum of four beds. Read More..

California National and State Parks

California has eight national parks: The important few national parks are Death Valley, Kings Canyon. Tourists like visit Joshua Tree, Redwood, Lassen Volcanic, Sequoia. The other parks are Yosemite and the Channel Islands. National monuments include Cabriole in San Diego and Muir Woods north of San Francisco. For information about these parks and other tourist attraction places you can contact the western regional office of the National Park Service, San Francisco.

The California State Park System includes more than 200 sites; many are recreational and scenic, others historic or scientific. In an effort to make the park system more accessible for everyone, the State has capped camping fees which is very less amount and eliminated all weekend, premium and seasonal rates as well as boating fees. Read More..

Kentucky National and State Parks

Daniel Boone National Forest has spectacular mountain scenery, especially in the Red River Gorge Geological Area known for its natural arches, native plants and 300 ft. cliffs. Land Between the Lakes, a demonstration project in environmental education and resource management, occupies an uninhabited 40 mi long peninsula between Kentucky and Barkley Lakes.

Mammoth Cave National Park is a 350 mi long system of twisting underground passage full of colorful mineral formations. Kentucky’s 50 state parks are ideal for hiking or simply enjoying the countryside; most also have facilities for picnicking, camping horse back riding and enjoying water sports. Sixteen resort parks have rustic but comfortable lodges and / or cottages. 16 have tent and trailer sites available between April and October. 14 have year round camp grounds. Read More..

Parks Gardens in New York City

For many residents, Central Park is the greatest park of New York City. Bounded by 59th and 110th streets, 5th Avenue and Central park West the park contains grassy meadows, wooded groves and formal gardens, numerous fountains, sculptures and bodies of water; paths for jogging, strolling, horseback riding and biking; playing fields; a small zoo; two ice skating rinks; a carousel; and an outdoor theater. But no matter how close to nature New Yorkers feel when reveling in it, Central Park was in fact the United States first artificially landscaped park. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vauz conceived the design in 1857.

The Bronz Zoo is the nation’s largest urban zoo, with more than 46,500 animals on 265 acres of woods, ponds, streams and park land. The New York Botanical Garden is another attraction for tourists and it is closed on Mondays. Read More..

The Ozarks tourist spots

The Ozark hill region of central and southern Missouri is famed for its wooded mountaintops; clear spring-fed streams; and water playgrounds, the Lake of the Ozarks and Table Rock Lake. Branson, the nation’s second country music capital after Nashville, attracts 7 million visitors a year to its star studded theatres.

Central Missouri’s Lake of The Ozarks, formed by the damming o the Osage River in 1931,is the state’s largest lake, with 1,300 mi of shoreline sprawling over 58,000 acres. In summer crowds of vacationing families descend on the numerous resorts, motels and tourist attractions; better times to visit may be spring, when the dogwoods are in bloom, and fall, when the wooded hills come alive with color. Read More..

Philadelphia Tourist Spots

The Brandywine River valley has inspired generations of Wyeths and du Ponts – the Wyeths to capture its peaceful harmony on canvas, the du Ponts to raconteur the landscape with grand gardens, mansions, and mills. Antique shops and inns dot the rgion making it a popular escape from the city. Some of its major sights are in Delaware, near Wilmington. The Brandywine River Museum in a preserved 19th century gristmill, celebrates the Brandywine school of artists, including Andrew Wyeth, illustrator N.C.Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth.

Long-wood Gardens, Pierre Samuel du Pont’s 350 acres of ultimate estate gardens and conservatories has an international reputation. The Brandywine Battlefield State Park is near the site of the British defeat of Washington and his troops on September 11, 1777. The Brandywine Conference and Visitors Bureau provide information about Delaware County. The Brandywine Valley Tourist Information center has all the information about visiting Chester County. Read More..

Hawaii’s Tourist places

Honolulu Hale, the city hall s a Mediterranean Renaissance style building constructed in 1929. Free live concerts take place here in the evenings. Built in 1842 of massive blocks of solid coral, Kawaiaha’o Church witness the coronations, weddings and funerals of generation of Hawaiian royalty.

Iolani Palace built in 1882 on the site of an earlier place and beautifully restored today, is America’s only royal palace built with the assistance of American Masons. It contains the thrones of King Kalakaua and his successor Queen Liliuokalani.

Honolulu, on the island of O'ahu, is the urban metropolis of the Aloha State. Here different cultures blend harmoniously, yet each retains its distinct character. Just 3 1/2 mi from downtown is the tourist mecca of Waikiki. Set on the sunny dry side of O'ahu, Waikiki provides a stunning setting along with the buzz of international hotel and shopping destinations. Read More..

San Diego Beaches

San Diego of course, is known world wide for its beaches. The northernmost, La Jolla Cave, is one of the prettiest spots in the world. A palm lined park sits on the top of the cliffs. Rough water swimmers like the cove and divers and snorkelers can explore the underwater delights of the San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Ecological Reserve. The Children’s Pool, a shallow lagoon at the south end, is a good place to watch seals and sea lions.

Pacific Beach runs roughly from Crystal Pier to the north end of Mission Beach. A sidewalk and a bike path border the shoreline, and there are picnic tables along the way. There are designated surfing areas and fire rings are available.

Mission Beach, San Diego’s most popular draws huge crowds on hot summer days. A wide board walk is busy with strollers, roller skaters and cyclists year round. The 2 mi-long continuous stretch extends from the north entrance of Mission Bay to Pacific Beach.

Ocean Beach is a heaven for volleyball players, sunbathers and swimmers. You can fish off the pier without a license or just have your fish in the restaurant at the middle.

Coronado Beach is perfect for sunbathing or Frisbee throwing. There are rest rooms and fire rings; parking can be difficult on busy days.

Silver Strand State Beach in Coronado has relatively calm water an RV camp ground and places to roller blade or ride bikes. Read More..

Hawaii’s National and State parks

On the big island of Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National park is very famous. It is 30mi southeast of Hilo on Highway 11, has the only rain forest and the only active volcano in the U.S. National park system. Call ahead for eruption updates. Haleakala National Park has some of the island’s most spectacular sunrises, hiking trails and camping. Kalaupapa National Historic Park on Molokai’s unspoiled Kalaupapa peninsula houses a former leprosy clinic. To reach this park you must either hike in or make the pilgrimage by mule ride. The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor pays tribute to the more than 1100 sailors who lost their lives aboard the battleship when it was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.

The Mission Houses Museum next door to Hawaiian Church was the home of the first U.S. Missionaries to Hawaii after their arrival in 1820. The mission’s three main structures are among the oldest buildings on the islands. If you want to know more information Hawaii visitors and Convention Bureau will help you. Read More..

The White Mountains

Northern New Hampshire is the home of New England’s highest mountains and the 770,000 acre White Mountain National Forest. Rivers start here, gorges slash the forests and summer brings hikers, climbers and Sunday drivers. In winter, skiers and snowboarders flock to the region’s peaks. Year round, shoppers hunt bargains in North Conway’s outlets. But it is the short foliage season that draws the biggest crowds.

One street North Conway overflows with outlet stores, restaurants and inns. Trails from Echo Lake State park in North Conway, lead up to the 1000 feet White Horse and Cathedral Ledges is another attraction for tourists. Youngsters’ lover the antique steam and diesel powered Conway Scenic Railroad. Read More..

Duluth and the North Shore Tourist Spots

Hi dudes, Set at the edge of the north-woods wilderness and the western end of Lake Superior is Duluth, a city of gracious old homes with one of the largest ports on the Great Lakes. Skyline parkway, a 16 mi scenic boulevard above the city, has views of Lake Superior and the Duluth-Superior Harbor with its 50 mi of dock line. Vista Fleet Excursions operates narrated boat tours of the harbor. The Aerial Lift Bridge an unusual 386 feet elevator bridge, spans the canal entrance to the harbor. Not far from the harbor, the Dept, an 1892 landmark train station, houses the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation, with an extensive collection of locomotives and rolling stock. Lake Superior Zoological Gardens has a children zoo and animals from all over the world.

Lake Superior's rugged North Shore is best viewed from Hwy. 61 north of Duluth. Gooseberry Falls State Park and Temperance River State Park are typical of parks found along Lake Superior's shore, with roaring waterfalls and scenic vistas.

North of Grand Marais, the Gunflint Trail attracts cross country skiers with about 100mi of groomed trials lading deep into Superior National Forest. Gunflint Lake was once a busy route travelled by voyagers and modern pioneers such as Justine Kerfoot, author of Woman of the Boundary Waters. Read More..

The Pioneer Valley Tourism

The Pioneer Valley has many tourist attraction places. Four museums have set up shop near downtown Springfield at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle complex. The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum surveys the history of the Pioneer Valley. There is also a permanent Dr. Seuss exhibit in hour of Theodore Gisele, the children’s books writer who grew up in the area.

The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum contains Japanese armor ceramics and textiles and gallery of American paintings. The Museum of Fine Arts has paintings by Gauguin Renoir, Degas and Mont as well as 18th century American paintings and contemporary works. The Springfield Science Museum has an ‘Exploration Center” of touchable displays and a planetarium and dinosaur exhibits. Read More..