Best Places to Visit in the United States

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the extreme Northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major cities include New York, a global finance and culture center, and Washington, DC, the capital, both on the Atlantic Coast; Los Angeles, famed for filmmaking, on the Pacific Coast; and the Midwestern metropolis Chicago.

United States just contain almost all the lovely places on Earth and we just can't help to go here. In fact, it's like the capital of the Earth. How amazing but, what is the real highlight in the United States? Let's see.

What you need to know

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Dialing Code: +1

ISO Code: USA

Currency: United States Dollar

Official Languages: English

Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the one-mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

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Address: Golden Gate Bridge, California, United States

Phone: Not Available
Total Length: 2,737 m
Height: 227 m
Elevation: 67 m
Construction Started: 1933
Architects: Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, Charles Alton Ellis

Nearby hotel: Not Available

Walt Disney World

The Walt Disney World Resort, known as Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment complex in Bay Lake, Florida, near Kissimmee and Orlando, and is the flagship of Disney's worldwide corporate empire.

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Address: Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL 32830, United States
Founded: October 1, 1971, Bay Lake, Florida, United States

Phone: +1 407-939-5277
Owners: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Founders: Roy O. Disney, Walt Disney
Parent Organization: The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Nearby hotel: Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World® Resort | 5-star hotel | 10100 Dream Tree Blvd, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32836, United States | +1 407-313-7777

Central Park

Central Park is an urban park in middle-upper Manhattan, within New York City, New York. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States as well as one of the most filmed locations in the world. Seasonal outdoor venue presenting a range of free & ticketed performances in multiple music genres

Info:

Address: New York, NY, United States

Phone: +1 212-310-6600
Area: 3.41 km
Owners: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Nearby hotel:  The Mark | 5-star hotel | Located in 25 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States | +1 212-744-4300

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom Park, commonly known as Magic Kingdom, is the first-built of the four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971.

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Address: 1180 Seven Seas Dr, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830, United States

Phone: +1 407-939-5277
Opened: October 1, 1971
Area: 43 ha
Owner: The Walt Disney Company

Nearby hotel: Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa | 5-star hotel | Located in 4401 Floridian Way, Orlando, FL 32830, United States | +1 407-824-3000

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. Iconic National Monument opened in 1886, offering guided tours, a museum & city views.

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Address: New York, NY, United States

Construction Started: September 1875

Phone: Not Available
Opened and Created: October 28, 1886
Architects: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Gustave Eiffel, Richard Morris Hunt, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Media: Copper, Wrought iron, Steel
Artist: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

Nearby hotel: The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park | 5-star hotel | Located in 2 West St, New York, NY 10004, United States | +1 212-344-0800

Disneyland

Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney.

Info:

Address: 1313 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States

Customer Service: 00 1 714-781-7277

Sales: 00 1 877-560-6477

Opened: July 17, 1955
Founded: July 17, 1955, Anaheim, California, United States
Founder: Walt Disney

Nearby hotel: Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa | 4-star hotel | 1600 Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States | +1 714-635-2300

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It's also home to hundreds of animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.

Info:

Address: United States

Area: 8,983 km2

March 1, 1872

Phone: +1 307-344-7381

Management: National Park Service
Area Code: 307

Nearby hotel: Not Available

Islands of Adventure

Universal's Islands of Adventure is a theme park in Orlando, Florida. It opened on May 28, 1999, along with CityWalk, as part of an expansion that converted Universal Studios Florida into the Universal Orlando Resort.

Info:

Address: 6000 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819, United States

Phone: +1 407-224-4233

Opened: May 28, 1999
Area: 45 ha
Owners: NBCUniversal

Nearby hotel: Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando | 4-star hotel | Located in 6300 Hollywood Way, Orlando, FL 32819, United States | +1 407-503-3000

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains National Park straddles the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. The sprawling landscape encompases lush forests and an abundance of wildflowers that bloom year-round. Streams, rivers and waterfalls appear along hiking routes that include a segment of the Appalachian Trail. An observation tower tops Clingmans Dome, the highest peak, offering scenic views of the mist-covered mountains.

Info:

Address: United States
Area: 2,114 km2

Phone: +1 865-436-1200
Parent Range: Blue Ridge Mountains
Established: June 15, 1934

Nearby hotel: The Park Vista - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Gatlinburg | 3-star hotel | 705 Cherokee Orchard Rd, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, United States | +1 865-436-9211

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met", located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States and among the most visited art museums in the world.

Info:

Address: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States

Customer Service: 00 1 212-731-1498
Founded: 1870
Director: Thomas P. Campbell
Founders: George Palmer Putnam, John Taylor Johnston, Howard Potter, Eastman Johnson

Nearby hotel: Not Available

Did You Know?

• Every hour, at least 1 person is killed by a drunk driver in the U.S.
• 100 acres of Pizza are served in the U.S. every day.
• If you have $10 in your pocket and no debts, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.
• Americans spend 5 cents per day by flushing their toilets.
• Exposure to Secondhand smoke causes nearly 50,000 deaths each year in the U.S. alone.
• Russia & America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point.
• There are at least 97 people called "LOL" in the U.S.
• The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.
• 40% of births in the U.S. come from unmarried women.

References

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