Archive for the ‘United States of America’ Category
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
If you are going to travel to the Pittsburgh area and want to plan the best vacation possible you may want to read this article. If you're looking for things to do to keep in cool and awesome there are a few stops that you must make in order to ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Motor City, or Motown is revving its engines again. Revitalized and reinvigorated after decades of neglect, Detroit has reclaimed its place as a cultural and tourist capital. Everything in this Midwest city seems new again. The Woodward Avenue theater district boasts renovated theaters and new shows. Downtown, the Detroit Tigers ...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Key West is the southernmost point in the continental United States, and it is as well know for Ernest Hemingway as sunset celebrations. It was originally settled by the Spanish, who calle the island ‘Cayo Hueso’, which means Island of the Bones, as the treacherous reefs nearby sank many ships ...
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
A day's shopping in Los Angeles --home to Rodeo Drive, whose three storied blocks of swanky shops are a kind of shrine to conspicuous consumption--is a fun idea in theory, but difficult in practice. Urban sprawl means there's really no such thing as a simple walk downtown, and good luck ...
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Every travel publication has its annual list of 'hot spots,' as voted by their readers. But Mother Nature has its own best kept secret.
Sitting in a spot named the Boiling River forced me to reflect on the past couple of days. Actually, I was sitting in the Gardiner River, where the ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Wailuku, Maui - There are two ways to explore the diverse ecosystem of the warm and tranquil waters of the Alalakeiki Channel here on the leeward side of Maui: Don flippers and a snorkel mask and head for the surf, or drive your vehicle along Highway 30 to the Maui ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
What's larger than New York's Central Park, once consisted of sand dunes, is now covered with more than one million trees and is bison-friendly?
Golden Gate Park -- the ultimate haven away from urban chaos -- was deeded
to the people in 1870 out of the prescient notion that San Franciscans would ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
In a city where over the top means you've only just begun and too much isn't half enough, the Vegas buffet takes pride of place.
This isn't fancy-schmancy dining – where you get a dime-sized nibble of salmon topped with a sprig of watercress and squirts of four different-coloured sauces for ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Winter Haven is a community of 27,865 people, located in Central Florida between Tampa and Orlando. The gentle rolling hills of Polk County and 45 fresh-water lakes touch or are contained within the City limits. Fourteen of the lakes are connected by a system of navigable canals better known as ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Florida was admitted to United States as a State on March 3, 1845 (27th State)
Governor - Charlie Crist
Capital - Tallahassee
Nickname - Sunshine State
State Flower - Orange Blossom
Number of Counties in Florida - 67
Form of Government - Governor and independent cabinet consisting of Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, Commissioner of Agriculture.
Legislature ...
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