Thursday, February 11, 2016

South Carolina

South Carolina


South Carolina known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marshlike sea islands, is a southeastern state in U.S.Its oldest city is Coastal Charleston which is defined by Old South plantations, pastel-colored houses,  and Fort Sumter, where the Civil War’s opening shots were fired. The Grand Strand which is to the north is  a roughly 60-mile stretch of beachfront known for the vacation town Myrtle Beach and the golf courses.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Virginia

Virginia


Virginia, with a long Atlantic Ocean coastline, stretches from the Chesapeake Bay to the Appalachian Mountains, is a southeastern state. With many historic landmarks including Founding Father Thomas Jefferson’s iconic Charlottesville plantation, Monticello, it is to be known as the oldest of the 13 original colonies. Its living-history museums reenacting Colonial and Revolutionary-era life are Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown Settlement. Richmond, among the country's oldest cities, is its capital.

Monday, January 25, 2016

New York

New York



New York is home to lots of iconic sites such as Empire State Building, Times Square, and Statue of Liberty. New York City holds significance in fields of art, culture, fashion, and finance. With the island borough of Manhattan at the “Big Apple's" core, city’s 5 boroughs sit where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Texas

Texas



Texas, with deserts, pine forests and the Rio Grande, a river that forms its border with Mexico, is a large state in the southern U.S. Houston is its biggest city.the Museum of Fine Arts houses, in Houston, works by well-known Impressionist and Renaissance painters, while Space Center Houston offers interactive displays engineered by NASA. Austin which is famed for its eclectic music scene, is the capital.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a western state famed for its great expanses of desert, and by the 24-hour casinos and entertainment for which its largest city, Las Vegas, is well known. Las Vegas hosts elaborate theme hotels such as Caesars Palace and luxury resorts like the Bellagio.It's home to upscale shopping malls, diverse restaurants, museums such as the Mob Museum, and extravagant shows.

Monday, January 18, 2016

Florida

Florida

Florida is the southeasternmost U.S. state which is a Peninsular, in between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. It has hundreds of miles of beaches. It is nicknamed as the “Sunshine State”. Miami is well known for its nightlife and influential arts scene, as well as its Latin flavor, especially in upscale South Beach. Orlando is famed for theme parks, like Walt Disney World.

California

California



California, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles, is a western U.S. state. It's well famed for its dramatic terrain encompassing cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the arid Mojave Desert. Sprawling Los Angeles, seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry, and hilly San Francisco, home to the Golden Gate Bridge are some cities including in it.

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