The greatest landmark in the North Western United States it the Space needle which is a 605 foot tall building built for the 1962 World’s Fair. The Space needle is designed to withstand more than 200 mile per hour winds and also features the top floor being able to rotate. At 500 feet above the Seattle streets, the Sky City restaurant rotates 360 degrees giving its guests a 360 degree panoramic view of the Seattle skyline.

With an ascent of nearly 10 miles per hour, after waiting several hours to go up to the top of this building, the trip itself takes only 43 seconds to complete, but the view is nothing less than spectacular. There is many things to see and do while visiting Seattle including the underground city that was part of the Seattle Shanghais network of the late 1800’s to early 1900’s

For the last 17 million years, the Colorado River has been slowly but surely cutting its way through the majestic Grand Canyon and bringing it to the level that it is now. One of the world’s wonders, the Grand Canyon which is best seen from the Southern Rim in Arizona is over 277 miles in length, 18 miles in width and more than 1.5 miles in depth. For so long, the Colorado River has been carving its way through the desert and has exposed more than 2 billion years for the Earth’s history which can bee seen in the marvelous layers which are rich in color running all the way down the sides of the gorge.

Located in Keystone, South Dakota and sculpted by Gutzon Borglum; Mount Rushmore represents more than 150 years of American history featuring the busts of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt as well as Abraham Lincoln. At more than 5,700 feet tall, Mount Rushmore covers a total land are of just under 1,300 acres of the Black Hills region of South Dakota and attracts more than 2 million visitors every year.

While visiting the monument, you can also enjoy the fresh open air of the Black Hills National Park area and get a taste of the natural wonders which so many people have come to love.

The most famous landmark found anywhere in the United States can be found on Ellis Island. The Statue of Liberty is the sign of Democracy and Freedom in the U.S. and during the early to mid 1900’s it was also the very first thing that one could see on the horizon as the neared the shores of America.

Given to the U.S. as a gift from France, the Statue of Liberty is actually one of a set of twins; the other which is still prominently displayed in Paris France along the River Seine. The Statue of Liberty is visited by over 4.2 million people every year and is a definite must see while in New York City.

The home to space exploration lies within the compounds found at Cape Canaveral. With the Kennedy Space Center being the center of America’s Space program, one can see and learn a great number of things about the universe that surrounds our very small planet. Bu the best part about the Kennedy Space Center is not just on any day, but on Launch Day when just outside the Space Center on a patch of barrier islands known as Cap Canaveral, one can witness the amazing launches of the space shuttles and their multi-toned cargos destined for outer space, the final frontier.

Built in the 1870’s as a means of preventing sand from getting scattered everywhere in the lobbies of the various hotels along the Atlantic City coastline, the boardwalk has since come a very long way.

It was in1976 when gambling in Atlantic City was approved and ever since then the Atlantic City Boardwalk has continued to grow in popularity. For anyone who is visiting the New York City area, and feels the need to do a little bit of gambling, they can always find their way to Atlantic City and choose from many great casinos which can be found all along the more than four miles of Boardwalk.

The American Natural History Museum in Manhattan, New York City is the home to more than 32 million species of animals, but unfortunately even though the museum is fairly large, only a handful of the specimens can be displayed at any given time.

From gems to biology and of course Dinosaur fossils, many people every year find their way to the Natural History Museum to see their rich collection of just about everything having to deal with the natural history of the world. It is not physically possible to see the entire museum in one day, but many people have tried, luckily the museum is separated into sections allowing you to see what interests you the most and skip the stuff that may seem boring to you.

It was back in 1961 when President John F. Kennedy realized the beauty of this seashore and declared the 43,500 acres of Cape Cod, Massachusetts beach front a National Park. Since then the Cape Cod National Seashore gets on an average of 4.35 million visitors every year.

Not only is it the seashore in this area of Massachusetts that attracts so many people, but it is also the heritage and history which can be traced through the centuries. Within its old world charm, not much has changed in this region since the Colonia period and it is a definite must place to visit while in the Boston region.

Situated along side the Central Pak and originally built back in 1872, the Metropolitan Museum of Art sees and annual visitation from more than 4 million people. With more than 2 million works of art that permanently call this museum a home and another 50,000 pieces every year that get displayed in this Museum Mile, there is quite literally more culture in this stretch of museums than anywhere else in the world. From paintings and masterpieces to suits of armor and even natural history, there is literally a million things to do and see in the Metropolitan Museum of art along with the other museums which can be found along this one mile stretch in Manhattan, New York City.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, one can find the grand Salt Lake Temple which is the largest places of worship built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With an overall height of 210 feet, this gothic inspired church covers a ground area of more than 4 acres. Built entirely out of granite, this large cathedral stands out amongst the other buildings in Salt Lake City.

Another popular attraction other than being the home of the 2002 Winter Games is their black-domed capital building. The only government building in the U.S. whose dome is black.