North America

Zion National Park

Zion National Park is located in the southwest corner of Utah east of I-15 (Interstate highway 15 in Utah). It is roughly 300 miles south of Salt Lake City, near Springdale and 160 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Zion National Park encompasses some 150,000 acres of natural canyon country east of St. George, Utah, including […]

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park is located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Colorado in the Rockies, and includes the Continental Divide and the headwaters of the Colorado River. The park is surrounded by Roosevelt National Forest on the north and east, Routt National Forest on the northwest, and Arapaho National Forest […]

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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is massive waterfalls on the Niagara River, which is right on the border between Canada and the United States. The Falls are located 27 km north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 120 km south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls is […]

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Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located near Keystone at 40 km southwest of Rapid City, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mount Rushmore is a memorial to the growth and development of the United States of America and represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America. The sculptured […]

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White House

The White House Complex is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The building contains a total of 132 rooms; it includes living quarters for the president, the presidential family, and staff and public rooms for dinners, concerts, and receptions. In conclusion six floors: two basements, two public floors, and two floors for […]

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Capitol

The capitol is located at the eastern end of the National Mall on a plateau, 88 feet above the Potomac River in Washington D.C., United States. The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, and the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. The neoclassical dome of the […]

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Xochicalco

The Archaeological Site of Xochicalco is located in the municipalities of Temixco and Miacatlán in the Mexican State of Morelos, 38 kilometres southwest of Cuernavaca and 76 miles from Mexico City. As well as its historical affinities with both the Maya area and the Toluca Valley, nowadays there are still some residents of the Cuentepec […]

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Xel Há Park

The natural site of Xel Há, or Xelhá written in Spanish, is a Maya term which means spring (xel) and water (ha’) referring to the place where the water rises. It is located on the Caribbean coast, in the Mexican State of Quintana Roo, within the Riviera Maya, about 122 kilometres to the south of […]

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Uxmal

The Archaeological site of Uxmal, Óoxmáal in Yucatec Maya, is located 78 kilometres south of Mérida, Yucatán; and 15 kilometres southeast of the town of Muna; at 78 feet above sea level; and travelling by car it is about 1.5 hours from Mérida. Despite of the continuous studying of the archaeological site to consolidate and […]

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Tulum

Tulum, which is written as Tulu'um in Modern Maya and translated as wall or fortification, was the principal port and walled city for Cobá, the large ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, it is on 39 feet cliffs extended all over the east coast of the […]

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Tajín

El Tajín which means City of thunder, hurricane or lighting in Totanac language is located in what nowadays is the municipality of Poza Rica in Veracruz, Mexico. Despite of not being completely excavated, this amazing archaeological site has almost 150 buildings, and just 20 of them have being restored. Consider also, one of many enigmatic […]

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Parícutin Volcano

Parícutin is a cinder cone volcano in the Mexican state of Michoacán, close to a lava-covered village of the same name. It is part of the Michoacán-Guanajuato Volcanic Field which covers much of west central Mexico. Dioniso Pulido, a Tarascan farmer, along with his wife and their son witnessed the initial eruption of ash and […]

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Palenque

Palenque is located in the Mexican State of Chiapas, really near to the Usumacinta River. Although Palenque is smaller than many other Maya sites, its fine architecture, roof comb, sculpture and bas-relief attracts more tourists. Considered as one of the most captivating places of Mexico, the ancient city is full of mysterious; in addition its […]

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Monte Albán

Monte Albán is one of the biggest pre-Columbian archaeological sites in the south of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Its location is over some low mountains that are rising above the Valley of Oaxaca, between Tlacolula, Etla, and Zimatlán/Ocotlán valleys. Currently, it is located about 9 kilometres west of now is Oaxaca City. The ceremonial […]

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Copper Canyon

The Copper Canyon, in Spanish Barranca del Cobre, is located all over the Sierra Madre Occidental Range in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; nowadays, they are in what is north-western Mexico. It is one of the youngest geological formations, and casually, they are also the largest in the North American continent, alike the Grand Canyon […]

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Cacahuamilpa Caves

The Cacahuamilpa Caves National Park or Grutas de Cacahuamilpa as is named in Spanish; comes from the etymologic Cacahuamilpa word of the Náhuatl language, which means peanuts sowing. It is situated inside of the physiographic province of Sierra Madre South, in the north zone of Guerrero State, Mexico. Also, it can be situated 52 kilometres […]

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is situated primarily in northwestern Wyoming and partly in southern Montana and eastern Idaho. The park includes the greatest concentration of geothermal features of the world. The park covers 8,983 square km and consists mostly of broad volcanic plateaus with an average elevation of 2,440 meters. Among the mountain ranges that protrude […]

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Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park is located in the U.S. state of Florida about 20 miles east of Biscayne National Park. It is protecting the largest U.S. wilderness area east of the Mississippi River, the park is the perfect and most significant place for the breeding ground and reproduction of tropical birds that are resided in North […]

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Disney World

Walt Disney World Resort is situated about 32 kilometres southwest of Orlando, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. But the entire property is outside of the Orlando area. A part of the resort is in Orlando's limits, other one at southwest of Orange County, and the rest in the south neighbouring county of Osceola, Walt Disney […]

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California, at the eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera counties in east central of California. The park covers an area of 3,081 km² and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. The park is approximately the size of Rhode […]

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Sequoia National Park

The Sequoia National Park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada at east of Visalia, California. It spans over 404 acres. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons. The park is well known for its Giant Sequoia trees, many groves of the giant sequoia are found along […]

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Death Valley

Death Valley is the lowest, driest and hottest valley in the United States. Located at the southeast of the Sierra Nevada range in the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert, mostly located on Inyo County, California. The Valley is located principally between the Amargosa Range to the east and the Panamint Range to the west; […]

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Acadia National Park

The Acadia National Park is the smallest national park in the United States. Located on the rugged coast of the Down East region of Maine, near the town of Bar Harbor, the park consists of 123 km² on Mount Desert Island, 11 km² on Au Haut Isle and 9.2 km² on the Schoodic Peninsula. The […]

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon more than an awe-inspiring view, is a colourful, steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. The canyon is a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It contains one of the first national parks in the US. President Theodore Roosevelt was a […]

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