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'The Last Frontier State'Alaska is BIG! When planning your trip allow enough time for the region(s) you want to see and the things you...

Read more: Overview, weather, how-to-get-there, itinerary ideas: Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA Drenched in over 12 feet of rain a year, Olympic's west side...

Overview Pike Place Farmers MarketSpace NeedleHammering ManPioneer Square Tours from Seattle's WaterfrontSeattle CenterThe Seattle WaterfrontChinatown-International District Museums The Children's MuseumExperience Music Science FictionMuseum and Hall of FameHenry Art...

Chicago Navy PierState Street -- 'The Great Street' (see below on this page) The Magnificent Mile (see below on this page)Oak Street & River...

The USA consist of 50 states - 48 are the so-called "contiguous", "continental" or "lower" states. Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th resp. the...

Boise, the capital of Idaho A small town with about 220.000 people, but the most important city in the state of Idaho. The capital is...

Throughout its 415 square miles of rock-ribbed wildness, Rocky Mountain National Park truly is a land of superlatives. Here, at least 60 mountains exceed...

Time Zones / Daylight Saving Time in the USA EST (Eastern Standard Time): UTC-5CST (Central Standard Time): UTC-6MST (Mountain Standard Time): UTC-7PST (Pacific Standard Time):...

Registered voters in each State and the District of Columbia vote for the President and Vice President.The President is NOT chosen by a nation-wide...

Sylt, Germany, in a nutshell Sylt is more than an island: 40 km of finest sandy beaches. Rough surf on the west coast, the calm...

UTC Time, Coordinated Universal Time UTC - Coordinated Universal Time As the name suggests it acts as the 'world-time', a base to which all time zones and...

Back to: USA (main page) Note: line: State (long Name)line: State's abbreviationline: Capital city of the stateline: Nickname of the State Alabama (Alabama -- Travel Overview and...

Following a list of American Byways. Note: The National Scenic Byways Program is no longer funded. Anyhow, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting a one-time...

Springfield became the Illinois state capital in 1837 with the help of a young lawyer and politician named Abraham Lincoln (read also Abe Lincoln...