Few trees are more beautiful than cherry trees when in full bloom.
Although millions flock to see cherry blossoms around the world, the trees have a special resonance in Japan, where they are known as sakura.
Many of the Grand Canyon's visitors make a point of packing into the tourist stop known as Grand Canyon Village.
Far fewer realize there's a bona fide village nestled into Havasu Canyon some 3,000 feet below.
The American West is known for its wide open spaces, but nowhere is quite as wide open as the area around Glasgow, Montana.
Crunching some numbers back in 2018 in an effort to definitively define “the middle of nowhere,” The Washington Post found that a whopping 98% of Americans in the contiguous U.S. live within an hour of some kind of urban center (that is, a metropolitan area with at least 75,000 people).
The mile-deep gorge is the centerpiece of such an expansive view that it can’t all be seen at once.
At 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide, the Grand Canyon is so large, it creates its own weather. In fact, getting a view from its two most popular rims (aka tops) requires nearly five hours of travel time.
The Statue of Liberty is a world-famous symbol of freedom, given in 1886 by France to the United States in celebration of American Independence.
Nearby Ellis Island was the first stop for millions of immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The national monument recalls this period of massive immigration to the United States.
Inside the statue, a plaque added in 1903 is engraved with words from "The New Colossus", an 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus:
