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The United States is so grand and varied it's almost impossible to contemplate it as a single place. The sultry swamps of Florida and Georgia, the frozen tundra of Alaska's north slope, and the volcanic tropical islands of Hawaii don't fit in the same picture, but they're all part of this astonishing country. The U.S. is the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty, Hollywood and the sprawl of L.A., Chesapeake Bay and the Washington Mall, redwood forests and the geysers of Yellowstone, the Boston Tea Party and the Liberty Bell, penthouse dining and isolated truckstops, concrete jungles and wide open spaces, cities, towns, and villages of every size, and people of all colors and convictions. No matter what you're looking for you'll find it here, from urban sophistication to down-home informality, in a place that offers every possibility, including what some consider a planet all its own set incongruously in the middle of a desert, Las Vegas, a city that lives by its own rules.
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Larry Habegger is Triporati's managing editor and executive editor of Travelers' Tales, where he has edited or coedited dozens of books including Travelers' Tales Australia and Ireland.

Interests

    Architecture
    Art
    Culture
    Festivals
    Fine Dining
    History
    Monuments
    Museums
    Music
    National Park
    Nature
    Nightlife
    Parks/Gardens
    Performing Arts
    Professional Sports

Activities

    Golf
    Scenic Drive
    Snow Skiing

United States Facts

Capital:
Washington, DC
Location:
Central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south
Wikipedia:
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United States Must See/Do

  1. National parks: Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Glacier
  2. Cities: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans
  3. Museums: National Gallery and Smithsonian, Washington, DC; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Getty, Los Angeles; Art Institute of Chicago; California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
  4. Pop culture: Graceland, Hollywood
  5. History: New England (Massachusetts); the South (Georgia, Virginia); the West (Colorado, Arizona, California)

United States Most Overrated

  1. The country is too big and diverse to say definitively what a visitor should skip the first time around
  2. Prairie states: they have their appeal, but lack the drama many first-time visitors come to the U.S. to experience
  3. Midwest: except for notable cities such as Chicago or Minneapolis/St. Paul, the Midwest doesn't measure up to the two coasts for a first visit
  4. Texas cities are unremarkable except for Austin
  5. Out west the landscape is vast and distances between cities is great, so plan driving trips accordingly

When to Visit United States

Anytime, depending on what you want to do

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United States Events

  • April-May: Masters Golf Georgia, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Coachella Music Palm Springs
  • January: Sundance Film Festival, NYC Times Square New Years Eve, LA Rose Bowl
  • August-September: Labor Day, Burning Man Nevada Desert, NYC US Tennis Open
  • December: Hannukah & Christmas Events, Art Basel Miami Beach
  • February-March: Mardis Gras New Orleans, LA Marathon, South by SouthWest Austin TX, Easter Events, St Patricks Day Parade, Passover Events
  • June-July: Taste of Chicago, Gay Pride San Francisco, July Fourth Events, Boston Pops Firework Event
  • October-November: LA Halloween Parade, New York City Macys Thanksgiving Parade, NYC Marathon

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