Golden Gate Bridge

     The Golden Gate Bridge's vaulting, orange arches amidst the rocky seascape of the San Francisco Bay have made it the West Coast's most enduring symbol and the city's most popular tourist attraction. The bridge's name, "Golden Gate," actually refers to the body of water it spans (the Golden Gate Strait that connects the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay) along with the brilliant reflection of sun it casts upon the bay's inlet — just west of the bridge.

       Visitors say this classic landmark is an awe-inspiring sight no matter how you decide to enjoy it. "Whether you want to look at it from afar, ride across it in a car, walk or bike across it — take it in from all of the vantage points," said one TripAdvisor user.

       The bridge is accessible all day every day by bus, car, bicycle or on foot. If you drive, parking is convenient (but limited) and accessible on both the north and south ends of the bridge. The Northeast Side Parking Lot is free up to four hours, while the Southeast Side Visitor Parking Lot costs about $1 an hour. Souvenir shops and public restrooms also lie on either side of the bridge.

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http://travel.usnews.com/San_Francisco_CA/Things_To_Do/Golden_Gate_Bridge_37448/

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Trafalgar Square

  is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, built around the area formerly                   

known as Charing Cross. It is situated in the City of Westminster. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of commemorative statues and sculptures in the square, while one plinth, left empty since it was built in 1840, The Fourth Plinth, has been host to contemporary art since 1999. The square is also used for politicaldemonstrations and community gatherings, such as the celebration of New Year's Eve.

The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory of the       

Napoleonic  Wars over France and Spain which took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar in Los caños de meca, a town in the municipality of Vejer de la Frontera(in the municipality of Barbate since 1940), Cádiz, Spain. The original name was to have been "King William the Fourth's Square", but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar Square".^[1]

In the 1820s George IV engaged the architect John Nash to redevelop the area. Nash cleared       

 the square as part of his Charing Cross Improvement Scheme. The present architecture of the square is due to Sir Charles Barry and was completed in 1845.

Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown and managed by the Greater       

London Authority, while Westminster City Council owns the roads around the square, including the pedestrianised area of the North Terrace.^[  

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square                                             

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Disney's animal kingdom

        Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is the fourth of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, southwest of Orlando. It was dedicated and opened to the public on Earth Day, April 22, 1998. It is the second largest theme park in the world, behind Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, and it is the largest Disney theme park in the world, covering 500 acres. It holds the distinction of being the first (and only) Disney park to be themed entirely around animal conservation .  In 2013, the park hosted approximately 10.19 million guests, ranking it the fourth-most visited amusement park in the United States and seventh-most visited in the world.

 References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Animal_Kingdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgXCJaNiBS0

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Disney's Epcot

   The American Adventure is the host pavilion of the World         Showcase within Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. It is also the name of the pavilion's main attraction, an Audio-Animatronics stage show of American history. It is located between the Italy and Japan pavilions.

References 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epcot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6pTRcVuoRA

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Empire State Building

     The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown , New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rdand 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 feet (443 m) high.Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Center's North Tower in late 1970. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. The Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
Manhattan

      The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate.It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.In 2007, it was ranked number one on the AIA's List of America's Favorite Architecture.

     The building is owned by the Empire State Realty Trust, of which Anthony Malkin serves as Chairman, CEO and President. In 2010, the Empire State Building underwent a $550 million renovation, with $120 million spent to transform the building into a more energy efficient and eco-friendly structure.The Empire State Building is the tallest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified building in the United States, having received a gold LEED rating in September 2011

: references 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfOqGpL3jlk

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US and UK

     United States of America  (U.S.), is a federal republic^[consisting of 50 states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C . the United States is the world's third-largest country by total area and third-largest by population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country 

is home to a wide variety of wildlife.

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe.  Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the country includes the island of Great Britain—a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands., the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to its west and north,  . The UK has an area of 93,800 square miles (243,000 km²), making it the 80th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe.

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 References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

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Disney's Magic kingdom

      Magic Kingdom Park, commonly known as Magic Kingdom, is the first-built of the four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, its layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and is dedicated to fairy tales and Disney characters. In 2013, the park hosted 18.58 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the world for the fifth consecutive year.

The park is represented by Cinderella Castle, a replica of the fairy tale castle seen in the 1950 film

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 References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Kingdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyZfIlxwsfI

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Disney's Hollywood studios

      Disney's Hollywood Studios  is the third of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando, Florida on May 1, 1989. Spanning 135 acres (55 ha), it is dedicated to show business, drawing inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. In 2013, the park hosted approximately 10.11 million guests, making it the fifth-most visited amusement park in the United States, and eighth-most visited in the world

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Walt disney 

          Movie magic comes to life at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, awash in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Step into the action with attractions based on blockbuster movies and top TV shows, and delight in exciting entertainment that puts you center stage. With the vibrancy of a bustling movie set, this park features 8 sections: Hollywood Boulevard, Echo Lake, Sunset Boulevard, Streets of America, Commissary Lane, Pixar Place, Mickey Avenue and Animation Courtyard areas.

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References 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Hollywood_Studios 

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/destinations/hollywood-studios/

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Miami

     Miami  is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County. The 42nd most populated city proper in the United States, with a population of 419,777, it is the principal, central, and most populous city of the Miami metropolitan area, and the most populous metropolis in the Southeastern United States after Washington, D.C.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Miami's metro area is the eighth most populous and fourth-largest urban 

area in the United States, with a population of around 5.5 million.

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      Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was  incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a series of natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from Miami city proper. The neighborhood of South Beach, comprising the southernmost 2.5 square miles (6.5 km²) of Miami Beach, along with downtown Miami and the port, collectively form the commercial center of South Florida. As of the 2010 census, Miami Beach had a total population of 87,779. It has been one of America's pre-eminent beach resorts since the early 20th century.

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References 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xws0XKHXpXg

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The White House

      The White House  is the official residence and principal workplace of   the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.

      The house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-      painted Aquia Creek sandstone in the Neoclassical style. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades that were meant to conceal stables and storage.

      In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of    Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Construction continued with the addition of the South Portico in 1824 and the North in 1829.

       Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all   work West Wing in 1901.

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 References 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House

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Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House      
of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its tenants, the Palace lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex that was destroyed by fire in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today. For ceremonial purposes, the palace retains its original style and status as a royal residence.

The first royal palace was built on the site in    
the eleventh century, and Westminster was the primary London residence of the Kings of England until a fire destroyed much of the complex in 1512. After that, it served as the home of Parliament, which had been meeting there since the thirteenth century, and the seat of the Royal Courts of Justice, based in and around Westminster Hall. In 1834, an even greater fire ravaged the heavily rebuilt Houses of Parliament, and the only structures of significance to survive were Westminster Hall, the Cloisters of St Stephen's, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft and 

the Jewel Tower.

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http://www.parliament.uk/                                                             

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London Eye

London Eye

        The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. 
Also known as the Millennium Wheel, its official name was originally published as the British Airways London Eye, then the Merlin Entertainments London Eye, then theEDF Energy London Eye. Since mid-January 2015 it has been known in branding as the Coca-Cola London Eye, following an agreement signed in September 2014.

      The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres 
(394 ft). When erected in 1999 it was theworld's tallest Ferris wheel. Its height was surpassed by the 160 m (520 ft) Star of Nanchang in 2006, the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer in 2008, and the 167.6 m (550 ft) High Roller (Las Vegas) in 2014. Supported by an A-frame on one side only, unlike the taller Nanchang and Singapore wheels, the Eye is described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel".

       It is currently Europe's tallest Ferris wheel, and offered the highest public viewing point in London until it was superseded by the 245-metre (804 ft) observation deck on the 72nd floor of The Shard, which opened to the public on 1 February 2013.  It is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3.5 million visitors annually, and has made manyappearances in popular culture.

the view from london eye 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye                                                 

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