USA Culture and Sights

Walk towards manhattan! Mighty construction of stone and steel. The lengthy ramp of the Brooklyn Bridge ascends, the oldest bridge over the East River. The plans for the first steel hanging bridge in th...

Sometimes a sight for airshows, it's an everyday spectacle for those commuting into San Fransisco. In the sun Golden Gate Bridge appears really golden, during foggy days its towers stick out of the clo...

On the edge of art, the MoMA is one of the greatest modern art museums. The first exhibition in November 1929 was in the Rockefeller's town house at today's location, and was opened with 100 French Imp...

A beautiful monument in itself. In 1871 the railway magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt opened the first railway station here, from which the trains of the private railway line New York Central left for Chicag...

The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 skyscrapers . It was built by the richest citizen of America, John D. Rockefeller Jr., whom New York also has to thank for Rockefeller University, Fort Tryon Pa...

A symbol of peace and freedom. “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” stands on the foundations of a fort built in 1811. The statue, 93m/305ft-high including the foundation and base, is a world-fam...

Heaps of attractions, restaurants & the piers as basis for Bay cruises make Fisherman's Wharf a tourist magnet. Over the last few decades San Francisco's importance as a fishing harbor declined signific...

The most scenic San Francisco city view. If you only have time to enjoy one view, make sure it’s this one – captured on thousands of postcards: from Hayes Street you look North-East towards Steiner Stre...

Founded in 1869, this is the oldest museum in New York. With more than 35 million exhibits it is the largest museum of natural history in the world. The museum is housed in a building complex built in ...