Category: Popular Attractions

Disneyland Park, formerly Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Anaheim, California Disneyland Resort opened on July 17, 1955.

The Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon that overlooks Hollywood, California, Los Angeles. It is located at Mount Lee, in the Santa Monica Mountains area of Hollywood Hills. “HOLLYWOOD” is spelled out in capital letters of 45-foot-tall white and is 350 feet long. Quick facts Name: Hollywood…

Fisherman's Wharf is one of the busiest tourist areas in San Francisco, on the northern waterfront. At every turn, souvenir shops and stalls that sell crab and clam chowder

Alcatraz Island is located about 2 kilometers offshore from San Francisco, California, United States, in San Francisco Bay. This small island was built from 1934 until 1963 with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison and a federal jail. Quick facts Name: Alcatraz Island Location: San Francisco,…

Palazzo Vecchio (The Old Palace) is today Florence's City Hall. It was designed as the Palazzo del Popolo, or People's Palace, and building started at the very end of the the 13th century. One of the most famous landmarks in the city is the fortress-like building with crenelated walls. The…

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that extends across the Golden Gate, the one-mile strait that separates San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bridge links the American city of San Francisco, California — the San Francisco Peninsula's northern tip— to Marin County, bringing both of the…