The Life of the first ladies of the USA - the exhibition in Washington

In Washington, DC National Museum of American History opened the exhibition "The First Ladies". Dresses, Chinese porcelain and souvenirs that are included in the exhibition, will tell about the life of wives of U.S. presidents.

The exhibition of inaugural dress Michelle Obama at the center includes 26 items and 160 other wardrobe items - from the first exhibits the White House collection, purchased by Martha Washington to Laura Bush china crockery.

The exhibition examines the role of first ladies in American history, their influence on public opinion, and tries to guess what a woman could become the first U.S. president. The exposition is divided into sections devoted to the fashion preferences of first ladies, their role as housewives of the country and change their image over time.

This is the tenth exhibition on first ladies, which opens at the museum over the past 100 years. First was held in 1914 and was intended to prove that women have a rightful place in American history, reports USA Today.

Starting from Helen Taft, every first lady donated her inaugural gown to the museum. The last exhibit of the collection was a dress of Michelle Obama, created by designer Jason Wu.

Best New York Hotels For Travelers With Children

These post is designed for those tourists traveling with children, ranking the best family hotels in New York. Each of them offers convenience for both children and their parents.

Loews Regency Hotel in the Upper East Side has developed a variety of leisure activities for children and a wide range of services. One of them - their own concierge service. Hotel accommodation will cost a family $ 779 a day.

DoubleTree Guest Suites in Times Square is ideal for a comfortable stay with the family. Each suite is divided into the living room, bedroom and dining room. The hotel has a playground and a nursery for young children. Accommodation - from $ 379 per day.

Excelsior hotel on the Upper West Side (from $ 413 per room) is also convenient for travelers with children. Not least due to the fact that next to Central Park and the Museum of Natural History.

Ritz-Carlton Battery Park attracts guests dizzying views from the windows. Not leaving the room, you can admire the harbor of New York, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (Ellis Island). Young astronomers will be able to rent a telescope to observe the starry sky. Accommodation - from $ 445 per day.

Millennium UN Plaza (from $ 419) is the holder of the best swimming pools in New York. Also, the hotel owns the indoor tennis courts where lessons can take adults and children.

Hotel Wales in the Upper East Side will delight guests a truly family atmosphere. It has extremely friendly staff, breakfast can be on your own, and offer the children to go to one of the fascinating tours through Central Park and the surrounding area. Accommodation - from $ 405 per room per night.

Washington Square (from $ 515) in Greenwich Village to attract romantic, passionate art of people and their grown children. Its cozy rooms are decorated in Art Deco style. At the reception you can order one of the sightseeing tours.

Hotel Gansevoort will please fans of art, as well. Throughout the hotel, including rooms, hung with works by contemporary New York artists. In addition, there is a rooftop pool and spa. For guests with children at the hotel prepared a full range of services including cribs, child seats, strollers, kits special cosmetics, diapers and more. Accommodation - from $ 665 per day.

The Park Based On "Avatar" Opens In Florida

The company will build a Disney theme park based on James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar." The first of its kind park will appear in Walt Disney World in Florida, in the Animal Kingdom.

On the creation of new attractions, along with Disney will work James Cameron and producer of the film Jon Landau. According to the director, they want to move beyond existing technologies, and all known history, writes the Independent.

Construction of the park will begin in 2013 and will last at least five years. Upon completion of works park visitors can plunge into the magical atmosphere of "Avatar" and explore its mysterious world. Within the complex will house attractions, shops and restaurants.

Disney company spends millions of dollars to upgrade and improve the infrastructure of their parks. Last but not least thanks to Walt Disney World is the most popular theme park in the world. In 2011, there opened a new attraction dedicated to the epic "Star Wars".

Animal Kingdom, where 'Avatar' will be opened, attracts nearly 10 million visitors. With the appearance of new attractions the number of visitors will undoubtedly increase.

Traditional Hawaian Dishes

Hawaii - this is a paradise for gourmets. It's no secret that the archipelago is famous for its fruit and seafood. It built a lot of restaurants and cafes are all the cuisines of the world, including traditional island.

All who visited the islands pay tribute to Hawaiian cuisine. "Lomylomy" of minced raw salmon, "laulau" - fish or pork for a couple, "opakapaka" of pink snapper - all integral components of the local menu.

Enthusiasts will appreciate the Hawaiian hot red onions. You can also try baked according to local custom in an earthen pit pig. The process of eating a pig is usually at dusk and is accompanied by some shows - the national dance of "blasphemy" or popular in Polynesia tricks with fire. All together is called "Luau." Not least is occupied by tropical fruits. It will be offered ordinary banana-orange, and the cannons with a floral taste and look like small watermelons "passion fruit". Local cocktails "Mai Tai", "Lover" s flower" are also very good. They exist as a form of alcohol, as well as in non-alcoholic version.

The Empire State Building

The Empire state building is a very popular building and it is included in the list of the modern wonders. The inclusion of Empire state building in this list was decided by American Society of Civil Engineers. Harold Helmsley is the owner of this building. Empire state building is considered to be a historic landmark of National importance.  

The site of the building was marked in the end of the 18th century and was developed by John Thomson farm. A hotel for the elite class was built there and it was a frequently visited hotel by the elite class of New York at that time.  Later on the same site was used to build this massive structure of Empire state building. The building was designed by the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and Gregory Johnson was the most important architect involved in the designing of Empire state building. The firm was too quick in producing the first draft of the design. It was produced by the firm in only two weeks time. This was a really speedy work and some other tower to be constructed in Carolina was used as a source to design this building. The designing was actually done from the top towards the bottom. All the financing of this project was done by John J. Raskob. Alfred Smith was the chairman of the construction company. Alfred was former governor of the city of New York and was deeply interested in the construction of Empire state building.

The height of this building is more than twelve hundreds and fifty feet. If you include the pinnacles in the height of the building, it becomes fourteen hundreds and fifty three feet tall. 85 storeys of the building are being used for commercial purpose while 16 storeys act as the tower of Art Deco. The top of the building is occupied by an observatory. This building is also popular because of the fact that this was the first building which crossed the limit of 100 storeys.  With 73 elevators in place and 6,500 windows in all, the building has 1,860 steps if you start off form the street level and try to reach the 102nd floor.

New York is a very well connected city with the rest of the world. You can take the aerial route to reach New York if you plan to visit the Empire state building and if you are coming from some other continent. If you are from the same continent, taking the by road route or a train may be a really good idea.

# 8. Martin Van Buuren

8.  Martin Van Buuren 1837-1841

The first thing Van Buuren had to do  - was to end with financial difficulties which got under Jackson's governance of the climax. To do this  he suggested to finally separate finances from the state bank to organize the state treasury department in Washington and its provincial  cities. This project, however, was decisively rejected, and the popularity of Van Buuren had decreased.

# 7. Adrew Jackson

7. Andrew Jackson 1829-1837

Jackson's critics argued that the conduct under his initiative the abolition of Central Bank and money emission issue in private sector led to this crisis. Murray Rothbard was against this criticism in the work "History of money and banking in the United States. "

John Quincy Adams

# 6. John Quincy Adams

Adams died in Washington during a meeting of the Congress, February 28, 1848. Among the statesmen of old American school, he has been the most deft and loyal diplomat in relations with Europe.

#5 James Monroe

5. James Monroe 1817-1825

 one of the organizers of the Louisiana purchase and the developer of the foreign policy concept, known as the Monroe Doctrine.

BEST AMERICA' HOTELS

Ratings of the most extravagant, unusual and luxurious hotels of America, which is worth visiting. The best hotels in America.

Hotel Beckham Creek Cave Haven
Located on a vast area - it covers over 530 acres of land! Beckham Creek Cave Haven (which is translated as 'The Cave House') was built in Arkansas, USA. It was built more than 4 years and its main philosophy - it is harmony with nature and natural beauty. Here, modern technology and communication is combined with the primitive history and architecture.

Hotel Quinta Real Zacatecas in Zacatecas, Mexico


This hotel is like old Mexico - with its colonial architecture and beauty. In the book of history and architecture combine with modern buildings - the hotel was built around the Bullring, 17 century. Here is an old arched aqueduct of the city, which creates a unique atmosphere of the hotel.

Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel in Brazil
The hotel has only 3 stars, but it is very exotic. It is located in the wild nature, 60 km upstream from Manaus on the banks of the Gulf Ariau, next to the world's largest archipelago of floating islands Anavilyana (380 islands). The hotel consists of 6 towers, which are interconnected with wooden bridges, built on a height over 30 feet! With the hotel offers spectacular views.

ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjarvi, Quebec, Canada
An amazing hotel, constructed entirely of ice. The hotel features an ice chapel, ice bar and an art gallery of ice shapes. Here you can ski, do fishing, riding a snowmobile and dog sledding. The hotel is open only during winter, from January to April, in the summer it melts.

Hotel Little Dix Bay, Virgin Island-Gordon, British Virgin Islands
A cozy and quiet hotel, consisting of small cottages, fully immersed in the green, on one of the best beaches in the world. Here you can scuba diving, go through a spa treatment or retire to one of the uninhabited islets, located within the county.

Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France, the island of St. Barthelemy, Caribbean
This hotel is a favorite vacation spot of French bohemia, and the world's elite. Here the white beaches, tropical flowers and lots of models, sunbathing topless.

The Most Visited Places In The USA

Rating of the most visited and popular tourist destinations in the U.S. is based on the number of tourists visiting a particular attraction of the country for a year.

The most visited place in the United States is crossing Times Square in New York, the island of Manhattan. It was visited by 47 million people in 2008. This represents 80% of the total number of those who visited New York. Times Square is the main shopping and entertainment center of the city.

Second place holds for a boulevard of Las Vegas in the same city. In 2008, the central boulevard of the city, where the most famous hotels and casinos of the city visited by 37 million people.

25 million people in 2008, visited the museum complex National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington. The complex includes: the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson and Washington, as well as the Smithsonian Institute with its 19 museums.

Trade Center Boston, Faneuil Hall Marketplace in 2008, attended by 20 million people. This is not only one of the greatest places in America to go shopping and historical and architectural monument, since it was built in 1742.

Disneyland Disney World's Magic Kingdom, located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida in 2007, attended by 17.1 million people. This is one of the most popular Disneyland in the world. Disneylen in California in Anaheim visitors per year, slightly less - about 15 million people.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco every year is visited by nearly 15 million people. The main attraction of the zone - is the famous bridge Golden Gate.

Niagara Falls is slightly inferior to the popularity of the bridge. During the year it is visited by approximately 12 million people.

National Park in Tennessee (Great Smoky Mountains National Park), the most popular natural national park of America. In a year it is visited by about 9 million tourists.