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.

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.

Death Valley, Nevada, USA

Gloomy reputation gained mysterious Death Valley in Southern Nevada. Here repeatedly disappeared people. The strangeness of the fact that many of the cars were later found in a normal state, but from the people left no trace. Local people believed that to blame the military, conducting in this area its tests of new weapons. The military denied it all and "nod" to the smugglers. But more recently the military themselves confronted with the mystery of the Death Valley.

With the Mexican group of special purpose to train in conditions close to combat. For training did not choose the best place. Location of continuously monitored on the map to within hundreds of meters. But on the fourth day of the test group suddenly disappeared from the screen of the monitor. When the appointed time she went to a conditional goal, to look for her was gone Troopers, which was planted to the point where you came from the last signal. One of the jeeps and soldiers walked the entire route to conventional goals, meeting no one, the other jeep in which there were two soldiers who deviated from the route towards the strange light flashes. When he, too, not on the phone, looking for his helicopter took off. Jeep was discovered in a very good condition, but the people in it was not, while in the salon was working radio.

Christmas in New York...Enjoy it...

Christmas is a great time to visit New York City. Whether you're looking to experience the tree lighting, department store lights, holiday events, see a Broadway show, a romantic getaway, or a place to enjoy your Christmas dinner, you will find the resources for planning your Christmas in New York City here.
New York City hosts many different Christmas shows and events throughout the Christmas season. From the Radio City Christmas Spectacular to Messiah sings at New York City Churches, these Christmas shows and events are sure to entertain you and fill you with holiday spirit. There is no where in the world that offers the array of shopping opportunities that New York City does.

Window shopping takes on a whole new meaning as Manhattan's most celebrated department stores unveil their annual Holiday Windows. From Macys and Lord & Taylor to Bloomingdale's and Barneys, Christmas in New York City would not be complete without a visit to these windows decorated for the holidays.
New York is famous for shopping and the incredible window displays that many of our larger Department Stores unveil every holiday season. The following list highlights the windows you will not want to miss. We recommend that you start at the first store on the list, Barney's, as you will find that most of these stores are a short walking distance from there.

As Manhattan's stores deck up themselves for the holidays, window displays take on a new meaning. What were once merely opportunities to look at the goods transform into beautiful, magical places. The annual Holiday Windows of stores like Macys and Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's and Barneys are something you cannot miss. Christmas in New York City can never be considered complete without a visit to the holiday windows decked up for the holidays.

The beautiful Saks Window Displays are generally unveiled in late November every year. If you have kids, you should check out the holiday window displays of Saks Fifth Avenue. They tend to be centered and designed around a seasonal book for children. They also feature playful animations which kids usually love. Another advantage is that Saks Fifth Avenue's windows are very conveniently located near the Rockefeller Center promenade.

North America

North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass, and it is generally called as a New World. North America is connected to South America by an only land connection at the narrow Isthmus of Panama.

North America can be divided into 4 great regions: the Great Plains; the mountainous west that includes the Great Basin, the Rocky Mountains, Alaska and California; in the northeast, the plateau of the Canadian Shield; and the eastern region, which embraces the coastal plain along the Atlantic seaboard, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Florida peninsula. Mexico is the part of the western region, with its long plateaus and cordilleras.

Some of the popular tourist attractions in North America are Cleveland Museum of Art, Grant's Farm, West Side Market, Children's Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Graceland Cemetery, Stanley Park, Art Institute of Chicago, Ford's Theatre, Museum of Science & Industry and Denali, the highest peak located in Alaska.

Great Lakes is the most popular choice of tourists as it offers all kinds of outdoor sports, which include swimming, mountain biking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, golfing, dog skiing sledding, and sailing. If you are among those who do not like to have so physical activities, you can go shopping, enjoy yourself in jazz and blues festivals, take pleasure in the best of auto racing, sunbathe on the mesmerizing sandy beaches, watch out the romantic sunset and sunrise, enjoy your bed tea, breakfast or lunch in a stylish resort and go for sightseeing in the vibrant of all cities.

Your trip in North America offers you incomparable variety. North America is a New World that represents blend of cultures, which is only one of its kind, when compared from everywhere else in the world. On your North America tour, you are sure to enjoy both the colorful scenery and friendly people who are native to this new world.

When seen economically, North America is considered as one of the wealthiest regions of the world. It is also rich in tourism attractions such as natural wonders like, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon and Rocky Mountains, which draw both local and international tourists in great deal. North America is named after the famous discoverer Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to put forward the idea that America is not the part of East Indies. It is a formerly undiscovered new world.