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The United States of America, commonly known just as the USA, is situated in the central portion of North America, bounded by Mexico to the south and Canada to the north. It is the world’s third largest country and has the third highest population, yet despite the high population much of the USA remains untouched wilderness.
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Being such a large country there are countless tourist attractions across the whole of the USA. Many visitors will decide to focus their time touring just one small area and for this reason fly-drive holidays are particularly popular with many visitors. The USA’s cities are also great destinations, and many of them have plenty enough attractions to keep you busy for a week or more.
As a quick guide, here are some of the parts of the USA you should definitely see: New England This region on the north east coast of the USA is particularly popular in the autumn because of the beautiful ‘fall’ colours on the trees. Other than at this time of year New England is steeped in history as it was here that the United States began. Boston is the region’s most popular city. Mid-Atlantic Just to the south of New England is the Mid-Atlantic region. This includes the hugely popular New York City as well as the nation’s capital, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. Seaside resorts like those on Long Island, New Jersey and Atlantic City are popular too. South Known for its hot and humid weather, Southern hospitality, blues and jazz, the South of the USA has much history too in the cities like New Orleans with its historic French Quarter. Florida Further south still is Florida. Best known for Disney World in the Orlando area, plus the popular Miami, Everglades and the Keys. Midwest The Midwest region includes states like Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota and is home to one of the country’s largest cities, Chicago. The region is dominated by the Great Lakes in the north. Texas In a world of its own, Texas is the second largest state (behind Alaska). Texas is generally famous for being ’large’ and includes cities like Dallas and Houston and is famous for its cattle ranching! Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains region includes Colorado and north up to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Here you’ll find some of the most spectacular scenery in the country with plenty of things to see and do. Southwest One of the USA’s most impressive natural features is the Grand Canyon in Arizona, though this region also includes cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix. California Sitting on the coast, California has many of the USA’s best attractions. Cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, famous beaches, national parks and more. Pacific Northwest North of California are the states of Washington and Oregon where more great scenery is abundant and popular cities like Seattle draw the visitors. The other regions of the USA are Alaska, the country’s largest state; Hawaii, 2,300 miles (3680 km) south west of California, and the Great Plains. |