America Tourist Attractions

When people talk of visiting New York City, more likely than not, they are referring to visiting Manhattan. Manhattan, an elongated island, is actually one of the five boroughs of New York City, albeit the most famous. It is the home of the skyscraper skyline that is so synonymous with New York City. Most of the tourist attractions are located in Manhattan. The southernmost section is Lower Manhattan, and at the southernmost part of Lower Manhattan is the Financial District. The Dutch built a fort here called Fort Amsterdam. It was named after, not Bill Clinton, but Dewitt Clinton, the Mayor of New York City in 1815.

Going north from Battery Park, you pass another smaller park, called Bowling Green. A short distance north of here is Wall Street, home to NYSE. The site of Ground Zero, where the famous World Trade Center towers used to be, is slightly to the west, and further on, are the towers of World Financial Center, built on reclaimed land using landfill from the World Trade Center site. Some of the oldest skyscrapers of New York City dot this part of Manhattan. Among them is the Woolworth Building, a 57-storey skyscraper completed in 1913, at that time the tallest building in New York City.

Over time, as Manhattan developed, some of the avenues were given names. Fourth Avenue was renamed Park Avenue. Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue were added later.As we approach Midtown Manhattan, we come upon a high concentration of tourist attractions. Madison Square Garden is here. Madison Square Garden, however, is no longer located on Madison Square. Also within the neighbourhood is the Empire State Building, once again the tallest building in New York City.

Many of New York City's theatres are concentrated here. The observation deck at the top of GE Building offers one of the best views of New York City along with the Empire State Building in the middle. Within Rockefeller Center is Radio City Music Hall, and across the street from it is St Patrick's Cathedral, the largest Neo-Gothic style Catholic Cathedral in North America. Created in the mid 19th century, it is home to the biggest museum in New York City, the Met, or Metropolitan Museum of Art. The main road going north is Broadway. On the northern tip of Manhattan is Inwood Hill Park, one of several parks lining the Hudson River side of Manhattan.

Washington offers a wide variety of places and items to see and enjoy. There are varied tourist attractions at Philadelphia that includes the world famous Philadelphia Zoo, quaint old residential street and Elfreth's Alley.