A few more American favorites

Oʻahu, known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The world famous neighborhood of Waikiki is on Oʻahu home to public places including Kapiʻolani Park, Fort de Russy Military Reservation, Kahanamoku Lagoon, Kūhiō Beach Park, and Ala Wai Harbor.

 

In the middle of Texas Hill Country lies the charming city of New Braunfels named for Braunfels, in Germany. The city has a sizeable German Texan community. Old fashioned in its mannerisms, New Braunfels will make you feel right at home. Explore Gruene Historic District, float down the Guadalupe River and dine at Bier Gardens where you will enjoy the oompah music.

 

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering mostly desert. Filled with geologic wonders, and a vast panorama of human history the recreation area also offers world class fishing, golf, powerboating, jetskiing and kayaking!

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is a nature reserve, primarily within the Colorado Desert region of Southern California. The park features vast arid landscapes and dramatic mountains. Anza Borrego has natural springs and oases with the state's only native palm, the endangered California fan palm. Some areas of Anza-Borrego Park is the habitat for the Peninsular bighorn sheep, and the oases are filled with wildlife of all types of fauna, especially for bird-watching. Throughout the Park, visitors may see Kit foxes, Mule deer, Coyotes, Greater roadrunners, Golden eagles, Black-tailed jackrabbits, Ground squirrels, Kangaroo rats, Quail, and Prairie falcons.

 

The Quapaw Quarter of Little Rock, Arkansas is a section of the city including its oldest and most historic business and residential neighborhoods. The name of the area was first given in 1961, honoring the Quapaw Indians who once lived in the area centuries ago. As many as fifteen separate National Historic Register Districts make up the Quapaw Quarter, including more than 200 separate homes and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Throughout the Quapaw Quarter, many small and large homes from the Antebellum and Victorian eras can be found, in addition to several examples of Craftsman-style architecture.

 

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida. The beaches, conventions, festivals and events draw over 38 million visitors annually into the city, from across the country and around the world! The historical Art Deco district in South Beach, is widely regarded as one of the most glamorous in the world for its nightclubs, beaches, historical buildings, and shopping.

 

Chaco Culture National Historical Park hosts the most close-knit and extraordinary accumulation of pueblos in the American Southwest. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the United States' most important pre-Columbian cultural and historic areas.

 

Brighton Beach is an ocean-side neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Brighton Beach was dubbed "Little Odessa" by the local populace long ago, due to many of its residents having come from Odessa, a city of Ukraine. Brighton Beach is replete with restaurants, food stores, cafes, boutiques, banks, etc., located primarily along Brighton Beach Avenue and its cross streets.

 

Olympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into four basic regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west side temperate rainforest and the forests of the drier east side. The coastal portion of the park is a rugged, sandy beach along with a strip of adjacent forest. There are two native communities; the Hoh River has the Hoh people and at the town of La Push at the mouth of the Quileute River live the Quileute.

 

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is a state park in Monterey County, California near the town of Big Sur on the state's Central Coast. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is popular for its hiking trail through the redwood groves and trail to Pfeiffer Falls. The park is centered around the Big Sur River. It has been nicknamed a "mini Yosemite."

 

Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Its remoteness makes it difficult to access however with only sugar cane roads leading there, a four wheel drive vehicle is the best mode of transportation. Nothing is available for purchase anywhere in the park; visitors to the park should bring water, food, an umbrella, and all supplies they feel they need. It is most definitely worth the effort once you arrive.

 

Cape Cod Bay is a large bay off the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the state of Massachusetts. Cape Cod Bay is also teeming with endangered whales with visits from over 200 different north Atlantic right whales. The Bay is filled with remote un-crowded beaches, delicious lobster specials and old world charm.

 -Tracy Smith