Chicago was founded due to the easy portage point between the Chicago River and the Des Plaines River. The spot was well known for a century before Jean Baptiste Point Sable, a black man set up a trading post at the river. MORE...
Florida is a U.S. state located in the southeastern United States. It was named by Juan Ponce de León, who landed on the coast on April 2, 1513, during Pascua Florida.The first city in North America, is in Florida. MORE...
If you have ever doubted the power of water, just visit the Grand Canyon. It is immense, averaging 4,000 feet deep for its entire 277 miles. It is 6,000 feet deep at its deepest point and 15 miles at it’s widest.MORE...
The United States needs power, and lots of it; to make sure that the southwest had enough power to last it though out the century. To do this they would need a hydroelectric dam of epic proportions.MORE...
New York City (officially the City of New York) is the largest city in the United States and one of the world's major global cities. Located in the state of New York, the city has a population of over 8.1 million. MORE...

Niagara Falls, is a set of massive waterfalls located on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. Niagara Falls comprises three separate waterfalls. Niagara Falls is a big source of hydro power. MORE...
Hunter S. Thompson once said, “Las Vegas is the main nerve of the American Dream”. Anyone who goes to Las Vegas and doesn’t dream of getting rich must have just landed on earth for the first time. MORE...
Los Angeles is filled with more people and more places then any other city. It is one of the largest cities if one considers population and it takes the cake for the city with the largest land mass spread over 34000 square miles. MORE...
Officially recognized as the first European settlement in California, what became San Diego was founded in 1542 by a Spanish explorer named Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. There wasn’t really anything there until 1770. MORE...
Founded by the Spanish in 1776, the bustling and picturesque city known as San Francisco was but a small collection of buildings on a huge peninsula. MORE...

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