Country. Main cities and Major sights of the USAThere are 50 states in the United States of America. The biggest city in the USA is New York City, New York, which has over 8 million people. The second-biggest city in the USA is Los Angeles, California, which has almost 4 million people. The third-biggest city in the USA is Chicago, Illinois, which has nearly 3 million people. 4. Houston, Texas - 2,144,491 Major sights 1. (45 mln visitors) Walt Disney World is an entertainment complex that opened in 1971, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and is the most visited attraction in the world, with attendance of 52.5 million annually. It is owned by The Walt Disney Company through its division Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. The property covers 25,000 acres (theme parks, water parks). Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom opened throughout the 1980s and 1990s. 2. (35 mln) Times Square is a major commercial intersection and a neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, NY, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. "The Crossroads of the World", "The Center of the Universe" –one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. 3. The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4.2-mile (6.8 km) stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada. Many of the largest hotel, casino, and resort properties in the world are located on the Las Vegas Strip. Fifteen of the world's 25 largest hotels by room count are on the Strip, with a total of over 62,000 rooms. 4. (12 mln) Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡrə/) is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States; more specifically, between the province of Ontario and the state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. H - 51 m 5. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. It is the most visited national park in the United States. The park was chartered by the United States Congress in 1934 and officially dedicated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. 6. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
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