Las Vegas is the most famous casino and entertainment center in the world. The casino district has upscale hotels, casinos and shows on the Strip. The casino district is near the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip and is home to spectacular new casinos and hotels such as the Mirage, Excalibur, Paris, new york, Flamingo, Kaiser Palace, MGM, and Circus.
Smaller hotels and casinos can be found in the Casino Center in downtown, the old part of the Las Vegas Downtown.
Here, Old Town offers a special Fremont Street experience - four blocks of covered roads, an indoor sports center, fine restaurants, bars, nightclubs and nighttime light shows.
Las Vegas may be the easiest place in the world to get married. About 230 marriage licenses are issued a day, or 100,000 a year.
Southern Nevada has always been a place of extremes, with a man-made legend in the vast desert.
Large resorts and huge dams, massive and spectacular rock formations, dark and smoky casinos, exhilarating roller coasters and serene and stately wedding halls. Some people hate the city, but many others stay.
Las Vegas is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States, and a casino no less.
Dreams of overnight riches are also heard from time to time. In addition to gambling in this diverse city, the city offers very luxurious resorts, world-renowned entertainment, cheap but fancy dinners, world-class golf courses, water sports venues not far from Las Vegas, and a recently added children's playground.
Nine of the world's top 10 Holiday Inns are in Las Vegas, the largest of which is the MGM Grand Adventure Hotel and Casino, a 5,005-room theme park.
For 50 years before the 1990s, Las Vegas was considered a fantasy world for adults. The purpose of the place was gambling. In addition to gambling, it was still gambling. At the time, Mafia forces controlled everything in this greedy city. Once upon a time, Las Vegas transformed from a restricted city to a universal city for young and old alike.
The forces that controlled the city also became white cops, attracting adults, children, friends, babysitters, grandparents, gamblers and all non-smokers. In recent years, the city has built a number of themed resorts such as Stratosphere, Luxor, New York-New York and entertainment theme parks such as Wet N Wild, Grand Slam Canyon and MGM Grand Adventure. These amusement parks and themed resorts offer mini and exciting vacation experiences where people can stay in Las Vegas without having to enter a slot machine airport or a gambling table.
Golden Gate BridgeIn 1579, English explorer Francis Drake discovered a strait connecting the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco, which became known as the Golden Gate. Although the name was used long before the Gold Rush of 1849, the Gold Rush made the Golden Gate (the entrance to Northern California) an integral part of California's mystical charm.
The idea of building a bridge across the Golden Gate Strait was discussed as early as 1872, but it wasn't until 1937 that a drawbridge was built across the strait. The Golden Gate Bridge spans north and south, connecting San Francisco and Marin County. The bridge, which took over four years to build, is one of the most beautiful structures in the world. It is not the longest suspension bridge in the world, but it is the most famous. The giant towers of the Golden Gate Bridge are 227 meters high and each steel cable weighs 6,412 metric tons and is made of 27,000 steel wires twisted together. It was built in January 1933 and opened to traffic in May 1937 for the first time.
The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world's most famous bridges and is regarded as a marvel of modern bridge engineering. The Golden Gate Bridge was designed by the engineer Strauss, and his bronze statue is placed next to the bridge to honor his contributions to the United States. The bridge spans the Golden Gate Strait and is more than 1,900 meters wide and is located in California, USA. The Golden Gate is the entrance to San Francisco Bay, with steep banks and a deep channel. It was discovered by the English explorer Francis Drake in 1579 and named after him.
The Golden Gate Bridge connects the northern end to Northern California and the southern end to the San Francisco Peninsula. As the ship pulls into San Francisco, the first thing that comes into view from the deck are the bridge's massive steel towers. The steel towers stand on the north and south sides of the bridge and are 342 meters high, of which the part above the water is 227 meters, equivalent to a 70-story building. The top of the tower is connected by two steel cables with a diameter of 92.7 cm and weighing 24,500 tons. The steel cables droop at their midpoint, almost close to the body of the bridge, and the cables are connected to the body of the bridge by thin steel cables. Both ends of the steel cables extend to the shore and are anchored in the rock. The body of the bridge is suspended in the air by the great tension created by the two steel cables on either side of the bridge. With a span of 1,280 meters, the bridge between the steel towers is one of the few single-span large-span suspension bridges in the world. The height from the sea to the center of the bridge is about 60 meters, wide and high, so even at high tide, large ships can pass through unhindered.
The Golden Gate Bridge, including the sections extending from the ends of the steel towers, is 2,000 meters long. For this purpose, two auxiliary steel towers were built on both sides to give the bridge a more spectacular shape. The bridge is 27.4 meters wide with six lanes and two spacious sidewalks. The bridge was designed by the engineer Joseph Strauss. A bronze statue of him was placed next to the bridge in honor of his contribution to the United States. This bronze statue is lifelike and elegant.
Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in 1933 and was completed in May 1937. It took four years, consumed more than 100,000 tons of steel and cost 35.5 million U.S. dollars. The entire bridge is magnificent and rustic. The bridge is vermilion in color, lying above the blue sea and white waves, and the bright lights are first turned on, like a giant dragon in the sky, which sets off the night sky view of San Francisco. However, as it rains, the steel towers rust and painters have to paint them day after day.
Fisherman's WharfFisherman's Wharf is the happiest place in San Francisco. Here you can enjoy crab sourdough bread: visit the scary and hilarious Wax Museum; swim in the beautiful underwater world; enjoy the wonderful performances of street performers; or go to the spacious and fashionable shopping mall, and refresh yourself with a cup of strong Irish coffee when your feet are tired and weak.
Anyone who walks onto Fisherman's Wharf will feel a sense of refreshment. It used to be just a harbor for Italian fishermen who went out to sea to catch fish. The nearby coast abounds with delicious crabs, shrimp, abalone, squid, sea urchins, salmon, mackerel and cod. The fishermen would weigh anchor at 3:00 a.m. every morning and return to the dock by boat in the afternoon. In those days, there were always curious people who came to see their catch and even bought from them. Later, he simply went to the dock.
Today, most of those stands are clustered at the intersection of Jefferson and Taylor streets, and across the plaza there's a circular signpost labeled Crab that says Fisherman's Wharf. You can't go wrong.
Now, in addition to these seafood stalls, museums, stores, bookstores, antique stores, restaurants, malls, and souvenir stores have filled this tiny area, even expanding around Piers 39 and 41 at the other end into a wide-ranging tourist area. But the atmosphere of fishermen unloading on the docks is the same as it was then. Every October, a fleet dedication ceremony is held to continue the tradition. When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Day, so does all the fleet
On the dock full of fishing boats is a three-masted schooner called the bulke lassa, which was built in Scotland in 1883 and has been converted into an aquatic museum for visitors. Back in the day, it was loaded with valuable cargo and arrived in San Francisco from Europe via Cape Horn, Chile. It represents San Francisco's glorious past and is now moored on the waterfront off Beach Road.
The Wax Museum, located on Jefferson Street, features wax figures of famous people. The colorful Underwater World, built at a cost of $4 million, is located next to Pier 39. Visitors can look up through transparent tunnels made of glass and enjoy the underwater world of San Francisco Bay if they stand on a moving sidewalk. I saw leopard sharks, dogfish sharks and kite-shaped devils swimming in the sea. Their posture was athletic and agile. Jellyfish are also on display at the museum, but not as many or as diverse as those at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The famous Boudin Sourdough factory is across the street from the Jefferson Street Wax Museum. It's a French-style building with a red roof and black walls and a striking sign painted on the wall. There's outdoor seating in front of the building for diners to try something new, and there's also a branch in the Pier 39 shopping center.
Sourdough bread was introduced to the United States by French immigrants. It is made by mixing yeast with water and flour, fermenting it at room temperature to make a leavening agent, and then using it to make bread. It is generally estimated to be the size of a disc, particularly sour in flavor, and soft and chewy in texture. Merchants often hollow out the inside of the bread and place it in creamy clam chowder (about $5 per serving). Served with freshly cooked Dungeness kinnis crab, it has the most intense Fisherman's Wharf flavor.
Buena Vista, at the end of Hyde Street, is the birthplace of Irish coffee in San Francisco. The coffee is made with a generous amount of Irish whiskey and whipped cream to make it more robust and flavorful. Each cup of coffee is $4. Drinking it warms your whole body and is perfect for San Francisco's cool, oceanic, year-round climate.
Those who want to sit down for a nice meal at a restaurant should try Aliotos, which sells seafood dishes from southern Italy. The flavors are good and the portions are adequate, costing $27 per person.
There's also a barbershop in the Pier 39 shopping center. Bubba Gump, which specializes in southern U.S. seafood dishes, has great shrimp dishes and drinks. It was inspired by the movie "Forrest Gump," whose protagonist, Forrest Gump, was born in Alabama in the Southern U.S. and went on to work in the shrimping industry with his friend Bob, which is why the restaurant has shrimp as an entree. The entree, Forrest's Shrimp Trap, is shrimp steamed with beer, potatoes, turnips, celery and corn, and is $14.99 per dish.
After the drinks are prepared, servers shake them to even out the flavors and bring them to diners' tables. The famous drink, Delta Sunset, $5.95) is sweet, sour and ice-cold. It's also worth noting that the waiters at this restaurant are teenagers, and the tables have a couple of iron plates made to look like car license plates. If you need waiter service, you're shown the stop, Forrest stop sign. When they see the plates, they stop and say hello. If you don't need service, you can sacrifice the run, Forrest run iron plates. It's really fun.
As for the street performers, most of the highlights are centered around Pier 39. There's also all the gold and silver spray paint, red and green hair, and a modern percussion band playing Mexican music that gives the three chiefs the vibe of the show. Don't forget to tip them for the fun. Transportation: You can take the Powell Hyde and Powell Nason cable cars and buses 15, 19, 32 and 42 to Fisherman's Wharf.
The Nine Streets are one of San Francisco's great attractions. The stretch from Barangay Street to Levine Street is a big downhill, and the city has built special planters to prevent traffic accidents. Cars can only come down here by circling at no more than five miles per hour. For this reason, the street is known as the curviest street in the world. When you come to San Francisco, most visitors come to test their driving skills. Flower beds on both sides of the car are filled with roses, and homes on both sides of the street plant flowers and grass in front of their doors. When the flowers are in bloom, from a distance, it looks like a piece of velvet embroidery hanging diagonally and is so beautiful that it is known as Flower Street.
San Francisco is truly a vacation paradise. The historical landscape is pleasing to the eye, the restaurant food is surprising, and the abundance of great hotels is beyond imagination. There is a wide range of theater performances and sports that visitors expect in a major American city.
The bustling streets of Chinatown allow visitors to savor Chinese culture in a concentrated form. The Palace of the Legion of Honor in California makes one feel as if they are at the Palais des Sams in Paris. City Hall is breathtaking in its grandeur, the M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum shows visitors magnificent American art, sprawling parks are lined with towering trees, and Santa Cruz's boardwalk is steeped in history. Ferries shuttle between the bay and Alcatraz. The cable car winds through the mountains with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Cross the exciting bridge and head south on Highway 1, where you'll see California's redwood forests.
Seeing San Francisco from the air makes the city as neat as a transistor radio: exquisite Victorian architecture, Plaza Park, a beautiful blue waterfront, beautifully decorated skyscrapers, colorful streetscapes reflected in reflective glass, and winding freeways stretching all the way up to the towering business districts.
San Francisco's strongest voice is the warmth generated by immigrants, a heady mix of cultures: distinctive Italians, Chinese, Spaniards, Japanese and South Asians dot this part of California. It was the city that gave us the Beat Generation, the hippie revolution, the gay demonstrations and the yuppies. Whether you're a fan of Crazy Talk or Frank Sinatra, obsessed with ballet or more of a skateboarder, you'll find fun here.
London BridgeLondon Bridge used to be in London for hundreds of years, but now it's in Lake Washoe, Arizona, USA. Does the bridge move? Of course not, but it was moved from England to the United States. The stones and bricks are intact. The first bridge over the Thames in London was built in 43 AD. It was a pontoon bridge and was soon replaced by the first bridge, London Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the new London Bridge in 984 AD. It didn't last too long and was wiped out in 1074. The first stone London Bridge was then built in 1176, which took 33 years, but it was used for 600 years until 1824, when another London Bridge took its place. The bridge was completed by two generations of John Ranney fathers and sons***, designed by the father and built by the son. My father, Scott, graduated from Edinburgh University. Since 1791 he has been one of the greatest civil engineers of his time. He built many canals, harbors and bridges, the most famous of which is Waterloo Bridge, built in 1817.
It took 800 immigrant workers seven years to build the New London Bridge. It was one of the most important structures of the period and embodied the highest level of bridge-building technology in Britain at the time. The new bridge retained two things about the original: first, the material was still stone; second, the name of the bridge was still London Bridge because it had lasted for 750 years. on August 1, 1831, the bridge was completed. With the disappearance of the medieval monuments, it marked the beginning of new bridge-building techniques. On this day, the Mayor of London led the royal family across the bridge. A grand banquet was held on the new bridge with the King and Queen themselves. As the main gateway to London, the New London Bridge had its moments of glory, with foreign dignitaries and successive monarchs crossing the bridge on their return from the continent. But its main function is to allow unpredictable vehicles and pedestrians to cross. According to statistics, there are 15,968 pedestrians on London Bridge between 8:30 and 9:30 every morning. However, the London Bridge of the last century could no longer meet the needs of the times. Not only was the bridge's load-bearing capacity insufficient, but the bridge slowly began to sink due to excessive loading. As a result, various proposals for widening the bridge were repeatedly put forward and rejected, and it was finally decided to build a new London Bridge.In 1967, the bridge built by John Rennie was put up for sale. The British authorities, in order to draw attention to it, printed up a beautiful tender brochure and sent it to British embassies and consulates all over the world. Soon there was a response from abroad.
London Bridge was auctioned on April 18, 1968. London, New York and Phoenix simultaneously announced the sale of London Bridge to the McGlock Oil Company of Los Angeles, USA, for $2.46 million. It may not have been the highest bid in terms of price, but when a delegation from the London company visited Lake Washoe, Arizona, USA, and saw plans to build an OCT on the site, they thought the bid was the best. When the news broke, it was on the front pages of newspapers all over the world. McCulloch was delighted. He said that London Bridge would be rebuilt according to the original plans of John Ranney, the builder of Surryland, in a form familiar to Londoners and visitors from around the world. After all, London Bridge is British. It showcases British civilization and its sale affects Londoners. Once the bridge was torn down, letters of various reactions came to this newspaper like snowflakes of complaints. Some complained about why London Bridge lost out to America. We should think we were exporting our prosperity. There was also the reaction that we were doing the right thing. We sell Americans outdated and useless things. Events like this show our aristocratic superiority, because after all, no one in Britain buys the things America throws away, such as New York's rather old skyscrapers. It was also lamented that if we do nothing now, Americans will buy our Buckingham Palace. Two teenagers said: how will we face our children if we sell London Bridge? It is very difficult and dangerous to rebuild London Bridge in Lake Vasso and to demolish it. 130-year-old mortars are still intact. Special care should be taken to avoid accidents. Each stone on the bridge weighs one ton and the largest one weighs five tons. In all*** 10,000 tons of facade stones were removed and assembled on the wharf for shipment to California, U.S.A., from where they were trucked to Lake Washoe. The entire process of demolishing the bridge took three years, while a new concrete London Bridge was erected in its place with uninterrupted traffic. Lake Wassup is located in Arizona, USA, and was built as planned in 1964 on barren desert. The current population is over 20,000 and growing rapidly. There are plans to grow to 75,000. The city was designed by Wood, who was involved in the design of Disneyland.On July 9, 1968, the first stone was brought to Lake Washoe. The London Bridge over Lake Washoe was built while the stones were being delivered.On September 23, 1968, a groundbreaking ceremony was held. The ceremony was grand and extraordinary. The Mayor of London led several important officials in attendance. Prior to the ceremony, the Governor of Arizona hosted a formal state dinner in the state capital of Phoenix. The Governor and Mayor of London themselves laid the cornerstone of the London Bridge at Lake Washoe. Thousands of people attended such an important event. I can't think of anything else that connects our two countries, the market said with deep emotion. It was truly a blessing and a pleasure to move London Bridge from the oldest city in the world to the newest city in the world. It took more than three years and $7 million to rebuild London Bridge, which was completed in the fall of 1971. The 643rd Mayor of London and the Governor of Arizona attended the completion ceremony to officially declare it open. Today, more and more tourists come to visit London Bridge, a symbol of Britain's past, and the new International Village that surrounds it.
On the slopes of Telegraph Hill is a 60-meter-high tower that was built in 1933 by philanthropist and San Francisco founder Lilly Ashcock.In 1906, an earthquake started a fire. Some say the tower's shape was modeled after the nozzle of a fire hose to honor firefighters who died fighting the blaze.
After purchasing tickets at the gift store on the first floor, you can take the elevator directly to the observatory. Looking out the window, you can clearly see the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge and Fisherman's Wharf.
From the observation deck, head back to the first floor and take in the murals that surround you. There are about 30 local artists living in Bay, and their work does a good job of showing the panic scenes of the time based on each person's different point of view. These painters are neither famous nor obscure, and at the time they completed the murals they were earning as little as $38 a week.
The 210-foot-tall Coit Tower is named after Lilly Ashcock Coit, a tribute to the fire-fighting hero. Born in 1843, Lilly Eyre fell madly in love with firefighters after surviving a blaze when she was 9 years old. After inheriting a large estate from her husband Howard Coit, she took her place in the celebrity world of the day by tirelessly caring for San Francisco firefighters. After her death, Lilly Eyre generously donated one-third of her estate to build the Coit Tower, which architect Arthur Brown Jr . designed the Coit Tower in 1993 after the nozzles of the water plugs used by the fire department.
Universal Studios in the northwestern suburbs of Los Angeles, USA, is a must-see for tourists visiting Los Angeles.
Hollywood is world-famous for its studios.In the early 1900s, a number of producers began filming here. By 1928, they had formed a formidable lineup led by eight major studios, including Paramount.
Since the 1930s and '40s, Hollywood has become the cultural center of the United States, with many writers, musicians and movie stars living in nearby Beverly Hills.
Universal Studios is Hollywood's biggest attraction, where you can see how movies are made and review classic movie clips.
The cinema has three tours, the Movie Car Tour (a 40-minute movie tour with a special narrator), the Movie Center and the Entertainment Center.
In the Movie Center, you can experience the filming process on the set. The Entertainment Center features Ancient Times, Back to the Future, and Animal Star Show. There is also a 50's style shopping area, Cosmopolis, next to the movie theater entrance and exit. You can go for a walk.
Concert HallWalt Disney Concert Hall is located in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth building of the Los Angeles Music Center, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Frank Gehry. The main hall has a seating capacity of 2,265, along with the 266-seat Roy Disney Theater and a smaller theater with over 100 seats. Disney Concert Hall is home to the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Its unique appearance makes it a major landmark on South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles.
The Disney Concert Hall was completed on October 23, 2003. Its shape has important features of deconstructivist architecture and a strong Garry sheet metal roof style. When it was built, like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it sparked a lot of controversy about whether it would harm the city's appearance, and the architectural community was skeptical that its interior space would provide good acoustics and design for a concert hall. But after several musical performances, the acoustics of this concert hall have been widely acclaimed when compared to the Dorothy Chandler Hall(en), the other major concert hall at the Los Angeles Music Center.
The proposal for this concert hall came from Walt Disney's widow, Lillian, who announced that she would donate $50 million to build a concert hall called the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which was supposed to have the best acoustics and the gardens that Lillian favored.The design, completed by Frank Gary in 1991, won Lillian over, and construction began in 1992.
But in the early stages of the project, construction of the concert hall's underground parking garage greatly exceeded the budget. by the time the parking garage was built in 1996, between $90 million and $110 million had been spent, causing the Los Angeles County Council to sell government bonds to make up the shortfall. The allocation of the construction schedule and the choice of budgeted materials caused much controversy, and above-ground construction was delayed. Fortunately, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Layton and California philanthropist Eric Borot kick-started the project. When the Music Hall was completed in 2003, the cost, including the underground parking garage, had accumulated to $274 million, of which $84.5 million was donated by the Disney family and $25 million by The Walt Disney Company. Compared to the other three buildings at the Los Angeles Music Center (built in the 1960s at a cost of about $35 million), Disney Hall is the most expensive concert hall building in Los Angeles history.
The Walk of Fame is a sidewalk stretching along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, U.S.A. It features more than 2,000 star plaques bearing the names of celebrities pursued by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in honor of their contributions to the entertainment industry.
The first star medal was awarded on February 9, 1960 to Joanna Woodward. By the time Wanna White was honored on April 20, 2006[1], there were 2,309 stars on it.
The Walk of Fame runs along Hollywood Boulevard from Gower Street in the east to La Brea Avenue in the west, and then advances north to south along Vine Street between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard. The location of the medallion on the Walk of Fame is permanent, unless occasionally changed due to nearby construction or other reasons.
Each star is made of terrazzo: made into a pink pentagram, inlaid with bronze, and then embedded in a dark gray square. Inside the pink star is the name of the winner engraved in bronze, and below that is a ring symbol representing the venue where the winner received the star. The symbols are: movie cameras: contributing to the movie industry. Television: contributing to the television industry. Records: contributing to the recording industry. Radio microphone: contributing to the radio business. The tragedy mask: contributing to the living theater.
Nominations close on May 31 of each year, and in the following months the Star Awards Committee will meet to select the following year's winners. The Star Awards ceremony will be held in public and will be hosted by Hollywood Mayor Emeritus Johnny Grant.
The Walk of Fame was founded in 1958 by Oliver Weissmuller, an artist from Southern California. He was hired by the city to enhance Hollywood's image. In the early days of Cho-Jian University, many alumni received multiple stars for their contributions in various fields. However, in recent decades this has stopped happening, so only a few early alumni have received more than one star.In 1978, Los Angeles recognized the Walk of Fame as a cultural and historical landmark. Initially, there were 2,500 blank stars on the Walk of Fame, 1,558 of which were awarded in the first 16 months. Since then, two stars have been added each month. By 1994, more than 2,000 stars had been installed, and the additions have stretched from the western section of the Boulevard across Sycamore to Laboure Avenue, and now to the Silver Four Ladies' gate at the Hollywood Gazebo.
Disneyland, located in Los Angeles, California, was the world's first Disneyland. It opened on July 17, 1955 and will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Starting from May 2008, Disneyland will host the world's happiest celebration for 18 months, with the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland being one of them. During this period, Disneyland California will feature newly redesigned float shows and parades, and the refurbished indoor Space Coaster will make its return.
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles is a great mecca for those obsessed with roller coasters.
The most famous is Colossus, the world's largest wooden white flying car, which is terrifyingly fast at 90 miles per hour.