The United States Capitol Building
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The United States of America is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and the capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago, is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles’ Hollywood is famed for film making.. A common government and language may unite the 50 states, but you will find many cultural differences throughout the USA.
Government
The United States is a representative democracy with three branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial. In the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., you will find many important sites connected to these branches, including the U.S. Capitol Building, White House and U.S. Supreme Court.
There are federal laws that apply to the entire country. In addition, each state, county and municipality has its own government and laws governing things like smoking and liquor sales.
Language
The United States does not have an official language, but English is the most commonly spoken language and it is the official language in several states. They also provide information in Spanish, because of the significant Latino population in the U.S. Besides English, the most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, French, German, Korean, Arabic, Russian, and Italian.
Religion
Religious freedom is one of the founding cornerstones of the United States. There is no official national religion, but the diverse population celebrates myriad religions and spiritual beliefs. Places of worship are available for travellers, whether they are visiting small towns or major urban centres.
I have visited the United States several times over the years and although I have been to Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Florida, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Georgia. There are many more places I wish to visit. I find anywhere I have been in the United States is very easy to get about. The roads are good; the people are friendly and helpful; you collect your hire car at the airport and off you go. Like I said, very easy to find your way around.
I could move to the United States because coming from England I would not have a problem, however, although it costs less to live in the States than it does in England, I am looking for my living expenses to be a lot less.
Supreme Court of the United States
The White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. You will find it at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.
Map of Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone, America’s first national park, is big — 2.2 million acres big. Besides its size, Yellowstone divides into distinctly different regions and habitats that include geysers, fumaroles, and other geothermal features, plus a canyon, a lake, a series of limestone terraces and an abundance of roaming wildlife. With such vastness and variety, the park can be overwhelming.
Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It’s also home to two hundred animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.
Young Bison are born red. This is nature’s way of protecting a species. The only predators that bison have are wolf packs, and wolves cannot see anything that is red. So, if they do not run around, the wolves cannot find them. Nature is fantastic.
One of the yellow buses that will drive you around the park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Gathering of Nations sees 85,000 visitors each day, and over 3,000 dancers. They crown a new Miss Indian World every year and she serves as a goodwill ambassador for all indigenous people. The pow-wow is so large that it even has its own year-round radio station on iHeartRadio called Gathering of Nations Internet Radio. This year will be the 31st time they hold the gathering.
With the amount of geothermal energy that is potentially available in the United States, they could cut their reliance on oil and gas by a massive amount.
With things like this, you can see who is running the country. If it is not the oil barons, then it is big pharma. Politicians are the same pretty much in every country. They will vote for whatever is best for their pockets and maybe not what is the best thing for the country, or the world.