The statue of Liberty is an icon of freedom , democracy of the United States.

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A huge statue of Liberty was gift on October 28, 1886, to the United States from the people of France. It is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi gustaba Eiffel, who designed the Eiffel Tower.The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

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The Empire State Building is tallest building in New York City- 117 million people was visit par year.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building

Location: 350 Fifth Avenue,
Manhattan, New York 10118

Preceded by: Chrysler Building

Surpassed by: World Trade Center; currently unsurpassed in New York City

General information

Type: Office, observation

Construction started: 1929

Completed: 1931

Cost: $40,948,900

 Height

 Antenna spire: 1,454 ft (443.2 m)

 Roof: 1,250 ft (381.0 m)

 Top floor: 1,224 ft (373.2 m)

Technical details

Floor count: 102

Floor area: 2,768,591 sq ft (257,211 m²)

Design and construction

 Management: W&H Properties

 Main contractor: Starrett Brothers and Eken

 Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon

Structural engineer: Homer Gage Balcom

Empire State Building at night

Web site: www.esbnyc.com/      

****The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark in New York City, United States, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It is 1,250 ft (381 meters) tall.There are 1,575 steps from the lobby to the 86th floor.

***An international icon, it has been visited by more than 117 million people, who come to marvel at the 80-mile view into New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

***Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City.

***You really can't miss seeing the Empire State (it's the tallest building in New York City), but in case you do, look toward Midtown Manhattan at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and W. 34th Street (take the B, D, F, N, Q, R, V or W train to 34th Street). The 86th- and 102nd floor observatories are open every day from 8 a.m. until the last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m. Tickets to the 86th floor range from about $14 to $19, including tax, or about $44 for the Express Pass. Visiting the 102nd floor will cost about $15 extra. Bookmark the Empire State Building's official tourist website for further details on pricing and to find the lighting schedule.

New York Geography / Tourist Attraction Information

Country: United States

 State: New York, Settled-1624

 Counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond,

Government  

Type - Mayor-Council

Body - New York City Council  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Area

  City: 468.9 sq mi (1,214.4 km²)  

- Land 304.8 sq mi (789.4 km²)  

- Water 165.6 sq mi (428.8 km²)

- Urban 3,352.6 sq mi (8,683.2 km²)

- Metro 6,720 sq mi (17,405 km²)

Elevation 33 ft (10 m)

Population (April 1, 2010 United States Census)

- City -8,175,133  

- Density -27,532/sq mi (10,630/km²)

 - Urban -18,223,567

 - Urban density -5,435.7/sq mi (2,098.7/km²)

- Metro -18,897,109

 - Metro density -2,812.1/sq mi (1,085.7/km²)

Demonym -New Yorker

ZIP codes 100xx-104xx, 11004-05, 111xx-114xx, 116xx Area code(s) 212, 718, 917, 347, 646

Website: www.NYC.gov

Transport

Amtrak

The New York City Subway is the largest rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Two busiest rail stations in the New York City, including Grand Central Terminal. , also popularly referred to as "Grand Central Station", is the world's largest railway station by number of platforms. Mass transit in New York City,

***New York City is served by Amtrak, which uses Pennsylvania Station. Amtrak provides connections to Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. along the Northeast Corridor and long-distance train service to cities such as Chicago, New Orleans, Miami, Toronto and Montreal. The Port Authority Bus Terminal, the main intercity bus terminal of the city, serves 7,000 buses and 200,000 commuters daily, making it the busiest bus station in the world.

 ***The area is served by three major airports, John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International and LaGuardia, with plans to expand a fourth airport, Stewart International Airport near Newburgh, New York, by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (which administers the other three airports and took over control of Stewart in 2007), as a "reliever" airport to help cope with increasing passenger volume.

Tourism

Times Square has the highest annual attendance rate of any tourist attraction in the US.

Tourism is one of New York City's most vital industries, with more than 40 million combined domestic and international tourists visiting each year in the past five years.^[145] Major destinations include the

** Empire State Building;
**Statue of Liberty;
** Ellis Island;
**Broadway theater productions; museums such as theMetropolitan Museum of Art;
**Greenspaces such as Central Park and Washington Square Park; Rockefeller Center;
**Times Square; luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues;
**Events such as the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village,
**The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,
**The St. Patrick's Day parade, seasonal activities such as ice skating in Central Park in the wintertime, the Tribeca Film Festival,
**Special experiences outside the key tourist areas of the city include, but are not limited to the Bronx Zoo; Coney Island; and the New York Botanical Garden.

Empire state Building

          * Empire state Building-Empire State Building Visitors Guide

• Statue of Liberty-Statue of Liberty Visitors Guide

• . Grand Central Terminal-Grand Central Terminal Visitors Guide

• Rockefeller Center-Rockefeller Center Visitors Guide

• Ellis Island Immigration Museum-Ellis Island Immigration Museum Visitors Guide,  Ellis Island Immigration Museum Visitor Tips
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• Staten Island Ferry-Staten Island Ferry Visitors Guide

• American Museum of Natural History-American Museum of Natural History Visitors Guide

• Central Park-Central Park Visitors Guide

• Metropolitan Museum of Art-Metropolitan Museum of Art Visitors Guide

• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)- The Museum of Modern Art Visitors  Guide    

List of Major Tourist Attraction Place of United State of America-USA

**Riley's Farm, Oak Glen, California

**Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park, California

**Fort Tejon, California

**Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont, California

**Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

**Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

**Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia in Staunton, Virginia

**Fort Ticonderoga, New York

**Historic Richmond Town, New York

**Colonial Spanish Quarter Living History Museum, Saint Augustine, Florida

**The Spanish Military Hospital Museum, Saint Augustine, Florida

**Grand Ledge, Michigan

**Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan

**Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation  in Ridley Creek State Park, Media, Pennsylvania

**Conner Prairie in Fishers, Indiana

**Fort at Number 4, New Hampshire

**Fort Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio

**Fort Snelling, Minnesota

**Frazier International History Museum, Kentucky

**Historic Cold Spring Village in Cape May, New Jersey

**Little Bighorn National Monument-Reenactment is known as Custer's Last Stand Reenactment in Crow Agency Montana.

**Living History Farms, Urbandale, Iowa

**Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts

**Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

**Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts

**Old World Wisconsin Wisconsin Ethnic Heritage, Working Farms, 600-acre (2.4 km2) site in Eagle, Wisconsin

**Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts

**Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire

**Westville, Georgia

Travel USA? Quick Look USA Geography & Most Attraction Places.

United States of America  

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Largest city: New York City

National language: English

Demonym: American

Government: Federal presidential constitutional republic

President: Barack Obama 

Vice President: Joe Biden

Speaker of the House: John Boehner

Chief Justice: John Roberts

Area

Total-9,826,675 km² (3rd/4^th)
3,794,101 sq mi 

Water (%):6.76

Population:

2011 estimate: 312,068,000 (3^rd)

Density-33.7/km²
87.4/sq mi

Currency: United States dollar ($) (USD)

Web site: www.usa.gov/  

Transport:

Mode of passenger transport Passenger-miles (millions) Percent

 Highway — total 4,884,557, 88.79%

Passenger vehicles, motorcycles- 4,520,810, 82.18%

Trucks- -222,836, 4.05%

Buses --162,908, 2.96%

Air Carriers --583,689, 10.61%

 Rail — total: 30,972, 0.56%

Transit-- 16,118, 0.29%

 Commuter-- 9,473, 0.17%

Intercity/Amtrak--5,381, 0.10%

All other modes (e.g., ferryboats)-- 2,091, 0.04%

Source: 2005 estimates by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics ^[1]

****Collection from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

Safety

U.S. passenger fatalities per billion passenger-miles, 2002-2007[9]
Mode	Passenger fatalities	Passenger-miles (millions)	Passenger fatalities per billion passenger miles
Passenger car	127,124	15,958,620 M	7.97
Light rail	79	9,980 M	7.92
Motor bus	399	117,982 M	3.38
Commuter rail	105	59,736 M	1.76
Heavy rail (subway)	106	86,900 M	1.22
Railroad (intercity)	36	33,234 M	1.08
Airline	113	3,326,286 M	0.03

           
 The most visited tourist attractions in the US were:

Place	Location	Visitors (millions)[1]
Times Square	New York, New York	35
Las Vegas Strip	Las Vegas, Nevada	31
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Washington, D.C.	24
Faneuil Hall Marketplace	Boston, Massachusetts	20
Magic Kingdom	Orlando, Florida	17.1
Disneyland Park	Anaheim, California	14.9
Fisherman's Wharf/Golden Gate Area	San Francisco, California	14
Niagara Falls	New York	12
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	North Carolina and Tennessee	9.4
Navy Pier	Chicago, Illinois	8.6
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Las Vegas, Nevada	7.6
Universal Orlando Resort	Orlando, Florida	6.2
SeaWorld Orlando	Orlando, Florida	6
San Antonio River Walk	San Antonio, Texas	5.1
Salt Lake Temple	Salt Lake City, Utah	5
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	New Jersey and Pennsylvania	4.8
Universal Studios Hollywood	Universal City, California	4.7
Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York City, N.Y	4.5
Waikiki Beach	Oahu, Hawaii	4.5
Grand Canyon	Arizona	4.41
Busch Gardens Africa	Tampa, Florida	4.4
Cape Cod National Seashore	Barnstable County, Massachusetts	4.35
SeaWorld San Diego	San Diego, California	4.26