Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska

Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is commonly known as ‘The Heart of Alaska’. It does not only composed mountains of the wilderness but also the region of Dall sheep the preserve of the threatened species.

The place was also well-known as the grassland of mammoths thousands of years ago (11,000 to 13,500). It is breathtakingly superb, beautiful and spectacular because of its untamed landscapes, snow peaked Mt. McKinley, Aurora Borealis or Northern lights, Gold Panning, Wonder Lake, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, young grizzly bears, foxes, lynxes, black bears, beavers, wolverines, hoary marmots, arctic ground squirrels, bull mooses, caribous, snowshoe hares, martens, and other animals like birds (i.e. Artic Warblers, wheaters, ptarmigan, pine grosbeaks, gyrfalcon, owls, hawks, golden eagle). The Denali National Park and Preserve has 6 million acres of land, the tallest peak of 20,320 ft, with 2,500 ft treeline, willows, spruces, shrubs, more than 450 of flowering species (i.e. Bluebell, gentian, Fireweed, lupine, goldenrod), mosses, fungi, algae, grasses, ferns, wild blueberries, soap berries, and so forth.

During summer time, there are roughly over 400,000 travelers that wish to catch a glimpse of Mt. McKinley. There are many bus rides ('Traveling 'Green') on Park Road that you could catch if you wish to have a trip. You could see the amazing scenery, the wildlife and the solitude that you want. There are park newspapers wherein you could find the guidelines if you plan for a trip during summertime. Plus, the web pages could give you some useful tips for your 'green adventure'. You would find that you would have a great summer adventure that you’ve been looking for.

Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal

The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel is an upscale luxury hotel in Montreal, Canada. The hotel is also known under the french name Le Reine Élizabeth.

The Queen Elizabeth Hotel is located in downtown Montreal, at 900 Rene Levesque Boulevard W., with Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in the foreground. The hotel is located directly above Montreal's main train station and is connected to the underground city, a network of many walkways and subways. The Queen Elizabeth Hotel was built by the Canadian National Railway and the construction works were finished in the year 1958. The hotel was acquired later by the corporation Canadian Pacific Hotels. The company was renamed and in present-day is carrying the name Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel is the second largest Fairmont hotel in Canada and the largest hotel in the province of Quebec. The building has 21 floors and a number of 1039 rooms. Since its inauguration, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel has been the residence of many famous guests. Among the personalities who stayed there we can mention the Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen Mother, Prince Charles, Princess Grace of Monaco, Jacques Chirac, Indira Gandhi, Charles de Gaulle, Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela, Mihail Gorbaciov, Jimmy Carter, Joan Crawford, Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush, the Dalai Lama and John Travolta. The place is also famous for the Bed-In interviews of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, in 1969. John recorded his first solo single, «Give peace a chance», in the Room 1742 of Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Golden Gate Bridge, California

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the internationally most renowned and most photographed bridges. It is the suspension bridge that connects San Francisco city/peninsula to Marin County, California. It has a 6-lane highway, 746 ft high, with the total length of 8,981 ft (2.7 km) and 90 ft wide.

The Golden Gate Bridge had originally the estimated cost of $100 M. The design was made because of Joseph Strauss’s thesis to design an 89 km-long railroad bridge, which was supposedly across the Bering Strait at the time, in the year 1916. He completed inland bridges of about 400 draw bridges though. Later, after some inputs from the consulting project experts, he promised that he could build the bridge for only $17 M. He spent 10 years of asking the support of the Northern California to realize the building of the bridge. Then, it was considered as practically, a suspension bridge was needed. The official name of the bridge was changed into ‘Golden Bridge and Highway District’ in 1923 by the Act of the state legislature. It opened on May 27, 1937.

If you wish to make a trip to this well-known bridge and the Golden Gate National Park, you might as well check the toll rates ($6 for southbound cars, $5 fast track, $3 for carpools at peak hours, for fast track only), how to pay the toll fees, background history of the bridge, other visitor's experience (their photos, merchandise and tours), the sidewalk hour schedules for bicyclists and pedestrians, the directions, transit, parking, weather, and the virtual bridge tour and the photo gallery.