New York is one of the most densely populated cities in the United States. The pace of life is unbelievably fast and it is titled as the "City that never sleeps" and nicknamed "the Big Apple". New York sees upwards of 50 million visitors per year. The abundance and variety of top restaurants in the city provides all the tourists with world class cuisine of their choice. It is also the financial center of the Americas and arguably the whole world.
Landmarks to visit in the city are: Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, Empire State building, walk through central park, watch a show on Broadway, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The "City of Angels" as it is known is a warm and inviting place to visit. Even in the winter you can find locals walking in t-shirts, shorts and flip flops. It is a city that is filled with cultural icons many of which became such with the help of the film industry. In its glory days Hollywood was where all the actors went to tempt faith and try and make it big in movies.
A Walt Disney concert hall is a relatively new concert hall but is an architecturally unique building and very eye catching. Places to visit in and around LA are: Universal Studios, Disney Land, Six-Flags Magic Mountain theme park, take a tour of Paramount studio, Griffith Observatory, take a walk on Venice or Santa Monica beach, play a game of beach volleyball, watch a basketball or a hockey game at Staple's Center.
In Seattle you can have the best of both worlds: a warm summer and a chill winter with everything in between filled with rain. For the frequency of precipitation the city is known as "Rain City" or "Emerald City" for the plentiful lush vegetation that is a direct result of all the rain. Seattle has one of the busiest ports for cruises. If you're bound for an Alaskan cruise chances are you will likely depart Seattle. However, Seattle is also the place where the world's richest man and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates calls home.
The region is also known as one of the most educated places in the United States. It attracts such major technology companies as Microsoft, Amazon, and Nintendo. Other major companies chose to headquarter or have a big presence in Washington State are: Starbucks, Nordstrom, Paccar, Boeing, Costco, and T-Mobile. Must places to visit in Seattle are: The Space Needle, Experience Music Project (EMP), walk the Pike Place Market, watch a show at the Moore Theater, go kayaking on Lake Washington, visit Seattle Art Museum or the Olympic Sculpture Park.