The capital city of British Columbia is Victoria on Vancouver Island. Originally the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Victoria was designated the capital of the united Colony of British Columbia in 1868 following the 1866 political amalgamation of the island with the mainland. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is based in Victoria’s Parliament Buildings, which were completed Read more...
Manchester City FC plays at the Etihad Stadium (also called the City of Manchester Stadium) in east Manchester, England. The stadium has been the home of Manchester City since the end of the 2002–03 season, when the club moved from Maine Road in the Moss Side area of Manchester, its previous home ground since 1923. The City of Manchester Stadium Read more...
Nike does not offer public tours of its campus and world headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. Access to the campus and running trails is restricted to Nike employees and other authorized persons only. Read more...
Shea Stadium was located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, on the site of what is now parking for Citi Field, the home field of the New York Mets baseball team. Demolition of Shea Stadium started in October 2008 and the locations of its home plate, pitcher’s plate, and bases are marked in the parking lot. Read more...
The last registered prisoner at Alcatraz was Frank Clay Weatherman, who arrived on December 14, 1962. He was also the last of the final prisoners to board the boat leaving Alcatraz Island when the prison closed on March 21, 1963. Read more...
Facebook’s first office in Palo Alto was at 471 Emerson Street in Downtown North. Then still called The Facebook, the company moved here in January 2005 from the house in Los Altos where the early Facebook team lived and worked. On the wall outside the front door is a sign in the style of Facebook’s familiar thumbs up symbol that Read more...
The wooden garage where, in 1938, Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett worked on the first electronic products for what would become their Hewlett-Packard business, is located at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto. As it is in a residential neighborhood, the HP Garage is not open for public tours but it is possible to view and photograph the property and Read more...
The LA Galaxy MLS soccer team plays its home games at the Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly called the Home Depot Center and the StubHub Center) in Carson, California, 15 miles south of Los Angeles. The stadium is part of a multi-sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills. Read more...
The Los Angeles River begins at the confluence of Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas (also known as Calabasas Creek) at Owensmouth Avenue and Bassett Street in Canoga Park, Los Angeles. Read more...
The nearest hotel to the Honda Center in Anaheim is the Ayres Hotel located just across the street at East Katella Avenue and Douglass Road. Read more...
There is a 24 hour Starbucks Coffee at Southeast 102nd Ave and Southeast Stark Street in East Portland. It’s a Drive Thru with a walk-up window and some outdoor seating but no indoor seating. Read more...
The Radisson Blu Hotel is connected to Manchester Airport’s Skylink covered walkway to all terminals. The DoubleTree by Hilton, Clayton Hotel, and Crowne Plaza are also on-airport hotels but, without a direct link to the terminals, they have a free 24 hour shuttle instead. Read more...
The Anaheim Ducks ice hockey team plays its home games at Honda Center (formerly called The Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) in Anaheim, California. It has been home to the Anaheim Ducks since the team’s founding by The Walt Disney Company in 1993. They played their first regular season game at the arena on October 8, 1993, against the Detroit Red Read more...
The nearest hotels to the Abbotsford Centre are the Travelodge By Wyndham Abbotsford Bakerview and the Super 8 by Wyndham. They are neighbouring hotels located 2.5 kilometres away (5 minutes by car or 30 minutes on foot) on Sumas Way, Abbotsford, British Columbia. Read more...
YouTube was originally based on the Second Floor of 71 East 3rd Avenue in San Mateo, California, before it moved to new offices in San Bruno in 2008. Read more...
The Grand Hyatt at SFO hotel is the on-airport hotel at San Francisco International Airport and connected to the terminals by the AirTrain. Off airport, the nearest hotels to SFO are Aloft San Francisco Airport and The Westin San Francisco Airport, neighboring hotels located a 2-mile (or 4-minute) drive away in Millbrae. Both offer free 24-hour airport shuttle service. Read more...
