The Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver is named for The Lions, a pair of pointed peaks along the North Shore Mountains overlooking the city. The bridge’s official name is the First Narrows Bridge. Read more...
The Gateway Arch in St Louis is 192 meters (or 630 feet) tall, making it the tallest man-made monument in the United States. The width between its two legs at ground level is equal to its height. Read more...
The Saint Louis Blues NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at Enterprise Center (formerly called the Scottrade Center) in downtown St Louis, Missouri. Read more...
The Imagine mosaic, a gift to New York from the city of Naples in memory of John Lennon, is in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields area, near the Central Park West entrance at West 72nd Street. Read more...
New York City’s version of Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE sculpture is located on the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 55th Street in midtown Manhattan. Read more...
Manchester adopted the worker bee symbol to represent the city’s busy, productive workforce, particularly in the area’s many cotton mills during the 19th century. Read more...
Portland was named Stumptown due to the many stumps left behind from trees cut down to accommodate the city’s rapid growth in the mid 19th century. Read more...
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial features the carved faces of US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Read more...
Vancouver’s Gastown Steam Clock was steam powered but now uses an electric motor to wind the clock mechanism and steam to produce a tuneful whistle every quarter hour. Read more...
The vermilion orange color of the Golden Gate Bridge has its origins in the red lead primer coating the steel used to construct the bridge. The hue seemed to complement the bridge design and surroundings, so a similar shade called International Orange was chosen as its permanent paint color. Read more...
Menai Bridge was built between 1819 and 1826. The first stone was laid on 10th August 1819 and the completed bridge opened to traffic on 30 January 1826. Read more...
