Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States. Show all posts

Monday, February 19, 2007

Mount Hood in Oregon - USA

Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake, OregonMount Hood is a stratovolcano in northern Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) east-southeast of the city of Portland, on the border between Clackamas and Hood River counties. The mountain was given its present name on October 29, 1792 by Lt. William Broughton, a member of Captain George Vancouver's discovery expedition. It was named after a British admiral, Samuel Hood.

Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans - USA

Saint Louis Cathedral in New OrleansSaint Louis Cathedral is the cathedral in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is located on the Place John Paul, a promenaded section of Chartres Street that stretches one block from St. Peter Street on the upriver boundary and St. Anne Street on the downriver boundary.

Monday, February 12, 2007

San Francisco - USA

San Francisco Skyline - United StatesThe City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the fourteenth-most populous in the United States. In 1776, the Spanish settled the tip of the San Francisco peninsula, establishing a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush in 1848, propelled the city into a period of rapid growth. After being devastated by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt.