Iowa Travel Diary // May 2018
Mitchell and I go on an adventure to Des Moines Iowa. We want to see every state in the United States and we randomized the list. Iowa came out on top and we went for a visit on Memorial Day Weekend. This video shows some top destinations such as the Downtown Farmer's Market, Blank Park Zoo, Exile Brewery and the Bridges of Madison County.
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Top 10 Best Farmers' Markets in the USA
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Top 10 Best Farmers' Markets in the USA: Pike Place Farmers Market Seattle, Union Square Greenmarket New York City, Green City Market Chicago, Santa Fe Farmers Market, Des Moines Farmers Market, Portland Farmers Market, The Copley Square Farmers Market, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, Dupont Circle FRESHFARM Market, The Morningside Farmers Market
Driving Downtown - Austin Main Street 4K - Texas USA
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Driving Downtown Streets - Congress Avenue - Austin Texas USA - Episode 41.
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Congress Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Austin, Texas. The street is a six-lane, tree lined avenue that cuts through the middle of the city from far south Austin and goes over Lady Bird Lake leading to the Texas State Capitol in the heart of Downtown. Congress Avenue south of Lady Bird Lake is known as South Congress, often abbreviated to SoCo,[2] and is an increasingly popular shopping and rental district. It passes the historic Travis Heights neighborhood, the Texas School for the Deaf, and St. Edward's University as it passes south out of town.
South by Southwest (abbreviated as SXSW) is an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987, and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2011, the conference lasted for 10 days with SXSW Interactive lasting for 5 days, Music for 6 days, and Film running concurrently for 9 days.
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Austin is the 11th-most populated city in the U.S and the 4th-most populated city in Texas. It is the fastest growing of the 50 largest US cities[5] and the second largest capital city after Phoenix, Arizona.[6] As of June 1, 2016, Austin had a population of 931,830 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate). Located in Central Texas in the foothills of Texas Hill Country, the city is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways including Lady Bird Lake, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, the Colorado River, Lake Travis, and Lake Walter E. Long. It is cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 2,010,860 as of June 1, 2016.
In the 1830s pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. In 1839, the site was officially chosen to replace Houston as the new capital of the Republic of Texas and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas and the republic's first secretary of state. The city subsequently grew throughout the 19th century and became a center for government and education with the construction of the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas at Austin.[7] After a lull in growth from the Great Depression, Austin resumed its development into a major city and, by the 1980s, it emerged as a center for technology and business.[8] A number of Fortune 500 companies have headquarters or regional offices in Austin including Advanced Micro Devices, Apple Inc., ARM Holdings, Cisco, eBay, General Motors, Google, IBM, Intel, Texas Instruments, 3M, Oracle Corporation and Whole Foods Market.[9] Dell's worldwide headquarters is located in nearby Round Rock, a suburb of Austin.
Residents of Austin are known as Austinites.[10] They include a diverse mix of government employees, college students, musicians, high-tech workers, blue-collar workers, and businesspeople.[11] The city's official slogan promotes Austin as The Live Music Capital of the World, a reference to the many musicians and live music venues within the city, as well as the long-running PBS TV concert series Austin City Limits.[12][13] The city also adopted Silicon Hills as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies. In recent years, some Austinites have also adopted the unofficial slogan Keep Austin Weird,[14] which refers to the desire to protect small, unique, and local businesses from being overrun by large corporations.[15] In the late 1800s, Austin was known as the City of the Violet Crown because of the colorful glow of light across the hills just after sunset.[16] Even today, many Austin businesses use the term Violet Crown in their name. Austin is known as a clean-air city for the city's stringent no-smoking ordinances that apply to all public places and buildings, including restaurants and bars.[17] The FBI ranked Austin as the second-safest major city in the U.S. for the year 2012.
Driving Downtown - Cincinnati's Main Street 4K - USA
Driving Downtown Streets - Vine Street - Cincinnati Ohio USA - Episode 66.
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Vine Street functions as Cincinnati's central thoroughfare. It bisects the downtown neighborhood, as well as the adjacent Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
Most of the buildings on Vine Street are commercial, and represent the city's historic business district. The street is well maintained, however many of the buildings are deteriorating. Vine street is also known for its large amount of pedestrian traffic, particularly around Fountain Square.
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio that serves as county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the north side of the confluence of the Licking with the Ohio River. The latter forms the border between the states of Ohio and Kentucky. Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and the 65th-largest city in the United States with a population of 298,165 people (2014), making it the 28th-largest Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in the United States and the largest centered in Ohio. The city is also part of the larger Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census.
In the early 19th century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country; it rivaled the larger coastal cities in size and wealth. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the Eastern Seaboard; at one point holding the position of America's sixth-largest city for a period spanning consecutive census reports from 1840 until 1860. It was by far the largest city in the west. Because it is the first major American city founded after the American Revolution as well as the first major inland city in the country, Cincinnati is sometimes thought of as the first purely American city.[10]
Cincinnati developed with less European immigration or influence than eastern cities attracted in the same period; however, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on commodity exploitation and the railroads, and St. Louis, for decades after the Civil War the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to two major sports teams, the Cincinnati Reds, the oldest franchise in Major League Baseball, and the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. The University of Cincinnati, founded in 1819, is one of the 50 largest in the United States.[11] Cincinnati is known for its historic architecture. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as Paris of America, due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store.
Economy
Major corporations have their head offices in Cincinnati, such as Procter & Gamble, The Kroger Company, and Macy's, Inc., amongst others. Kroger, the largest employer in the city, has 17,000 employees. The University of Cincinnati is the second largest, with 15,162 employees.
Arts and Culture
Cincinnati's culture is strongly influenced by its history of German and Irish immigrants and its geographical position on the border of the Southern United States and Midwestern United States.[citation needed] In the mid to late nineteenth century, Cincinnati became a major destination for German and Irish immigrants. In 1830 residents with German roots made up 5 percent of the population, as many had migrated from Pennsylvania; ten years later the number had risen to 30 percent.[65] Thousands of German immigrants entered the city after the revolutions in the German states in 1848 and by 1900, more than 60 percent of its population was of German background.
Sports
Cincinnati has two major league teams, seven minor league teams, five college institutions with sports teams, and seven major sports venues. Cincinnati's two major league teams are Major League Baseball's Reds, who were named for America's first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings;[88][89][90] and the Bengals of the National Football League. On Major League Baseball Opening Day, Cincinnati has the distinction of holding the traditional opener in baseball each year, due to its baseball history. Many children in Cincinnati skip school on Opening Day, which is commonly thought of as a city holiday.[91]
Chinatown - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Chicago's large Chinese neighborhood is full of popular restaurants.
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- ... The trolley went to Chinatown, Little Italy, and Greektown ...
- ... It included a trip out to the `Ethnic´areas - Little Italy, Greektown and Chinatown - and gave a good history of the city, immigration and current living practices ...
- ... We had some yummy Japanese and Chinese, found the famous ice cream shop in Chinatown also ...
- ... aromatisee c'est quoi en francais?) et le fameux Italian beef (bof, pam), Greektown avec un mini Parthenon pour nous indiquer l'entree, Chinatown ou il n'y a que des chinois, ou le temps s'est arrete 30 ou 50 ans en arriere (parlent-ils anglais?), ou ...
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- Chinatown Dragon Mural - 1 of 9 in the world by Youngcountry from a blog titled It isn't cold? Beaches? Cheeseballs? Kickball?
- Bibliothèque Municipale de Chinatown by Lfichter from a blog titled En passant par Chinatown
- Blick auf Chinatown aus der Bahn by Konradin from a blog titled Pilsen bei Tageslicht & Eindrücke aus Wicker Park
- Chinatown mit Sears Tower by Tiszrh from a blog titled Chi-Town
- Downtown from Chinatown by Lfichter from a blog titled En passant par Chinatown
- Chinatown desde el tren by Rosaguiard from a blog titled El Sur de Chicago
- Chinatown and the City by Stcairns from a blog titled Jenna's Town: Eats and Sights
- Welcome to Chinatown by Lfichter from a blog titled En passant par Chinatown
- ChinaTown gate by Phillipsb1 from a blog titled February = work, class, flowers, & chinese newyear
- Chinatown by Stcairns from a blog titled Jenna's Town: Eats and Sights
- Chinatown by Phillipsb1 from a blog titled February = work, class, flowers, & chinese newyear
Scenic City Empress Riverboat, Iowa Falls, Iowa
There's nothing more relaxing than a float on the water, a little food, a guided tour, and the scenic limestone bluffs that makes this double-decker boat ride a real treasure.
ROAD TRIP FROM CHICAGO TO SEATTLE
THIS WAS OUR 2ND ROAD TRIP. CHICAGO TO SEATTLE AND WE STOPPED AMD MULTIPLE NATIONAL PARKS FOR SOME HIKING AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS. WE STOPPED AT BADLANDS, GRAND TETONS, YELLOWSTONE, AND MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK AND DEVILS TOWER AND MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MONUMENTS. IT WAS FUN AND WE ARE STARTING TO PLAN OUR 3RD ROAD TRIP ALREADY.
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The Darkness Haunted House Haunt Tour 2013 St. Louis MO.
The Darkness, located in St. Louis Missouri, is one of most detailed Haunted Houses in America. Every March it is open for special tours during the 2013 Transworld Halloween & Attractions tradeshow showing off it's over the top renovations. Learn more at
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Why A Balcony Cabin Is A Must Have Item For Some Cruisers!
Why A Balcony Cabin Is A Must Have Item For Some Cruisers! Once you experience a cruise in a balcony cabin, it is very hard to go back to an inside cabin. Having a balcony cabin allows you to spend quality quiet time on your cruise to read a book, or just chill out and unload stress.
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