1. USA – interesting places
(USA – zajímavá místa)

2. USA – interesting places
 Yellowstone National Park
 Grand Canyon
 Niagara Falls
 Route 66
 Miami
 Death Valley
 The Mount Rushmore National
Memorial
 Kennedy Space Center

3. U.S. Interesting Places - Yellowstone
National Park
Located in the state of Wyoming.
Founded in 1872.
The first natural reservation in the world.
Home to hundreds of animal species (grizzly
bears, bison and elk).
Old Faithful Geyser erupting almost every 91
minutes.

5. U.S. Interesting Places – Grand Canyon
Situated on the river Colorado.
It is 277 miles (446 km) long
18 miles (29 km) wide
A depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres).

7. U.S. Interesting Places – Niagara Falls
Is the collective name for three waterfalls on the
river Niagara.
Situated on the border between the USA and
Canada.
They lie between lakes Erie and Ontario.

9. U.S. Interesting Places – Route 66

11. U.S. Interesting Places - Miami
America’s Riviera with 10 miles of wide white
beaches and delightful art deco architecture.
Trendy hotels, chic restaurants and hot party
scene.
A huge Latin American cultural influence.

13. U.S. Interesting Places - Death Valley
A desert valley located in Eastern California.
The lowest and driest area in North America.
The highest recorded air temperature in the world
(56.7 °C).

15. U.S. Interesting Places -The Mount
Rushmore National Memorial
Located near Keystone, South Dakota.
A monumental granite (žula) sculpture by
Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941).

16. U.S. Interesting Places -The Mount
Rushmore National Memorial
An 18 m sculpture carved into the cliff of Mount
Rushmore.
It took 14 years to complete Mount Rushmore.
Sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents:
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln

18. U.S. Interesting Places - Kennedy Space
Center
Located on Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean,
Florida.
Used from 1981–2011 for all Space Shuttle
launches.
Space exploration is led by NASA (The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration).
A total of 13,100 people work at the center.