1. Victoria was the capitol of the old Vancouver Island Colony which wasn’t included politically with the mainland until they were joined in 1866, the city remained the capital of the new united colony at that point.

2. The Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association won hockey’s Stanley Cup in 1925.

3. The Jordan River Diversion Dam, built in 1911, is Victoria’s main source of hydroelectric power.

4. Victoria sits on the western end of Canada’s Trans-Canada Highway which is the longest national highway any where in the world.

5. Nearby Sydney, BC is home to the only Canadian port of call for the Washington State Ferry system. Thousands of tourists every year use this connection as a way to visit beautiful Victoria, British Columbia.

6. Before becoming a city, the area that would become Victoria was long known as Fort Victoria. It had first been established and known for a short time as Fort Albert.

7. The oldest synagogue in continuous use in Canada is Temple Emanuel which was built in Victoria in 1863.

A visit to the city of Victoria, British Columbia is a great way to spend a vacation. From the natural beauty of the surrounding waters and mountains to the historical beauty of the city itself, the city of Victoria is a must stop for anyone traveling through the Pacific Northwest area.

1. For seven years Hollywood was actually its own city. It was incorporated as a city in 1903 and annexed into the city of Los Angeles in 1910.

2. After the success and fame generated by Rudolph Valentino’s movie ‘The Sheik’, the mascot of Hollywood High School became ‘The Sheik’.

3. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford were part owners of Grauman’s Chinese Theater at the time they were honored as being the first two people to get their footprints put on display in cement in front of this famous building.

4. In the early history of Hollywood, only pharmacists were trusted to sell liquor.

5. The famous Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood first opened in 1927 and was named after President Theodore Roosevelt.

6. The first star awarded on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame went to actress Joanne Woodward in 1960.

7. Hollywood High School has had a number of students graduate and go on to fame in the entertainment industry including Alan Ladd, Sharon Tate, Carole Lombard, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lana Turner, Rita Wilson, Carol Burnett, Mickey Rooney, and John Huston.

Though it is technically not a city itself, the Hollywood area of Los Angeles will remain famous forever based on its history with the television and motion picture industry. A visit to Hollywood is a great opportunity for anyone interested in the history of movies and TV as there are more than enough places devoted to entertainment to keep people occupied for days on end.

1. The city of Denver was named after James W. Denver who had been the Kansas Territorial Governor. The city founder was hoping naming the city after him would carry enough favor for Denver to be named the county seat.

2. Denver’s Grant-Frontier Park sits on the site of the first settlement in the area which at the time was named Montana City.

3. The city of Denver was selected to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but for the first time ever in Olympics history the voters declined hosting an Olympics and the games were instead moved to Innsbruck, Austria.

4. There have been three United States Navy ships named after the city of Denver. A USS Denver cruiser served from 1904 to 1931, a light cruiser commissioned the USS Denver served from 1942 to 1947, and there is currently an amphibious dock named the USS Denver that was commissioned in 1968.

5. Most of the streets in the older downtown area of Denver run NW-SE and NE-SW. This was by design, giving snow accumulation on both cross streets the ability to be melted off by the sun.

6. The first public school opened in Denver in 1859.

7. Denver does have ties to the American folk music movement as John Denver, Judy Collins and even Bob Dylan all called the city home at one time or another.

Denver has a rich history and has grown from a mining town on the banks of the South Platte River into a powerful and important major city in the west. Denver truly has something for everyone whether they are visiting or choose to live there.

1. Forest Park, located within the city limits of St. Louis, is actually larger than the more famous Central Park in New York City.

2. The first bridges, both rail and roadway, built to cross the Mississippi River were built in St. Louis.

3. The tallest man made monument in the United States is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

4. The second largest Mardi Gras Festival in the United States is celebrated in St. Louis.

5. St. Louis hosted the 1904 Olympics, the games were originally awarded to the city of Chicago but moved to St. Louis to coincide with the 1904 World’s Fair that was being celebrated there.

As one of the larger cities in the midwest, St. Louis will remain an important part of the country for a very long time. The city offers many things for both the tourists that visit and the residents who have chosen it as home. St. Louis is one of many great cities in America and that doesn’t appear to be close to changing anytime soon.