Gardens old Westbury (Old Westbury Gardens) — a luxurious mansion, included in the national register of historic places, was once the home of John Phipps and his family: wife and four children. Magnificent mansion in the style of the era of king Charles II is the brainchild of an English architect George Crawley. It is surrounded by 200 acres of landscaped gardens in the classical style, landscape parks, woodlands, ponds…

Tribeca Park has become home to a new sculpture in the shape of an egg with a height of 2.5 meters. A project called What a Wonderful World («What a wonderful world») is the work of Romanian artist Leonard Mr. Ursachi. Sculpture of woven branches, which surface shows a world map printed on wood using colored cement. The branches form a massive nest with two mirrors mounted in holes closer…

United States of America rightly considered as a country of immigrants. Repeatedly praised by Hollywood and described in the books, the legendary «American dream» continues to encourage hundreds of thousands of people from different corners of the world to move to the US in search of a better life, for freedom and big opportunities. Of course, a special attraction for immigrants has the biggest metropolis of USA, capital of the…

Representatives of the Department of homeland security on Wednesday will unveil the enhanced requirements for security measures for foreign flights arriving to the United States from other countries to avoid the extension of the ban on the carriage of portable electronics in the cabin of the aircraft. The solution is not to introduce new restrictions on laptops and other gadgets is an incentive for U.S. airlines, which are concerned that…

Kykuit, the estate is a prominent landmark of the Hudson valley. Tourists come there to take a look at the amazing architectural structure, remarkable gardens, art and spectacular scenery. This Paradise on the top of the hill for many years was home to four generations of the Rockefeller family beginning with the philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His business acumen made him the richest man in America…

Lower Manhattan is the southern part of the main island of new York city. The first European settlement in this part of the present metropolis was founded by the Dutch in 1626. In the beginning of XX century it was intensively built up, however, this does not mean that the prints of the XIX century, was completely razed to the Big Apple. On the stretch from Battery Park to Madison…

Exactly 20 years ago, the world found out about Harry Potter — June 26, 1997, on the shelves of bookstores appeared the first novel by JK Rowling, which tells about the boy wizard and his adventures. The book «Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone» had an extraordinary popularity among readers and soon became an international bestseller. Since then, Rowling has written 7 stories about the young wizard. From the beginning…

Central Park is without doubt one of the best attractions of new York. This place is admired by tourists to him with particular warmth are locals, turning Central Park into the heart and soul of the city. There you can find not only lawns, trees and picnic areas. We have prepared for you a small list of what you can do in one of the most famous parks in the…

Estate of Bartow-Pell is a historic house Museum, located in the Northern part of the Pelham Park Bay in the Bronx. The mansion is the last surviving mansion built in the mid-nineteenth century in the heart of Pelham Bay. The long and noble story of the house and Bartow-Pell begins in 1654when Thomas Pell, an Englishman and a doctor from Connecticut, bought land from the Indians Siwanoy. King Charles II…

It is difficult to say which of the great masterpieces was more exhausting: the painting of the Sistine chapel or the construction of the building is the Oculus in the station of the world trade center. Michelangelo took nearly 15 years to complete his immortal mural at the beginning of the XVI century. This work became a serious challenge for the legendary artist. But Oculus appeared not without problems, given…