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United States: Regions, Cities & Travel Guide

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Skyscrapers, canyonlands, and long coastlines run across the United States, a federal republic of 50 states spread over North America.

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Top destinations in United States

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Lower Manhattan skyline across the Hudson River, dominated by One World Trade Center under a blue sky.United States12 areas

New York City

New York City sits at the mouth of New York Harbor, the largest city in the United States, known for its five boroughs and the Brooklyn Bridge.Where to stay →
Downtown Los Angeles high-rise cluster with the US Bank and Wells Fargo towers on a sunny day.United States23 areas

Los Angeles

Los Angeles stretches along the Pacific coast of Southern California, the largest city in California, known for its beaches and its film studios.Where to stay →
Arched Key Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Washington under a clear blue sky, with riverfront towers beyond.United States12 areas

Washington

Marble monuments line the Mall at Washington, the capital in the District of Columbia known for the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian Institution.Where to stay →
Chicago's downtown skyline seen across Lake Michigan from the lakefront, with Willis Tower and the Museum Campus.United States37 areas

Chicago

Willis Tower rises over Chicago, a city in Illinois known for the Art Institute of Chicago and the sculpture at Cloud Gate.Where to stay →
San Francisco skyline across the bay with Salesforce Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid under blue sky.United States11 areas

San Francisco

Fog rolls over the hills of San Francisco, a bay city in northern California, known for its cable cars and the steep curves of Lombard Street.Where to stay →
Boston's waterfront skyline across the harbor, with the Rowes Wharf arch and Financial District towers on a clear day.United States4 areas

Boston

Boston Harbor opens below Boston, the capital of Massachusetts and the old city of New England, known for the Freedom Trail and Faneuil Hall.Where to stay →
Philadelphia skyline with Center City high-rises reflected across the river on a clear dayUnited States31 areas

Philadelphia

Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell mark the old town of Philadelphia, a founding city in Pennsylvania known for its museums and historic parks.Where to stay →
Seattle skyline with the Space Needle, downtown towers and Mount Rainier seen from Kerry ParkUnited States12 areas

Seattle

Seattle rises between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, the Emerald City of Washington founded in 1851 and known for the Space Needle and Pike Place…Where to stay →
The Las Vegas Strip with the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, and the Paris Eiffel Tower replicaUnited States

Las Vegas

Neon signs and desert light meet along the Strip in Las Vegas, the largest city in Nevada and the seat of Clark County, laid out in 1905.Where to stay →

Regions of United States

Downtown Birmingham, Alabama skyline of mid-rise towers above red-brick buildings and treesUnited States4 cities

Alabama

Alabama is a Deep South state stretching from the Appalachian foothills to the Gulf of Mexico, in the American Southeast.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of downtown Anchorage, Alaska with low-rise buildings and the snow-capped Chugach Mountains behind.United States1 city

Alaska

Denali and the highest peaks in North America rise over Alaska, the largest state of the United States, set beyond Canada in the far north.Towns & cities →
PhoenixUnited States4 cities

Arizona

Arizona is a landlocked state in the Southwestern United States, meeting Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah at the Four Corners.Towns & cities →
Little Rock, Arkansas, downtown skyline rising beyond a landscaped park and highway.United States1 city

Arkansas

Arkansas is a landlocked Southern state where the Ozark and Ouachita highlands drop east to the flat farm country of the Mississippi Delta.Towns & cities →
Downtown Los Angeles high-rise cluster with the US Bank and Wells Fargo towers on a sunny day.United States26 cities

California

California is a U.S. state on the Pacific Coast of the Western United States, bordering Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona.Towns & cities →
Denver's downtown skyline with the Rocky Mountains behind and a green park in the foreground.United States3 cities

Colorado

Colorado is a landlocked Mountain West state in the Western United States, spanning the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of New Haven, Connecticut, downtown amid autumn foliage with traprock ridges in the distance.United States2 cities

Connecticut

Connecticut is New England's south-western corner, a small coastal state on Long Island Sound between New York City and Boston.Towns & cities →
Waterfront skyline of Wilmington, Delaware, with mid-rise buildings and a marina along the river.United States1 city

Delaware

Delaware is the second-smallest state in the United States, the first to ratify the Constitution, on the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic edge.Towns & cities →
Arched Key Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Washington under a clear blue sky, with riverfront towers beyond.United States1 city

District of Columbia

The District of Columbia is the capital of the United States, the federal city on the Potomac River that the world simply calls Washington, D.C.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of the Miami skyline with Brickell high-rises, Biscayne Bay, a causeway bridge and highway interchangeUnited States12 cities

Florida

Florida is a U.S. state on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, in the Southeastern United States.Towns & cities →
Downtown Atlanta skyline of tall towers viewed from a curving highway lined with green trees under blue skyUnited States3 cities

Georgia

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States, sharing its name with the country of Georgia in the South Caucasus.Towns & cities →
Aerial of Waikiki, Honolulu with beachfront high-rises, turquoise water and Diamond Head crater beyond.United States1 city

Hawaii

Hawaii is the only U.S. state made entirely of islands, a volcanic archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean far from the mainland.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of downtown Boise with riverside parks below the tawny Boise foothills.United States1 city

Idaho

Idaho is a Rocky Mountain state in the northwestern United States, cut by deep river canyons and the broad Snake River Plain.Towns & cities →
Chicago's downtown skyline seen across Lake Michigan from the lakefront, with Willis Tower and the Museum Campus.United States2 cities

Illinois

Illinois is a Midwestern U.S. state bordered by Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River, and the Ohio River, with Chicago in its northeast.Towns & cities →
Downtown Indianapolis skyline with the blue JW Marriott tower and Victory Field ballpark.United States2 cities

Indiana

Indiana, the Hoosier State, spreads across the American Midwest, corn plains, limestone hills, dune-backed lakeshore and the Indianapolis 500.Towns & cities →
The white arch of the Iowa Women of Achievement Bridge over the Des Moines River with the downtown Des Moines skyline behindUnited States1 city

Iowa

Iowa is a landlocked prairie state in the upper Midwest, framed by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers at the heart of the Corn Belt.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of downtown Wichita with the Century II domed complex beside the Arkansas River.United States2 cities

Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked Great Plains state in the American Midwest, its tallgrass prairie in the east giving way to the High Plains in the west.Towns & cities →
Louisville skyline along the Ohio River with a towboat pushing barges past the domed downtown buildings.United States3 cities

Kentucky

Kentucky is a landlocked US state bounded by the Ohio River, known for bourbon, thoroughbred horses, and the bluegrass country around Lexington.Towns & cities →
New Orleans central business district skyline seen across the Mississippi River with riverfront hotels.United States2 cities

Louisiana

Louisiana is the Deep South state where the Mississippi River spills into bayous and delta, cradle of Cajun and Creole culture.Towns & cities →
Portland, Maine's low waterfront skyline seen across Casco Bay under a bright blue summer sky.United States1 city

Maine

Maine is the northeasternmost state of the United States, the largest and most rural corner of New England on a deeply cut Atlantic coast.Towns & cities →
Baltimore Inner Harbor with marina boats, the small red lighthouse and downtown skyline under a blue skyUnited States2 cities

Maryland

Maryland is a Mid-Atlantic state of the United States, wrapped around the Chesapeake Bay, with Annapolis as its capital and Baltimore on its harbour.Towns & cities →
Boston's waterfront skyline across the harbor, with the Rowes Wharf arch and Financial District towers on a clear day.United States4 cities

Massachusetts

Massachusetts is a New England state of the United States, known as the Bay State, with Boston on the Atlantic Ocean and Martha's Vineyard offshore.Towns & cities →
Detroit's downtown skyline across the Detroit River, anchored by the GM Renaissance Center towers.United States5 cities

Michigan

Michigan is a peninsular state of the United States in the Great Lakes region, with Detroit on its southeast corner and Lansing as its capital.Towns & cities →
Minneapolis's downtown skyline across the Mississippi River beside the arched Third Avenue Bridge.United States3 cities

Minnesota

Minnesota is an Upper Midwest state of the United States, the Land of 10,000 Lakes, with the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul at its heart.Towns & cities →
The domed Mississippi State Capitol amid downtown Jackson's skyline and tree-lined grounds on a sunny day.United States1 city

Mississippi

Mississippi is a Deep South state of the United States, edged by the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River that names it.Towns & cities →
Downtown Kansas City skyline with the crown-topped One Kansas City Place and Art Deco towers under blue sky.United States2 cities

Missouri

Missouri is a landlocked state in the American Midwest, where the Missouri River joins the Mississippi just above St. Louis.Towns & cities →
Downtown Billings, Montana with a high-rise tower and the sandstone Rimrocks cliffs beyond a tree-lined boulevard.United States1 city

Montana

Montana is a vast northwestern state where the northern Rocky Mountains break down onto the Great Plains, the fourth largest in the United States.Towns & cities →
Downtown Omaha, Nebraska skyline led by the First National Bank Tower rising above the Missouri River waterfrontUnited States2 cities

Nebraska

Nebraska is a Great Plains state in the American Midwest, where the Platte River valley cuts east across open prairie to the Missouri River.Towns & cities →
The Las Vegas Strip with the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, and the Paris Eiffel Tower replicaUnited States4 cities

Nevada

Nevada is an arid desert state of the western United States, filling the Great Basin between California's Sierra Nevada and Utah.Towns & cities →
Manchester, New Hampshire's red-brick Amoskeag mill buildings lining the Merrimack River below downtown.United States1 city

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a small New England state in the northeastern United States, the Granite State of mountains, lakes and a short Atlantic coast.Towns & cities →
Newark's downtown skyline mirrored in the Passaic River, with the National Newark Building and Art Deco towers.United States3 cities

New Jersey

New Jersey is a small, densely settled state on the Atlantic edge of the Northeastern United States, between New York City and Philadelphia.Towns & cities →
Downtown Albuquerque skyline with the Albuquerque Plaza tower under a high-desert skyUnited States2 cities

New Mexico

New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern United States, high desert cut through the middle by the Rio Grande.Towns & cities →
Lower Manhattan skyline across the Hudson River, dominated by One World Trade Center under a blue sky.United States6 cities

New York

New York is one of the constituent states of the United States, organized as the State of New York and lying in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.Towns & cities →
CharlotteUnited States5 cities

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state of the United States on the Atlantic Ocean, part of the Carolinas, with Raleigh as its capital and Charlotte to the west.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of downtown Fargo, North Dakota spread across flat prairie with rail lines and a water tower.United States1 city

North Dakota

North Dakota is a Great Plains state of farmland, the Missouri River, and western badlands, stretching north to the Canadian border.Towns & cities →
Cincinnati, Ohio rooftops and distant downtown skyline including the crowned Great American Tower on a sunny dayUnited States6 cities

Ohio

Ohio sits in the Midwestern United States, wrapped by Lake Erie in the north and the Ohio River in the south, with Columbus at its centre.Towns & cities →
Downtown Tulsa skyline with the white BOK Tower and Art Deco high-rises, OklahomaUnited States2 cities

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a landlocked state on the southern Great Plains, where Native American nations, cattle ranching and oil shaped the American West.Towns & cities →
Portland skyline across the Willamette River with the green Hawthorne Bridge and downtown towers under blue skyUnited States3 cities

Oregon

Oregon is a Pacific Northwest state split by the Cascade Range into wet western forests, a high-desert east, and a public Pacific coastline.Towns & cities →
Philadelphia skyline with Center City high-rises reflected across the river on a clear dayUnited States4 cities

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania runs from the Delaware River across the Appalachian ridges to Lake Erie, a Mid-Atlantic commonwealth anchored by Philadelphia.Towns & cities →
Skyline of Providence, Rhode Island, with its teal river bridge, art-deco tower and power-plant smokestacksUnited States1 city

Rhode Island

Rhode Island is the smallest US state, a New England sliver around Narragansett Bay, with Providence at its head and Newport on the sea.Towns & cities →
St. Michael's Church steeple rising above colorful historic houses and palmetto palms in Charleston.United States3 cities

South Carolina

South Carolina is a Southern US state on the Atlantic, its land climbing from Lowcountry salt marsh to the Blue Ridge foothills of the Upstate.Towns & cities →
Sioux Falls, South Dakota with the pink-quartzite waterfalls of Falls Park below the downtown skylineUnited States1 city

South Dakota

South Dakota is a Great Plains state where the Missouri River splits prairie farmland in the east from the Black Hills and Badlands in the west.Towns & cities →
Nashville downtown mid-rise skyline seen above a line of green trees under a blue skyUnited States4 cities

Tennessee

Tennessee stretches landlocked across the Southeast, bordered by Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, a state that entered the United States in 1796.Towns & cities →
Houston downtown towers above Buffalo Bayou greenery on a sunny dayUnited States11 cities

Texas

Texas reaches from the Gulf of Mexico to the Rio Grande, the Lone Star State that joined the United States in 1845.Towns & cities →
Downtown Salt Lake City skyline backed by the Wasatch Mountains, with green treetops in the foreground.United States1 city

Utah

Utah is a landlocked state of the Western United States, split between the Great Basin, the Wasatch Range, and the red-rock Colorado Plateau.Towns & cities →
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Vermont

Vermont is New England's Green Mountain State, forested ridges, dairy farms and ski towns between Lake Champlain and the Connecticut River.Towns & cities →
Richmond's downtown skyline rising above the James River rapids and a railroad bridge in Virginia.United States4 cities

Virginia

Virginia is a Mid-Atlantic commonwealth of the United States, reaching from Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic inland to the Blue Ridge Mountains.Towns & cities →
Seattle skyline with the Space Needle, downtown towers and Mount Rainier seen from Kerry ParkUnited States4 cities

Washington

Washington is the Pacific Northwest corner of the United States, where the Cascade Range splits a wet coast from a dry interior.Towns & cities →
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West Virginia

West Virginia is the only American state lying wholly within the Appalachian Mountains, a folded upland of ridges, coalfields and whitewater rivers.Towns & cities →
Aerial view of the Milwaukee lakefront with the white Milwaukee Art Museum pavilion and downtown skyline.United States3 cities

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is an Upper Midwest state framed by Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, and the Mississippi River, and known across America as its dairyland.Towns & cities →
Downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming seen across an open grassy field under a blue summer sky.United States1 city

Wyoming

Wyoming is the least populous American state, a high, dry country of Rocky Mountains and open plains in the Mountain West.Towns & cities →

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About United States

What is United States known for?

The United States is known for the reach and variety of its landscapes and cities. The skyscrapers of Manhattan and Chicago stand at one end of the range; at the other lie Yellowstone, the canyonlands of the Southwest, and the beaches of Florida and Southern California. Scale is the through-line.

From the Pacific Northwest to the islands of Hawaii, the country covers ground few others match.

Where is United States?

The United States stretches across North America, reaching the Pacific Ocean along its western side. Canada lies along its northern border and Mexico along the south, while the semi-exclave of Alaska reaches into the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii sits far out in the Pacific Ocean. The land is not one thing. Yellowstone and the canyonlands of the Southwest give way to the volcanoes and wet forests of the Pacific Northwest, and the warm coasts of Florida and Southern California close the range to the south.

Beyond the mainland, the country's reach extends to island groups in Oceania and the Caribbean. Distance defines it.

What is the history of United States?

The United States traces its founding to 1776. What began as a set of states in North America grew into a federal republic of 50 states, governed from a capital district at Washington. The map filled in stages.

The 48 contiguous states settled between Canada and Mexico, and only later did the union take in Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii out in the Pacific Ocean. Territory kept expanding. In the end the country reached from the North American mainland to island groups in Oceania and the Caribbean.

What is United States like?

Culture in the United States is regional before it is national. The cities around Manhattan and Chicago differ from the open Southwest, the wet Pacific Northwest, and the warm-coast life of Florida, Hawaii, and Southern California, and each stretch of the country carries its own habits and pace. Wilderness sits close to the metropolis.

Yellowstone and the canyonlands stand in the same republic as the towers of Manhattan, and that contrast runs through how the country reads itself. Place shapes identity here. From the canyonlands to the islands, the federal republic of 50 states holds many local cultures under one name.

Difference is the pattern.

What is the climate of United States?

Climate across the United States ranges as widely as the land. The southern coasts of Florida, Hawaii, and Southern California stay warm through much of the year, while the far northwest around Alaska turns cold and long in winter, and the broad temperate middle of the continent swings between hot summers and cold winters. Weather is a regional fact.

No single season fits the whole country.

How do you get to United States?

Reaching the United States means choosing an entry point across a continent. Most arrivals come by air into the big cities, with Manhattan and Chicago among the main points of entry, and onward travel running from there to Yellowstone, the Southwest, or the coasts of Florida and Southern California. Alaska and Hawaii sit apart from the mainland.

A trip usually starts with a flight.

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Updated July 2026