Four Queens Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada

Four Queens Hotel and Casino – Las Vegas, Nevada

The Four Queens Hotel and Casino is located in downtown Las Vegas on the Fremont Street Experience. Home to the Queen’s Machine, the world’s largest slot machine, the 690 room hotel and 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) casino is owned and operated by TLC Enterprises, which acquired the property from the Elsinore Corporation in 2003. Construction began on November 16, 1964, opening in 1966

Bonanza Gift Shop – Las Vegas, Nevada

Bonanza Gift Shop – Las Vegas, Nevada

Bonanza Gift Shop is a landmark located on the Las Vegas Strip between the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Stratosphere Las Vegas. It is billed as the World’s Largest Gift Shop with over 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of shopping space. Bonanza Gifts was established in 1980. It was the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s online readers pick for Best Gift Shop in 2006

Rockingham Speedway – North Carolina, USA

Rockingham Speedway – North Carolina, USA

Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a racetrack located near Rockingham, North Carolina. It is affectionately known as “The Rock” and hosted two NASCAR Cup Series, the Subway 400 and the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 (1965–2003), as well as two Busch Series races, the Goody’s Headache Powder 200 and the Target House 200

East West Gate Sculpture – New York City

East West Gate Sculpture – New York City

The East West Gate Sculpture is a stainless steel artwork and one of the best-known outdoor sculptures of artist YUYU YANG (1926-1997). It was installed in front of the Orient Overseas Building located at 88 Pine Street in Lower Manhattan’s Wall Street Plaza in 1973. Yang used stainless steel to create mirror-like surfaces which reflect their environment.

Porteau Cove Provincial Park – British Columbia, Canada

Porteau Cove Provincial Park – British Columbia, Canada

Porteau Cove is located on the Howe Sound fjord, 38 km north of Vancouver on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, 20 km south of Squamish, 8.5 km south of Britannia Beach. Other nearby communities include Brackendale and Lions Bay. The park is 50 hectares in size, and offers picnicing, camping, swimming, windsurfing, and a boat launch. Porteau Cove is a very popular area for scuba diving

Inner Harbour – Victoria B.C., Canada

Inner Harbour – Victoria B.C., Canada

Victoria Harbour is a harbour, seaport, and seaplane airport located in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors to the city and Vancouver Island. It is both a port of entry and an airport of entry for general aviation. Historically it was a shipbuilding and commercial fishing centre.

Lincoln Memorial – Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial – Washington, D.C.

The Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. across from the Washington Monument The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the primary statue – Abraham Lincoln, 1920 – was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin

Gandhi Statue – San Francisco, California

Gandhi Statue – San Francisco, California

This Gandhi Statue is located in the Ferry Building on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The statue was presented to the City of San Francisco and Citizens of the United States by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation. The statue was dedicated on the 3rd of October in 1988 by Art Agnos, the then Mayor of the city of San Francisco

Hard Rock Cafe – San Francisco, California

Hard Rock Cafe – San Francisco, California

The Hard Rock Cafe in San Francisco, California is located at Pier 39 from where on gets fabulous views of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, the San Francisco Bay, and the City skyline, not to mention more than 110 stores, 11 full-service restaurants, and numerous fun-filled attractions. You can find the 45-acre, Pier 39 complex two blocks east of Fisherman’s Wharf

Au Coquelet Cafe – Berkeley, California

Au Coquelet Cafe – Berkeley, California

Au Coquelet Cafe is a coffee shop located on University Avenue in Berkeley, California. It’s front half is a coffee shop while the back half of the cafe serves as a restaurant. Au Coquelet is a popular meeting place for Berkeley residents and visitors of many different flavors. Open late at night, evenings commonly find UC Berkeley students studying amongst the bustling front section

Cheltenham Badlands – Caledon, Ontario

Cheltenham Badlands – Caledon, Ontario

Cheltenham Badlands is a small example of Badlands formation in Caledon, Ontario. The site is located on the southside of Old Base Line Road (between Ontario Highway 10 and Creditview Road/Peel Regional Road 12) and features exposed and eroded Queenston Shale. The formation was exposed by poor farming practices in the 1930s that led to soil erosion and exposed the underlying shale

Flowerpot Island – Lake Huron, Ontario

Flowerpot Island – Lake Huron, Ontario

Flowerpot Island is an island in Georgian Bay, in the Canadian province of Ontario and is a part of Fathom Five National Marine Park. The island spans 2.1 km from east to west, and 1.5 km from north to south, and has a total area of 2 km² (500 acres). The name of the island comes from two rock pillars on its eastern shore, which look like flower pots.

Bow Falls – Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Bow Falls – Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Bow Falls is a major waterfall on the Bow River, Alberta just before the junction of it and the Spray River. The falls are located near the Banff Springs Hotel and golf course on the left-hand side of River Road. The falls are within walking distance of both Banff and the Banff Springs Hotel so they are visited by a large number of tourists despite their relatively small size.

Camosun College – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Camosun College – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Camosun College is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2009 it had over 12,500 full-time and part-time students (8,600 FTEs) between its Lansdowne and Interurban campuses. The Lansdowne campus provides university transfer and access programs, as well as career, technical and vocational programs in the fields of the arts, sciences, business, health and human services.

Pacific Park – Santa Monica, California

Pacific Park – Santa Monica, California

Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement park located in Santa Monica, California. The park (located on the Santa Monica Pier) looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. There are a total of twelve rides in Pacific Park, including a Ferris wheel that provides a view of the Pacific Ocean and a roller coaster that circles the majority of the park

Universal Studios Hollywood – Los Angeles, California

Universal Studios Hollywood – Los Angeles, California

Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use. Its official marketing headline is “The Entertainment Capital of LA”, though during the summer it is often advertised as “The Coolest Place in LA.”

Wollman Skating Rink – New York City

Wollman Skating Rink – New York City

Wollman Skating Rink is a public ice rink in the southern part of Central Park, Manhattan, New York City. The rink was opened in 1949 with funds donated by Kate Wollman. Historically, the rink has been open for ice skating from October to April and in the summer seasons is transformed into a venue for other purposes. Wollman Rink has been featured in several movies

Château Frontenac – Quebec City, Canada

Château Frontenac – Quebec City, Canada

The Château Frontenac, currently known as Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, is a grand hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was designated a National Historic Site of Canada during 1980. The Château Frontenac was designed by American architect Bruce Price, as one of a series of “château” style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company during the late 19th & early 20th centuries

Lake Tahoe – California

Lake Tahoe – California

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada range of the United States. At a surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m), it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is 1,645 ft (501 m), making it the USA’s second-deepest (the deepest is Crater Lake in Oregon)

Cupid’s Span Sculpture – Embarcadero, San Francisco

Cupid’s Span Sculpture – Embarcadero, San Francisco

Situated on the crest of Rincon Park’s northern knoll, Cupid’s Span is a depiction of a bow and arrow. Composed of fiberglass and steel, the sculpture stands approximately 60 feet tall and is 130-140 feet wide. The sculpture has an open design to provide a frame for the surrounding landscape. Cupid’s Span adds to Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s long list of famous large-scale civic sculptures