The Capitol Building in Washington DC

In the capital city, Washington DC, rises the grandiose and famous Capitol, one of the most impressive and most easily recognizable building in the US.

The Capitol is located on a plateau 26 meters above the Potomac River. There is the starting point of the National Mall, spreading on a surface of 2 km. It is the symbol of democracy for the people of the United States of America. The Capitol building is the center of the government for the legislative power and the United States Congress. The Dome of the Capitol is a fascinating piece of architectural art, built in a neoclassical and baroque style. For the last two centuries the Capitol was the meeting point of all forms of government and many historical decisions were taken here. In Washington DC, the Dome of the Capitol is on the fifth place among the tallest buildings.

Thomas Jefferson held a contest in 1792 to choose the projects to be used in the construction of the Capitol. The works on the Capitol were started in 1793, when President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the building. The construction has been carried out by African Americans. While the building was not completely finished yet, The Congress of the United States of America was reunited in 1800 for the first meeting in the Capitol of Washington.

Visiting the building's interior is a very popular tourist attraction in Washington DC. The guided tour includes usually a presentation of the political activities taking place here. The tour is free for any visitors, tourists or locals. Here you can see impressive statues of the most important personalities in the American history.

Spellbound Museum in Massachusetts

In Salem, Massachusetts, you can find the Spellbound Museum wherein you can experience the original ‘Vampire and Ghost Tours’ at every 8 PM and it departs from the Salem Visitor’s Center Bell. By this, you would hear the history and tales of vampires, vampirism, as well as the secrets and mysteries of voodoo, Salem’s root of ‘Witch Hysteria’, visitation of the original Witch Dungeon site, and storytelling and ghost hunting at the most haunted cemeteries in the entire US country.

The tiny museum is located on Essex St., Salem, Massachusetts, which is run by Mollie Stewart who is a licensed/certified ghost hunter. Salem is sometimes called the ‘Witch City’ wherein the so-called ‘Witch Hysteria’ has occurred like in other places in Europe in the world’s history that had prejudicial things that happened. The innocent people were persecuted by either hanging or burning them at the stakes. You can recall the past through the Spellbound Museum.

You can now recall that what happened a long time ago was very preposterous and unbecoming of the church. Here, in this small museum, you can find the interesting exhibits of authentic supernatural curios and oddities that you have never seen before. Some of these are the 200-year old vampire killing kits from Eastern Europe, the so-called Feejee Mermaid (in a 10-gallon tank), a hand in a jar, and other artifacts from choice like a few things placed and arranged on bookshelves and around the museum.

Indian Orchard’s Titanic Museum

If you are interested to look at the historical Titanic cruise ship, you can find it in the Indian Orchard’s Titanic Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts, wherein the gigantic model ship has been anchored to rest. Here, the many acquisitions are showcased here.

Some of these are the shelves or display cases, posters, paintings, square carpet (from a first class room), books, a deck chair and much more. The 9-ft tall model cruise ship of this Titanic Historical Society Museum also contains a carved oak chair from the actual ship’s dining room, Lifejackets, the original blueprint of the ship, the wireless message received by the ship (from a German sailor) and a lot more of other artifacts. Some of the wealthy survivors of the sunken ship have donated some things to the museum as well as the fanatics. However, the original artifacts are overwhelmed by the fake ones.

It is said that the prices of artifacts that are sold by the shops around the museum (i.e. Jewelries, Titanic movie memorabilia like posters) has skyrocketed because of the many people who got curious about it since the ‘Titanic’ movie has been released. Every day, the museum is packed with a lot of visitors from everywhere in the country and around the world. The Titanic Historical Society’s President, Ed Kamuda runs a shop that sells a lot of things that relate to the Titanic cruise ship. He has met a lot of avid fans and other people that are curious about its different stories including the fictional Jack and Rose characters in the movie.

Ritz Hotel in Paris

The Ritz Hotel is a palace looking exclusive hotel in the center of Paris. The elegant and classy hotel is located at number 15, on Place Vendome, in the 1st Paris Arrondissement.

The Ritz Hotel in Paris is occupying one of the top ranks among the most famous and luxurious hotels in the world. The hotel is also a member of “The Leading Hotels of the World. The Ritz Hotel in Paris was part of the chain of Ritz hotels owned by the Swiss hotelier Cesar Ritz. The hotel was built in the year 1898. Today the hotel offers 159 rooms. The building was raised behind the facade of an old town house in one of Paris's central squares. At the moment of inauguration the hotel was the fist in Europe to offer a bathroom, telephone and electricity in each room. The place had from the start a reputation of luxury and prestigious personalities such as royals, state presidents, politicians, writers, movie stars and singers were included among its guests. Some of the hotel's suites were even named in honor of famous guests of the hotel, such as the Coco Chanel and Ernest Hemingway suites. One of the bars of the hotel is holding the name of Hemingway too. The restaurant, L'Espadon, is prestigious for its world-class cuisine. The French government had listed the Imperial, the biggest suite of the hotel, as a national monument.

In 1979 the Ritz family sold the Ritz Hotel in Paris to Mohamed Al-Fayed, an Egyptian businessman. The death of Princess Diana was connected with the place. Together with Al-Fayed's son, Dodi, she dined in the Ritz Hotel's Imperial suite on August 1997, before their unfortunate car accident. In present-days the hotel is closed for renovation, in order to gain the Palace distinction.

Caesar Park Buenos Aires in Argentina

The Caesar Park Buenos Aires hotel is situated in the neighborhood of La Recoleta in Posadas, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered as a symbol of warmth and luxury that is only minutes away from the commercial and financial center of the country.

There are about 175 rooms. The rooms in the hotel are well designed and contain sophisticated state of the art structure and design and has the modern businessman technology. The decors and furniture are very amazing. Plus, it has also the outstanding and very helpful concierge staff. Its facilities are a tea / coffee maker, meeting rooms, in-room mini-bar, room service, fitness center, cafes, on site dining, on site house bar, access to handicaps, air conditioning, car rent desk, electronic room keys, wake up service, sauna, voicemail service, business center, safe and others.

Overall, the location is excellent. It is included in the Top 100 hotels in Latin America. It is near the traditional Parisian style cafes, museums and other attractions of the city of Buenos Aires. These attractions are Teatro Colon, We are Tango, Buenos Aires Futbol Amigos, El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Teatro Ciego, Recoleta, Paseo del Rosedal, Puerto Madero, Fundacion Proa, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Colleccion de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, Palacio Barolo, Palermo Soho, Museum of Latin America Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), Bosques de Palermo, Complejo Tango, Museo Nacional De Arte Decorativo, Museo de los Niños, Teatro Nacional Cervantes, San Telmo, Museo Xul Solar, Fragata ARA Sarmiento, Japanese Garden, Puente de la Mujer, Tango Porteno, Palermo, Lagos de Palermo, Planetario Galileo Galilei, Basilica de Nuestra Señora Del Pilar and many others.

Darling Hotel in Australia

The Darling Hotel is situated in Sydney, Australia. It is one of the brand new five star hotels in Australia. It has the vision of perfection. It then gathered different awards as a classic luxury type of hotel.

These are 'Best International New Hotel Construction and Design', 'Best Tech Hotel', 'Top 60 Best New Hotels in the World', 'Best New Hotel Construction and Design', 'Best New Hotel Construction and Design Asia Pacific', 'Best Hospitality Buildings Construction' and 'The Darling Suites'. As it is, this five star hotel has the existing fantastic transport links across the city it is located. There are 171 rooms that are luxurious with cutting edge 57 2- and 3-room suites that are on the top floors, decors, fireplaces, furniture, butler service, media rooms and floor to ceiling harbor views. Its available packages and services are 'Mini-escape' (spend your vacation at the hotel's spa, bars and restaurants for only $339), 'Sokyo' (at its finest East meets West Japanese cooking), 'Sokyo Lounge' (it is where you can start a love affair that may last a lifetime), 'The Pool at the Darling' (an outdoor swimming pool that is scented with eucalyptus and white tea), 'The Spa at the Darling' (a 16-room spa that has an exclusive couples suite, unparalleled level of pampering the guests, full range treatments of Asian and European, Turkish steam room), and others.

The amenities of the hotel are fine dining on site and off site, fitness center, outdoor pool, spa facility and treatments and high speed Internet connection. Its available activities are shopping, theatre and museums. The highlight of the hotel is the on site fine dining on Japanese cuisine.

Habita Hotel in Mexico City

The Habita Hotel in Mexico City is offering an interesting combination of classical luxury services with the great view of a building designed in a modern architectonic style.

The Habita Hotel in Mexico City is using the frame of a converted 1950's building. The old building's facade was wrapped in frosted glass. The glass box look provides an influx of new and adventurous design into the stagnant hotel scene of the Mexican capital. The Habita Hotel is located in the Polanco district of Mexico City, in the middle of the city's business center. The neighborhood is a chic area with fashionable shops, trendy restaurants and tree lined boulevards. From the rooftop bar and pool you can relax and enjoy the spectacular city skyline.

The fancy Habita Hotel is offering a Mexican Bistro cuisine and an international contemporary cuisine menu at its Lobby restaurant situated on the ground floor. The restaurant is a partial open space which opens directly on the street on one of its sides. The elegant Lobby restaurant is decorated on the main wall with a bronze mural by contemporary artist Jan Hendrix. On the 5th floor you can take time to relax and enjoy the pool and the exercise room with cardiovascular equipment. The place also offers sauna, open air Jacuzzi and a treatment room. The open air terrace and Bar on the 6th floor is an outdoor space but having a 12 foot long fireplace. The hotel's rooms are featuring private terrace, mini bar, telephone, two in house music channels, bathroom, TV and DVD player, free high speed internet access, security and room service 24 hours.