Pedro’s Castle is the oldest building on the island, and legend has it that it was constructed in 1635. Other theories claim that the building was erected by an Englishman in 1780. Either way, this national symbol was named after the settler and, allegedly, the first constructor, Pedro Gomez.
Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst created his own Disneyland - Hearst Castle. The palace, built in the 1930s and 40s by one of the most influential men on the West Coast, is located on the outskirts of the coastal village of San Simeon. The magnificent gardens and the rooms crammed with paintings and antiques create [...]
Over seventy sand beaches line San Diego Bay. Today around 1.3 million people live in what once was California’s first mission city. The huge variety of recreational and leisure-time activities guarantees that the city will continue to grow.
West of the city center is the San Diego Zoo (http://www.sandiegozoo.org), one of the most beautiful zoological gardens [...]
The Tiergarten, with its 500 acres of parkland and 16 miles of footpaths, has become the largest recreational area in Berlin, transformed in the 19th century by P. J. Lenné from the Kurfürst’s animal enclosure into an English-style landscape garden. The most colossal of its numerous monuments is the Siegessäule and its gilt Victory, erected [...]
