Washington D.C.

When you live as close to the Nation's capitol as I do, you have no excuse not to visit.
It offers tourist attractions beyond the plain fact that it is the heart of the Nation.
Some attractions include the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Library of Congress.
You might also visit the International Spy Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Building Museum and a Textile Museum.
Each year the city holds the National Cherry Blossom Festival, this year was it's 96th. Thousands of people go to see the city during the time that the trees are blossoming and it really is beautiful.
Also recently, the city held one of the Nation's largest inaugural celebrations for President Obama.
D.C. is a historically rich city and a great place for a day trip, or two. You will definitely be able to keep busy between visiting different buildings, parks and museums throughout the area.

Viva Las Vegas!

Las Vegas is likely one of the most well known cities to visit in the United States. I drove through the city once when I was about 14. We were going to visit my brother who was stationed some where out there. The city looks pretty amazing from the sky, its like one huge light show.
Vegas has been featured in countless movies. Fear and Loathing, the Ocean's movies, and many more. I would have liked to have been able to stop and walk around, but my parents weren't too excited about it. So maybe sometime in the future I'll go back. I'm sure it will be much more exciting to me now, at legal age, than when I was 14.
This is personally one place I would really like to visit again within the States. Its kind of one of the cities you just have to see, like New York or D.C. Vegas is home to casinos, concerts and all kinds of shows.

Deep Creek Lake

A popular vacation spot in Maryland is Deep Creek Lake located in Garrett County.

The park surrounds the state's largest man-made lake. Hiking, picnicking, swimming and boating are some of the activities available.

The park is a good vacation spot for families or friends to go. The Meadow Mountain campground has over one hundred camp sites which can be reserved from the spring through the fall for up to two weeks. Twenty-six of these sites have electric hook up available.

Some place a little closer than Yellowstone National Park. Depending on what sounds like your kind of vacation, Deep Creek Lake is somewhere to consider. I'll bet it is cheaper than traveling across the country.

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established in 1872, covers land in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

I am lucky to say that this is one of the places I have been able to visit within the United States. The park is home all kinds of animals such as grizzly bears, wolves, coyotes and moose. Yellowstone is also home to the well known Old Faithful geyser. It is an awesome place to visit.

While the park is beautiful it is also potentially threatening. The park sits on top of one of the world's largest super volcanoes. If sizable eruption were to occur the effects would be nationally devastating. It really is kind of unsettling when you think about what an eruption could do. However, experts say that another eruption of catastrophic size won't happen for a few thousand years.

You can check the information gathered by the scientists who monitor the volcano's activity here.