Detroit (Michigan) New Orleans (Louisiana) San Francisco (California) Las Vegas (Nevada) Chicago

Detroit (Michigan)
– home of carmaker Henry Ford, the centre of US car industry (Pontiac, Chevrolet, Ford, Cadillac, Chrysler,…)
– the largest Afro-American museum, the world’s largest African American historical and cultural museum

New Orleans (Louisiana)
– well known by cradle (kolébka) of jazz
– the most important street French Quarter Bourbon Street – lot of carnival parade – the famous is Mardigras on 4th March
– drink – daiquiri

San Francisco (California)
– one of the most cleanest cities
– the victim of a frequent earthquakes
– famous for its hilly relief and cable car going through its streets
– Golden Gate Bridge 1932
– a lot of writers of beat generation
– Alcatraz was a military prison on Alcatraz Island (1846 start; 1934 converted into federal prison; 1963 cancelled) – nobody overlive (survive) the escape

Las Vegas (Nevada)
– casinos, hotels, gambling
– discovery of minerals let to the mining industry

Chicago
– most lawless and corrupt cities in the world
– it earned its evil (zlý) reputation from the gang warfare (válčení) promoted by the most notorious gangster of all time, AL CAPONE.
– the center of commerce and transportation (O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world)