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- Austin, TexasAustin, Texas was formally incorporated on the 27th of December 1839, named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the man history remembers as the Father of Texas.
- San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose was founded on the 29th of November 1777 , before the United States even had a Constitution , as the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first…
- SeattleSeattle sits on a narrow strip of land squeezed between two bodies of water. To the west lies Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- Portland, OregonPortland, Oregon sits where two great rivers meet. The Willamette flows in from the south, the Columbia from the east, and at their junction a city of more…
- BostonBoston was founded on a narrow peninsula in 1630, and from that modest beginning it grew into one of the most consequential cities in American history.
- MelbourneMelbourne spent 262 days under lockdown, the longest total of any city in the world over the course of its six lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Cape TownCape Town greets its visitors with one of the most dramatic natural settings of any city on earth. Table Mountain, with near-vertical cliffs and a…
- San FranciscoSan Francisco sits at the tip of a narrow peninsula jutting into one of the world's great natural harbors, and for nearly three centuries it has pulled…
- Los AngelesLos Angeles spreads across roughly 469 square miles of land between the Pacific Ocean and the San Gabriel Mountains, and inside that footprint live an…
- LondonLondon stands on the River Thames at the head of a tidal estuary that runs 50 miles down to the North Sea. It has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000…
- New York CityAn estimated 800 languages are spoken in New York City, more than in any other city on earth. That single fact captures something about the place at the…