Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Over 55 streets in Atlanta are named “Peachtree,” making it quite confusing getting around this peach state capital.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Leading the country in much of its innovation, Boston can be credited with building the United States’s first subway system ever in 1897.
Dallas, Texas, USA
Believe it or not, the Dallas/Fort Worth airport is even larger than New York’s Manhattan and home to the world’s largest parking lot.
Houston Texas, USA
Houston is home to the world’s largest Art Car Parade which features hundreds of decorated cars by artists from all over the country.
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Kansas City is proudly the country’s first pioneer of outdoor shopping centers with the Country Club Plaza that was built in 1922 and modeled after Seville, Spain.
Los Angeles, California, USA
The famous Hollywood sign was not always the iconic one we’ve all seen everywhere, it used to be the “Hollywoodland” sign made after a housing development in the hills.
Miami, Florida, USA
Miami is the only notably large city in the United States that has been credited as being founded by a woman. Julia Tuttle, an entrepreneur, saw the potential of the area and convinced businessman Henry Flagler to expand the Florida East Coast Railway down to Miami.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Most people associate Washington D.C. as being the U.S. capital and birthplace of American politics, but Philadelphia was actually the nation's first ever capital.
San Francisco, California, USA
If you love TV, you can thank San Francisco for the modern TV as we know it. In 1927, Philio Farnsworth invented the first electric TV in San Francisco.
Seattle, Washington, USA
The famous Space Needle has humble beginnings — straight from a napkin to be specific. Hotel executive Edward E. Carlson travelled to Stuttgart, Germany in 1959 and was so inspired by the Stuttgart tower, he doodled something similar on a hotel napkin with aspirations to build a tower for Seattle’s developing skyline.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Believe it or not, Toronto is considered the fourth biggest urban area in all of North America. That’s right, this Canadian metropolitan hub comes in close behind Los Angeles, New York and Mexico City.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Modern anti-aging remedies owe a lot of thanks to this Canadian city for being the birthplace of botox, first approved for medical injection in 2002.
Mexico City, Mexico
If you love a good museum date, this may be a dream destination for you. Mexico City boasts having the largest number of museums in the world with over 180.
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
This vibrant, fast-growing city was named after the Nahuatl name Tzapopantl meaning “the place of sapodilla fruit.”
Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Guadalupe is a major agricultural center with a considerable production of corn (maize) and chickpeas.