Rain Forest Pyramid - Galveston,Texas

Rain forest pyramid located in Moody gardens,Galveston,Texas.A rare, up-close and interactive experience with endangered plants and animals ranging from Giant Amazon River Otters to Saki Monkeys and Chinese Alligators.Rain forest where you can walk among all the Tropical Plants, Birds, Monkeys and Butterflies.

                I particularly liked the colorful birds. There are also interesting animals, plants,and flowers .This attraction is more educational than interactive.

Sri Venkiteshwara Temple Pittsburgh

 It is a place for Hindus to worship in traditional style and to provide religious, humanitarian, cultural and educational resources to all interested in Hinduism. Sri Venkateswara Temple is located in Penn Hills, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. It is one of the earliest traditional Hindu Temples built in the United States.I would like to share the videos of the temple with you :)

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Fort Worth Botanic Garden

This is a nice, free stop.The roses were awesome! Several photographers were using the garden as a backdrop for wedding and graduation pictures. And there are a lot of areas geared just for kids.There are restaurants here. and an awesome Japanese Garden, unique Japanese inspired paths filled with ponds with large KOI that can be fed.

The Free Library of Philadelphia

                        Initiated by the efforts of Dr. William Pepper, the Free Library of Philadelphia was chartered in 1891 as "a general library which shall be free to all." The library opened in March 1894.The Free Library is home to 54 locations and 7.2 million circulating items. In addition, the system has free Wi-Fi at each of its locations and nearly 1,000 public access computers, making it one of the largest providers of free internet in Philadelphia.

           It has several rare and unique special collections. The Rare Book Department at Parkway Central Library features one of the world’s most renowned Charles Dickens collections—featuring first editions, personal letters, and Dickens’s stuffed pet raven, Grip—as well as the largest Beatrix Potter collection outside of the United Kingdom. The Department also houses robust collections of cuneiform tablets, medieval and Oriental manuscripts, and Pennsylvania German fraktur, as well as the extensive Children’s Literature Research Collection.

     In addition to the collections housed in the Rare Book Department, the Free Library also features the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music, which is the largest lending library of orchestral music in the world. The Library’s Automobile Reference Collection is one of the most extensive public resources of its kind, and the Print and Picture Collection houses roughly half-a-million circulating pictures in the largest public picture lending library in the nation, in addition to thousands of fine art prints, drawings, and photographs. The Free Library also has an extensive special collection devoted to maps.

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul - Philadelphia

               Francis Patrick Kenrick initiated the building of this magnificent Church in 1846. It was continued through the tenure of Saint John Neumann and completed in 1864 by Bishop (later Archbishop) Wood. The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is modeled after the Lombard Church of Saint Charles (San Carlo al Corso) in Rome. It is an excellent example of Roman-Corinthian architecture. 

      With its majestic facade, vaulted dome, ornate main altar, eight impressive side chapels, and main sanctuary the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is one of the largest brownstone and architecturally-eminent structures in the City of Philadelphia. The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul is ranked among the outstandingly beautiful and architecturally perfect structures in Philadelphia and in the United States.