This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Croton Aqueduct, in New York City.
City Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The largest park in the world.
Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world.
Mammoth Cave, in Kentucky.
Niagara Falls. A sheet of water three-quarters of a mile wide, with a fall of 175 feet.
Natural Bridge, over Cedar Creek, in Virginia.
New State Capitol, at Albany, N. Y.
New York and Brooklyn Bridge.
The Central Park, in New York City.
Washington Monument, Washington, D. C, 555 feet high.
Yosemite Valley, California; 57 miles from Coulterville. A valley from 8 to 10 miles long, and about one mile wide. Has very steep slopes about 3,500 feet high; has a perpendicular precipice 3,089 feet high; a rock almost perpendicular, 3,270 feet high; and waterfalls from 700 to 1,000 feet.
Jackson Park, Chicago, with the World's Columbian Fair of 1893.
 
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