American Queen or American Empress Steamboat Cruises. Which experience will you choose? American Queen is said to be the largest river steamboat ever built. The ship was built in 1995 and is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, built by McDermott Shipyard for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. The American Empress is a 360-foot (110 m) diesel-powered paddle-wheeler that was formerly operated by Majestic America Line and named the Empress of the North.

Portsmouth is a port city on the Piscataqua River. Nearby, the 1855 North Church presides over downtown’s Market Square; Prescott Park has beautiful riverside gardens and plenty of boat docks. Northwest of Portsmouth is the former research submarine USS Albacore - it resides in a nearby park.

Reno is in the western part of the state near the California border. What the city lacks in glitz it more than makes up for in attractions and amenities. There are first-rate hotels, golf courses and casinos - as well as ski slopes.

Omaha is Large and home to some of the Largest places on earth. You'll want to make this a stop while visiting the mid-West...Lincoln has the largest artifacts of roller skates in the nation! Surprise!! To think about the old skates with keys, inline skates, hockey skates, etc., It is wonderful someone is being attentive to the history. Interesting fact - the US National Championships for ROLLER sports is also in Lincoln, NE. Thus, the museum focus.

Butte's gold rush past is evident in its vintage signs, historic buildings and numerous trolleys and tours devoted to the memory of mining days. Its historic landmark district boasts some of the country's best collections

Would you like to join the optional excursion to UNESCO World Heritage Site - Gibraltar, please check visa requirements with your local consulate(s); responsibility for obtaining visas rests with the traveler. Travel Tips on the Vacation Nation Radio Radio Show feature little known pieces of information about Gibraltar. Tune in to 1380the biz on Saturdays at 7am and 5pm to find out more.

Branson, an Ozark town in southwest Missouri known as a family vacation destination, has undergone a massive rebuilding.

Sitting high atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers, the city of Vicksburg was the site of an epic battle and is now Vicksburg National Military Park, preserving original fortifications and the U.S.S. Cairo, an ironclad gunboat that once prowled the waters of the Mississippi River. Vicksburg is also the place where Coca-Cola was first bottled, a fact that is happily immortalized at the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum.

Duluth is a port city on Lake Superior in Minnesota. The waterfront Lakewalk trail passes along Canal Park, with views of the 1905 Aerial Lift Bridge. The most popular time to visit Duluth is summer

In 1848, Lansing, Michigan was named after Lansing, New York, which was named for John Lansing Jr., a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention. A little under a year earlier, officials had named the city Michigan after Michigan state, but soon decided against the eponymous title, changing its name following the wishes of some of the town’s earliest settlers, who were originally from Lansing, New York.