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Turkey’s tourist industry is centered around Istanbul and the resorts of the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts (Especially Antalya), and it is here that the majority of modern hotels are to …
Istanbul, the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts Read More
Arkansas is bounded on the north by Missouri; on the east it is separated from Mississippi and Tennessee by the Mississippi River; to the south is Louisiana; and stretching away …
Arkansas Natural Setting Read More
The popular beliefs about, but not of, the mountain people in Arkansas and other Southern States contain many misconceptions. According to fiction, the hillman is a seven-foot combination of malnutrition …
Arkansas Popular Beliefs Read More
To the seeker of a clue to the character of Massachusetts people, the rubric of the east wind may be useful. Time and again a salty breeze has blown through …
Character of Massachusetts Read More
Massachusetts had the first golf course in America, the Country Club of Brookline, founded in 1882, and courses are well distributed throughout the State. On Cape Cod, on the adjacent …
Massachusetts: The First Golf Course in America Read More
Aberdeen and Hoquiam, originally settlements four miles apart, have grown into a single population center, divided only by Myrtle Street. In an atmosphere hazy with smoke from mill stacks and …
Aberdeen and Hoquiam Read More
Everett, county seat of Snohomish County, lumbering center, seaport, and distributing point for a fertile agricultural and dairying area, lies on a promontory between the sluggish Snohomish River, with its …
Everett: Seat of Snohomish County Read More
Daisen literally means “great mountain.” Though its height is only 5,653 feet, it is the highest mountain in Chugoku district, on the shore of the Japan Sea. It is the …
Daisen Mountain in Japan Read More
Area: 779,452 sq km Population: 78.1 million Capital City: Ankara People: Turks (85%), Kurds (12%), 3% other Islamic peoples, Armenians, Jews Language: Turkish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Kurdish Religion: Muslim Time …
General Information About Turkey Read More
Among the famous things which Kobe is noted for must be mentioned the so-called Kobe beef, which is, in fact, sent from the neighboring province of Tajima. How good beef …
Japan: Kobe is famous is its Nada sake Read More