26 June 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, New York City
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The Stonewall Inn, often shortened to Stonewall, is a
gay bar and recreational
tavern in the
Greenwich Village neighborhood of
Lower Manhattan,
New York City, and the site of the
Stonewall riots of 1969, which is widely considered to be the single most important event leading to the
gay liberation movement and the modern fight for
LGBT rights in the United States.
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15 February 2021 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Joshua Tree National Park is an American
national park in southeastern
California, east of
Los Angeles and
San Bernardino, near
Palm Springs. It is named for the Joshua trees (
Yucca brevifolia) native to the
Mojave Desert. Originally declared a
national monument in 1936, Joshua Tree was redesignated as a national park in 1994 when the
U.S. Congress passed the
California Desert Protection Act. Encompassing a total of 790,636 acres (1,235.4 sq mi; 3,199.6 km²) – slightly larger than the state of
Rhode Island – the park includes 429,690 acres (671.4 sq mi; 1,738.9 km²) of designated
wilderness. Straddling
San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties, the park includes parts of two
deserts, each an
ecosystem whose characteristics are determined primarily by elevation: the higher Mojave Desert and the lower
Colorado Desert (including the
Coachella Valley). The
Little San Bernardino Mountains traverse the southwest edge of the park.
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