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Standing on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway Avenue, you see the World famous Ryman Auditorium and Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. The Ryman is, of course, the original home of The Grand Ole Opry, and Tootsie’s is where many Opry stars got their start and would hang out during the show until it was their time to go on stage.
Modern buildings have grown up around lower Broadway but the whole area is still filled with live music spilling out onto the streets from the many bars and clubs. Record shops, guitar stores, clothing stores, and restaurants line the street from Fifth Avenue on down to First Avenue, and along Second Avenue as well as other streets in the area.
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.