Though Charlotte dates from Revolutionary War times (it is named for King George III’s wife, Queen Charlotte), its Uptown is distinctively New South, with gleaming skyscrapers and cultural landmarks. Uptown encompasses all of center city Charlotte, its business and cultural heart and soul.
For 75 million NASCAR fans, Talladega Superspeedway is the transcendent track, the mother lode of racing lore and legend. At this 143,000-capacity motorhead mecca, located on close to 3,000 acres just outside Birmingham, spectators have witnessed some of the fastest recorded racing speeds on the planet.
NASCAR racing is said to be the most popular spectator sport in the U.S. It all started in 1936, when Daytona Beach mechanic Bill France entered a local stock-car race on the beach. Two years later, when nobody else wanted to promote a follow-up, he took the reins. In 1947, when racing resumed after the …
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The Pocono Mountains region covers 2,400 square miles of wooded peaks, valleys, lakes, rivers and waterfalls and is located in the northeastern Pennsylvania, encompassing Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties. The county seats are Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg, Milford and Honesdale, each offering a quaint, historic atmosphere, unique shopping and dining experiences, authentic historic/cultural sites, art …
