Major Cities

Albuquerque

A high-desert city on the Rio Grande

Anchorage

Alaska's largest city, between mountains and sea

Baltimore

A historic port at the head of Chesapeake Bay

Charlotte

A banking hub on the Carolina Piedmont

Chicago

The third-largest U.S. city, on Lake Michigan

Cleveland

A Great Lakes industrial city on Lake Erie

Dallas

A North Texas city on the blackland prairie

Detroit

The Motor City, on the strait between two lakes

El Paso

A desert border city at the pass of the Rio Grande

Fort Worth

Where the West begins, on the West Fork of the Trinity

Fresno

The hub of California's San Joaquin Valley

Houston

The fourth-largest U.S. city, on the Gulf Coast plain

Jacksonville

Florida's most populous city, on the St. Johns River

Kansas City

A river city at the bend of the Missouri

Las Vegas

A desert resort city in the Mojave

Los Angeles

The second-largest U.S. city, on the Southern California coast

Louisville

A river city at the Falls of the Ohio

Memphis

A Mississippi River city on the Chickasaw Bluffs

Miami

A subtropical city between the Everglades and the sea

Milwaukee

A Great Lakes port on Lake Michigan

Minneapolis

The larger of the Twin Cities, on the Mississippi

New Orleans

A river-delta city largely below sea level

New York City

The largest city in the United States

Omaha

A Missouri River city, gateway to the plains

Philadelphia

The sixth-largest U.S. city, between two rivers

Pittsburgh

The Steel City, where three rivers meet

Portland

A Pacific Northwest city where two rivers meet

San Antonio

A historic Texas city on the edge of the Hill Country

San Diego

A Pacific port at California's southwest corner

San Francisco

A hilly peninsula city on the Golden Gate

San Jose

The capital of Silicon Valley, in the Santa Clara Valley

Seattle

A Pacific Northwest city between sound and lake

Tampa

A Gulf Coast port on Tampa Bay

Tucson

A Sonoran Desert city ringed by mountains

Virginia Beach

An Atlantic resort city at the mouth of the Chesapeake