Twenty-three states in the U.S. border an ocean.

Two thousand years ago, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was a thriving commercial port of 20,000 people.

Under a treaty dating back to 1918, if the Grimaldis of Monaco should ever be without a male heir, Monaco would cease to exist as a sovereign state and would become a self-governing French protectorate.

Unlike most African nations, Ethiopia was never a European colony.

Until 1266, the Isle of Man was owned by Norway and was a separate country with its own King who also owned the Sodor, the southern isles of Scotland. Edward III was the Isle of Man's first English king, but in 1405, Henry IV gave it to the Stanley family and it later passed to the Dukes of Atholl. It was not until 1765 that it was sold to the British Government for 70,000 pounds.

Using satellite-surveying techniques, scientists have determined that Los Angeles, California is moving east. At a rate estimated to be about one-fifth of an inch per year, the city is moving closer to the San Gabriel Mountains.

Various U.S. cities are named after other countries. You can visit the U.S. city of Peru in the states of Maine, Nebraska, and New York.

Various U.S. cities have been named for popular European cities. If you say you're going to be vacationing in Paris, it could mean the city located in either the states of Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, or West Virginia. Perris, California is another possibility. Then again, it could be in France.

"Exurbia" is the mostly rural residential area beyond the suburbs of a city.

"Honolulu" means "sheltered harbor."

"Oceania" is a name for the thousands of islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes referred to as the South Seas.

“Utah” is from the Navajo word meaning “upper.”

A distillery was originally on the site of America's first mint, the Philadelphia mint, which opened in 1792.

A whirlpool below Niagara Falls iced over for the first time on record, on March 25, 1955. A huge ice jam in Lake Erie caused more than $6 million in property damages near Niagara Falls, New York.

About 43 million years ago, the Pacific plate took a northwest turn, creating a bend where new upheavals initiated the Hawaiian Ridge. Major islands formed included Kauai, 5.1 million years old, Maui, 1.3 million years old, and Hawaii, a youngster at only 800,000 years old.

Acapulco got its start as a major tourist destination during the early days of World War II. German U-boats threats off the eastern United States compelled the wealthy to find new places to vacation. At one time one had to be a millionaire to enjoy Acapulco, but that hasn't been the case for years.

According to a Fortune magazine survey conducted a few years ago, Seattle topped the list of best major U.S. cities to balance work and family.

Venezuela possesses more proven oil reserves than any country outside the Middle East.

Washington, D.C. is the birthplace of many celebrities, including David Birney, Blair Brown, Connie Chung, Matt Frewer, Goldie Hawn, Al Gore, John Heard, Edward Hermann, William Hurt, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Michael Learned, Roger Mudd, Maury Povich, Chita Rivera, Pete Sampras, and Peter Tork.

Washington, D.C. was the first American city planned for a specific purpose. It was designed by Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, to be a beautiful city with wide streets and many trees. The district was originally a 10 miles square crossing the Potomac River into Virginia. The Virginia part of the district was given back to Virginia in 1846.

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