Aerial America

Michigan is the birthplace of both Ford's Model-T and the legacy of the American auto industry.

Founded by Spaniards four whole decades before Jamestown, St. Augustine, Florida, is our oldest town.

The first pilgrims who settled in Plymouth suffered a brutal winter, facing disease and exposure in a new land. But the following spring, members of the Wampanoag tribe paid them a visit that would result in an enduring American holiday.

In 19th-century Illinois, tensions between settlers and local Native American tribes led to a series of escalating confrontations. The violent culmination of these conflicts drove Sauk leader Black Hawk and his tribe out of the state.

In 1791, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton needed to establish an "industrial city" to power the nation's economy. He found the perfect place in northern New Jersey.

Tall tales take on a life of their own when witnesses past and present begin to describe the grandeur of Yellowstone. But her imminent eruption is no stretch of the truth.

The University of Michigan's football stadium is called the "Big House" because it's the biggest in the country, and even with 109,901 seats, its biggest games are always sold out.

Take a journey over the fiery red foliage of fall and the covered bridges of Montgomery, Vermont.

Pittsburgh's glass industry put it on the map, but it's steel that makes it one of America's great industrial cities, and its 446 bridges that make it the bridge capital of the world.

Originally just a lone saloon for worn out miners, Denver is now the state capitol and most populous city in Colorado, with a tradition of modern architecture and an iconic airport.