Follow the Buffalo Bill Scenic Byway (U.S. Routes 14, 16 and 20) all the way to Yellowstone National Park s eastern gate. Theodore Roosevelt described this route as the most scenic 50 miles in the U.S. and it s difficult to argue. Keep an eye out for elk, moose, bighorn sheep and both black and grizzly bears.
LOCATION AND SIZE. Once known as Holland, the Netherlands is located in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the south, Germany to the east and north, and the North Sea along its western coast. The country has a total area of 41,526 square kilometers (16,485 square miles).
Its status as the Dutch capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands though it is not the seat of the Dutch government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 825,080 within the city proper, 1,317,663 in the urban area and 1,590,520 in the metropolitan area.hips sailed from Amsterdam to the Baltic Sea, North America, and Africa, as well as present-day Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Brazil, forming the basis of a worldwide trading network. Amsterdam's merchants had the largest share in both the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company.