The "Evil Empire" is, I fear, no one's favourite place (apart from those born there, of course) and although on my one visit there about forty years ago I found that Americans in America were much nicer than the Americans I had previously encountered out of America, the present obstacles placed in the way of visitors, allied to the legendary rudeness of American airport officials, mean that I will not be in any hurry to visit the place again.
However, for those who wish to venture amid the perils of paranoid customs officials, trigger-happy policemen, cud-chewing maidens and opiniated males, here are some of the attractions you can expect to see.