By: Dominic Cavendish, Robbie Collin, Ivan Hewett, Neil McCormick, Cal Revely-Calder, Tim Robey, Anita Singh, Alastair Sooke, Lucy Thynne
From rock 'n' roll to Ross and Rachel, superheroes to skyscrapers, over the past two and a half centuries America has arguably had a greater influence than any other nation on how our lives look and sound.








