48stateroadtrip.com » checklist http://48stateroadtrip.com 114 days, 48 states, 1 roadtrip Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:45:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Checklist of United States Iconic Sites for Tourists http://48stateroadtrip.com/2009/05/the-checklist-of-united-states-tourist-sites/ http://48stateroadtrip.com/2009/05/the-checklist-of-united-states-tourist-sites/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 06:38:32 +0000 bkdunn http://48stateroadtrip.com/?p=46 It’s not the checklist of things that I think are necessarily great, it’s more just the collective “wisdom” (or my interpretation thereof) of the most famous sites in the USA:

  • The Alamo
  • The Empire State Building
  • The French Quarter
  • Golden Gate Bridge
  • The Grand Canyon
  • Hollywood — It’s a ghetto, but it’s an iconic ghetto to which people attach unrealistically romantic expectations. Ergo: checklist.
  • Hoover Dam
  • The Liberty Bell
  • Mount Rushmore
  • The National Mall (Washington Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Capitol, Smithsonian)
  • Niagara Falls
  • Old Faithful
  • St. Louis Arch
  • Statue of Liberty

The Next Flight: Alcatraz, Arlington National Cemetery, Broadway (Times Square), the Brooklyn Bridge, Cape Canaveral, Central Park, Death Valley, Disneyland, Ellis Island, the Everglades, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Freedom Trail, Gettysburg (although it’s not like there’s anything to see…), Kitty Hawk, the Las Vegas Strip, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Pike Place Market, the San Diego Zoo, the Sears Tower, Waikiki Beach, the White House, Wrigley Field

Thoughts?

bkd

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