Yet Another List

www.hillmanwonders.com

How many have you seen?

20, and can cross San Francisco off in a couple of weeks =)

i'm still pissed off i never got over to angkor wat when i was in thailand, it looks amazing

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
20, and can cross San Francisco off in a couple of weeks =)

i'm still pissed off i never got over to angkor wat when i was in thailand, it looks amazing

dude . . . be lucky you didn't go to angkor. you would of been transported to another place and time, one that is outside our need to know the seal that connects mount meru. and the slushies aren't that great, either.

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14. Lived in Indonesia for 2 years but never made it to Borobudur.

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I've led a sheltered existence. Why the Petronas towers and not the Sears Tower? Where is the St.Louis gateway arch…how many of you have been to the top? Prague may be scenic, but Ursynów is a dystopian wonder that begs to be experienced. And what about Newark?

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
20, and can cross San Francisco off in a couple of weeks =)

i'm still pissed off i never got over to angkor wat when i was in thailand, it looks amazing

Angkor Wat is *amazing*. And actually there are more than a hundred temples in that area, and while Angkor Wat is the 'hollywood' temple, there are others that are more impressive (and less crowded with people).

I've been to at least 33 things on the list. It might be one or two more, because I can't remember everything.

Been to one, San Franscisco. WOW.

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
Where is the St.Louis gateway arch…how many of you have been to the top?

ooooh, me me me

13. Pretty mediocre. I'll be able to add the Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, and Qin Terra Cotta Warriors next week, though.

How you could have St Marks or St Basil's Cathedral yet not include Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is beyond me. And there are the Mayan ruins at Tikal. Amazing.

An interesting list.

16….thank god I lived in Egypt for 6 months, otherwise it would have been much worse!

26 for me, most recently the Hermitage which was amazing. I'll be up to 30 after my next trip in the spring.

Only 11, with maybe 10 or so more that interest me.
Most aren't worth the expense and hassle of getting to.

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
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I've led a sheltered existence. Why the Petronas towers and not the Sears Tower? Where is the St.Louis gateway arch…how many of you have been to the top? Prague may be scenic, but Ursynów is a dystopian wonder that begs to be experienced. And what about Newark?

Same here and the really embarrassing part is that I use to be a travel agent.

Seems they concentrated in some areas while totally ignoring others. Could have helped some of us rack up a few extra points. What about Wailea(sp?) Falls in Kona, Hawaii or New Orleans before it sank? Hey, what about the US Capitol or other DC area sites? We take it for granted but others come from many, many miles just to see those things.

Originally posted by Jaguar:

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
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I've led a sheltered existence. Why the Petronas towers and not the Sears Tower? Where is the St.Louis gateway arch…how many of you have been to the top? Prague may be scenic, but Ursynów is a dystopian wonder that begs to be experienced. And what about Newark?

Same here and the really embarrassing part is that I use to be a travel agent.

Seems they concentrated in some areas while totally ignoring others. Could have helped some of us rack up a few extra points. What about Wailea(sp?) Falls in Kona, Hawaii or New Orleans before it sank? Hey, what about the US Capitol or other DC area sites? We take it for granted but others come from many, many miles just to see those things.

Amen sister!

Where is the Giant's Causeway? Fractal geometry in nature. All Led Zep fans are encouraged to visit.

<img src="http://stefano.altervista.org/images/Cover/Led%20Zeppelin%20-%20Houses%20Of%20The%20Holy%20-%20Back.JPG" alt=" - " />

yup, I had wondered about that omission

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
Where is the Giant's Causeway? Fractal geometry in nature. All Led Zep fans are encouraged to visit.

&lt;img src="http://stefano.altervista.org/images/Cover/Led%20Zeppelin%20-%20Houses%20Of%20The%20Holy%20-%20Back.JPG" alt=" - " /&gt;

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Seems they concentrated in some areas while totally ignoring others.

i actually thought it was a pretty cool list because it wasn't completely western-centric, there's a pretty solid amount of non-western "wonders" on that list, which is pretty rare for these types of things … is the US Capitol that much more incredible than Big Ben/Palace of Westminster or that Italian type-writer thingy, or countless other big-ass parliament/executive buildings?

I have no problem at all with them being global. It should be. My issue is that it's, if anything, anti-Western.

Hey, if they can put San Franscisco, why not DC? Just look at the detailed and Old World Masonic detailed layout. There is plenty here to marvel over regardless of one's politics or cultural background. Plus, what about poor New Orleans? We will probably never see it return to it's old glory. Don't forget the Caribbean either. Some beautiful places down there and one of the top coffees in the entire world comes from high atop Jamaica's Blue Mountain. Don't think they included anything like Denali National Forest either of parts or Canada.

Personally, I'd love to visit and jump in one of the hot springs in Antartica but that's not on the list either and it's quite out of the norm. (I know it's not Western. I'm globe hopping.)

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