# 100 Wonders to see before you die. How many have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197 "2010-03-03T22:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/1 "2010-03-03T22:59:30Z")
Check out the list at [http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/55iWri/www.hillmanwonders.com/](http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/55iWri/www.hillmanwonders.com/) I’ve seen twelve. Grand Canyon Colosseum of Rome St. Peters Sistine Chapel Canels of Venice Carlsbad Caverns St. Marks Basilica Yellowstone New York Skyline Niagra Falls Yosimite San Francisco Okay, I don’t alltogether agree with the list, but that isn’t what I’m looking for, so put objections aside for the moment. So, how many have you seen? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/2 "2010-03-03T23:01:27Z")
Zero. And, I won’t have any heartburn if I don’t ever see any of them. I’d have enjoyed traveling as a youngster but now I’m old and set in my ways. Grumpy, even. 🙂 ETA: I did go to NYC a couple of times but I don’t remember paying attention to the skyline much. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/3 "2010-03-03T23:02:32Z")
26 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/4 "2010-03-03T23:06:48Z")
Three: NY skyline (both before and after 9/11), Niagara Falls, and San Francisco. I might add the Notre Dame de Paris, which I have seen both the inside and in a “Son et Lumiere” show. I would also add the Chion-In Buddhist temple in Kyoto, just about the most impressive room I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/5 "2010-03-03T23:11:26Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > 26 Could you expand on your answer a bit? I want to be able to properly drool at the thought of all the cool things you’ve seen that I likely won’t ever see. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/6 "2010-03-03T23:27:23Z")
A paltry four. All in this country. I’ve spent an hour in Canada and grand total of a day in Baja California in my entire life, so the wonders outside of the U.S. are still waiting for me to put my passport to some good use. Some day! \ Oh, the ones I’ve seen are the NY skyline (just this past summer for the first time), the Grand Canyon (twice, for about 20 minutes), Yosemite and San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/7 "2010-03-03T23:42:38Z")
Ten. The NYC skyline and the Met are right here for me. Others: Amazonian rainforest (in Peru) Sahara (in Morocco) Marrakesh British Museum Machu Picchu Jerusalem Old City San Francisco (the whole city?) Niagara Falls Obviously this is rather arbitrary. Are the fjords of Norway that much better than the [fjords of New Zealand](http://www.fiordland.org.nz/Explore-Fiordland/Image-Gallery/Doubtful-Sound.asp), which I’ve seen? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/8 "2010-03-03T23:49:06Z")
1. Basically all the ones in Western Europe and the USA. Excepting the fjords of Norway, which I’m still pining for. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/9 "2010-03-03T23:50:51Z")
1. New York, San Fran, Venice, and Niagara Falls. I have seen a lot of other cool stuff, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/10 "2010-03-04T00:07:30Z")
The Grand Canyon New York Skyline San Francisco British Museum Yosemite NP Yellowstone NP ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/11 "2010-03-04T00:09:57Z")
Eight. Louvre Museum Versailles Mont St Michel Stonehenge New York skyline Eiffel Tower British Museum San Francisco I actually saw all eight of them within two months. I still think Chicago has a better skyline than New York. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/12 "2010-03-04T00:11:17Z")
I’ve only seen five, although about a quarter of the items on that list don’t even interest me. My top 100 places to see would be wildly different. No Hawaii?!? ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/13 "2010-03-04T00:21:07Z")
16: Forbidden City 32: Fjords of Norway 37: Hong Kong 41: Louvre Museum 43: Versailles 47: The Met 57: Chartres 79: Stonehenge 81: Yellowstone 84: Manhattan skyline 86: Eiffel Tower 89: British Museum 92: Yosemite 99: San Francisco Grand Canyon - missed it. Basically some business travel, vacations in France and the UK, and a couple trips to China. One trip to Italy would nail another stack it appears. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/14 "2010-03-04T00:28:26Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > Obviously this is rather arbitrary. Are the fjords of Norway that much better than the [fjords of New Zealand](http://www.fiordland.org.nz/Explore-Fiordland/Image-Gallery/Doubtful-Sound.asp), which I’ve seen? Dude, nobody pines for the fjords of New Zealand 5 BTW: NY, SF, Niagara falls, Yosemite, Grand Canyon ETA oh yeah, and the Met, so 6. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/15 "2010-03-04T00:44:39Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Could you expand on your answer a bit? I want to be able to properly drool at the thought of all the cool things you’ve seen that I likely won’t ever see. Well, I’ve been to 48, I think. I spent a year and a half traveling around the world, 3 months backpacking in Europe after college, plus I’ve been around the USA quite a bit. A lot of these places are twofers (Florence, NYC, Venice, Istanbul, Vatican City). Great Wall of China, Topkapi Palace, Prague Old Town, Serengeti Migration, Stonehenge, Galapagos Islands, Angel Falls, Grand Canyon, Colosseum of Rome, Yellowstone NP, Machu Picchu, Fjords of Norway, St Peter’s Basilica, Mezquita Cordoba, Matterhorn, Iguazu Falls, New York Skyline, Bali, Dubrovnik, Amazon Rain Forest, Uffizi Gallery,Eiffel Tower, Ngorongoro Crater, Great Barrier Reef,. Sistine Chapel, Niagara Falls, Angkor Wat, Delphi, British Museum, Victoria Falls, Alhambra, Forbidden City, Louvre Museum,Yangtze Riv. Cruise, Bagan, Canals of Venice, St Mark’s Basilica, Yosemite NP, Florence Cityscape, Ayers Rock, Acropolis, Metropolitan Mus, Shwedagon Stupa, Neuschwanstein,Temple Em. Buddha, Leaning Tower Pisa, San Francisco, Hagia Sofia. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/16 "2010-03-04T00:45:05Z")
Twenty: Chichen Itza Colosseum of Rome St. Peter’s Basilica Sistine Chapel Louvre Museum Canals of Venice Versailles Metropolitan Museum Prague Old Town Chartes Catheral St. Marks Basilica Florence Cityscape Leaning Tower Pisa New York Skyline Eiffel Tower Niagara Falls British Museum Yosemite NP Chambord Chateau San Francisco As you can see from this list, I have travelled extensively in North America and Europe, but not much elsewhere in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/17 "2010-03-04T00:51:44Z")
One It would have been two if the grand Canyon hadn’t had a flash flood during my vacation. How did the Corn Palace not make the list?😉 ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/18 "2010-03-04T00:52:33Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Well, I’ve been to 48, I think. I spent a year and a half traveling around the world, 3 months backpacking in Europe after college, plus I’ve been around the USA quite a bit. A lot of these places are twofers (Florence, NYC, Venice, Istanbul, Vatican City). > > Great Wall of China, Topkapi Palace, Prague Old Town, Serengeti Migration, Stonehenge, Galapagos Islands, Angel Falls, Grand Canyon, Colosseum of Rome, Yellowstone NP, Machu Picchu, Fjords of Norway, St Peter’s Basilica, Mezquita Cordoba, Matterhorn, Iguazu Falls, New York Skyline, Bali, Dubrovnik, Amazon Rain Forest, Uffizi Gallery,Eiffel Tower, Ngorongoro Crater, Great Barrier Reef,. Sistine Chapel, Niagara Falls, Angkor Wat, Delphi, British Museum, Victoria Falls, Alhambra, Forbidden City, Louvre Museum,Yangtze Riv. Cruise, Bagan, Canals of Venice, St Mark’s Basilica, Yosemite NP, Florence Cityscape, Ayers Rock, Acropolis, Metropolitan Mus, Shwedagon Stupa, Neuschwanstein,Temple Em. Buddha, Leaning Tower Pisa, San Francisco, Hagia Sofia. Yeah, that list calls for some proper droolage, excuse me while I go get a hanky. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/19 "2010-03-04T00:58:27Z")
14: Louvre, Venice, Versailles, Met, Chartres, Uffizi, St Mark’s, Florence, Mt-St-Michel, NY, Eiffel Tower, Niagara Falls, British Museum, and San Francisco. Hoping (OK, pining) to add the Fjords next year. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/20 "2010-03-04T01:15:36Z")
I’ve seen exactly one- Yellowstone, which I drove through one day while traveling across the country. I’m now very depressed. I’m also a bit surprised that [Crater Lake](http://images.google.com/images?rlz=1C1GPEA_enUS321US321&sourceid=chrome&q=crater%20lake&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi) isn’t in that list. It should be. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197.md?page=2)