# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/61 "2010-03-04T15:42:36Z")
Taj Mahal Machu Picchu Bali Borobudur Hong Kong Kathmandu Valley Mt. Everest Temple Em. Buddha Kashmir Valley Varnasi/Ganges Ladahk Niagara Falls Banff NP so 13. One day I’d like to get to Europe, I’ve been saving it for when I get too old and weary for adventure travel. Gee, I wonder when that will happen? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/62 "2010-03-04T16:01:06Z")
20, including 3 of the top 4: 1 Pyramids of Egypt 3 Taj Mahal 4 Serengeti Migration (not sure I caught the migration proper) 12 Ngorongoro Crater 22 Acropolis 24 Jerusalem Old City 27 Petra 30 Cappadocia 34 Egyptian Museum 40 Alhambra (way too low on the list IMO) 50 Hagia Sofia 59 Damascus Old City 73 Sahara Desert (probably, not sure if the bits of desert I’ve been in in Egypt count as the Sahara proper) 75 Baalbek (Baalbek is really freaking awesome.) 77 Topkapi Palace 84 New York Skyline 88 Niagara Falls 89 British Museum 90 Burj al Arab (driven past, haven’t been inside, and honestly wtf is up with 2 ridiculous buildings from Dubai being on the list?) 99 San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/63 "2010-03-04T16:03:07Z")
17 - 19, depending on how you count Great Wall of China Grand Canyon - From the air, so I’ve “seen” it, but I don’t think it counts Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti - I’ve been to the Serengeti, but not during the migration Great Barrier Reef Forbidden City Chichen Itza The Louvre Versailles Chartres Cathedral St. Basil’s Cathedral The Kremlin Mont. St. Michel Stonehenge NY Skyline Eiffel Tower Ayer’s Rock/Uluru The Hermitage Banff NP ETA: missed Chambord. So 18 - 20, depending on how you count. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/64 "2010-03-04T16:13:09Z")
Seven: Great Wall of China Machu Picchu Forbidden City Jerusalem Old City NY skyline Niagara Falls San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/65 "2010-03-04T16:21:31Z")
Just six. Teotihuacan Chichen Itza Carlsbad Caverns Prague Old Town (used to live there) New York Skyline Metropolitan Museum of Art ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/66 "2010-03-04T16:25:47Z")
Seven: Chichen Itza Niagara Falls NYC Grand Canyon (yawn) Carlsbad Caverns Yosemite Yellowstone ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/67 "2010-03-04T16:33:38Z")
FOUR! A lousy 4 wonders. Amazon Rain Forest Terracotta Warriors Carnival in Rio San Francisco OK, well since I have to see all of the before I croak, I can safely say that I am now effectively immortal. So I have that going for me. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/68 "2010-03-04T17:38:09Z")
1. 0 in Africa/Middle East (though I have been to the continent), 1 in Asia, 2 in South America, 6 in North America, and 13 in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/69 "2010-03-04T17:54:48Z")
Colosseum St. Peter’s Basilica Alhambra Canals of Venice Versailles Pompeii St. Mark’s Basilica Florence Cityscape Leaning Tower of Pisa New York Skyline Eiffel Tower Yosemite San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/70 "2010-03-04T18:01:51Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I wonder if Dopers have collectively been to all 100. I doubt it, as a couple are in Burma and one in the middle of Indonesia (Borobudur). I’m sure we have. I’ve got the Schwedagon Stupa in Myanmar covered - I’m sure someone else has been to Bagan. I once had plane tickets to Borobudur, but didn’t go in the end because they started rioting in the streets in Yogyakarta. I imagine someone with better timing has made it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/71 "2010-03-04T18:14:45Z")
Eight: Grand Canyon Yellowstone Carlsbad Caverns New York Skyline Metropolitan Museum of Art Niagara Falls Yosemite San Francisco It’s no coincidence they’re the eight U.S.-based ones – I’ve seen just about everything this country has to offer, including 35 of the 41 on his (woefully incomplete) [Wonders of America map](http://www.hillmanwonders.com/america/map_america_521.htm). One of these days I’ll travel farther. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/72 "2010-03-04T18:40:35Z")
Hagia Sofia and Cappadocia. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/73 "2010-03-04T19:04:58Z")
Only three… NYC Skyline San Francisco Banff NP ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/74 "2010-03-04T19:16:49Z")
> [@BetsQ](#): > > I’m sure we have. I’ve got the Schwedagon Stupa in Myanmar covered - I’m sure someone else has been to Bagan. I once had plane tickets to Borobudur, but didn’t go in the end because they started rioting in the streets in Yogyakarta. I imagine someone with better timing has made it. I’ve been to Bagan. And I was in the Serengeti during the migration, but didn’t see them crossing any rivers. Anyone been to Mecca? ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/75 "2010-03-04T19:24:25Z")
Chichen Itza Grand Canyon NYC Skyline San Francisco ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/76 "2010-03-04T20:23:43Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > 1. Come on now, you gotta give us a list. That’s pretty impressive. I’m thinking Droolage here with a capital D. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/77 "2010-03-04T20:32:57Z")
Terra Cotta Warriors (also as part of a traveling exhibit, so I don’t know if that counts or not) Chichen Itza Fjords of Norway Louvre Canals of Venice Carlsbad Caverns Uffizi Gallery Florence Cityscape Leaning Tower of Pisa Yellowstone New York Skyline Eiffel Tower Niagara Falls San Francisco Professional Bowling Hall of Fame ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/78 "2010-03-04T20:42:32Z")
Grand Canyon Louvre Museum Versailles NYC Skyline (pre 9/11, haven’t been back since) Eiffel Tower Niagara Falls British Museum San Francisco A paltry eight. I need to spend more time in Europe but air flight is so distasteful to me in so many ways, that’s not going to happen until I can find a cruise across the Atlantic. A lot of these things, though, I’ll freely admit that I have no desire to see. The various “grand” cathedrals? No, not really. Mecca? I don’t think I _should_ see that, it’s not _my_ sacred place. Carnival in Rio? No thank you. The Great Barrier Reef? Isn’t tourism to the reef a danger to it? I’ll leave it be. And if I’m going to go [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru), I’m going to call it by its proper name. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/79 "2010-03-04T21:22:27Z")
Anybody want to tally up which of these the most and the fewest of us have been to? Lots of NYC skylines, but only three for Teotihuacan. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/80 "2010-03-04T21:34:16Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Come on now, you gotta give us a list. That’s pretty impressive. I’m thinking Droolage here with a capital D. Sorry, was doing this quickly last night. Seems like a lot - I was an expat kid and travelled the world from the age of 3. Now I’ve listed them, it’s 54 - the list is: 1 Pyramids of Egypt 2 Great Wall of China 6 Grand Canyon 10 Bali 13 Great Barrier Reef 14 Angkor Wat 16 Forbidden City 18 Karnak 20 Banaue Rice Terr. 22 Acropolis 25 TerraCotta Warriors 28 Nile River Cruise 31 Colosseum of Rome 32 Fjords of Norway 33 St Peter’s Basilica 34 Egyptian Museum 37 Hong Kong 38 Sistine Chapel 36 Valley of the Kings 40 Alhambra 41 Louvre Museum 42 Canals of Venice 43 Versailles 47 Metropolitan Mus 49 Temple Em. Buddha 50 Hagia Sofia 51 Pompeii 53 Prague Old Town 55 Amalfi Drive 57 Chartres Cathedral 58 Mezquita Cordoba 61 Uffizi Gallery 63 Golden Pavilion 64 Delphi 66 Abu Simbel 67 St Mark’s Basilica 68 Florence Cityscape 73 Sahara Desert 74 Leaning Tower Pisa 76 Mont St Michel 77 Topkapi Palace 79 Stonehenge 81 Yellowstone NP 83 Matterhorn 84 New York Skyline 85 Marrakesh 86 Eiffel Tower 88 Niagara Falls 89 British Museum 92 Yosemite NP 93 Ayers Rock 97 Neuschwanstein 98 Banff NP 99 San Francisco [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197.md?page=5)