# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/81 "2010-03-04T21:35:04Z")
1. Pyramids of Egypt; 2. Great Wall of China; 6. Grand Canyon; 15. Victoria Falls; 16. Forbidden City; 27. Petra; 34. Egyptian Museum; 37. Hong Kong; 39. Burj Khalifa; 41. Louvre Museum; 43. Versailles; 44. Carlsbad Caverns; 50. Hagia Sofia; 63. Golden Pavilion; 73. Sahara Desert; 77. Topkapi Palace; 81. Yellowstone; 84. New York Skyline; 86. Eiffel Tower; 89. British Museum; 90. Burj al Arab; 92. Yosemite; 96. Lijiang/Shangri-la; 99. San Francisco. That’s 24. ETA: > [@](#): > > Anybody want to tally up which of these the most and the fewest of us have been to? Only two for Lijiang so far. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/82 "2010-03-04T21:40:55Z")
5 Grand Canyon Yellowstone New York Eiffel Tower Neuschwanstein ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/83 "2010-03-04T21:51:50Z")
> [@Haunted\_Pasta](#): > > Professional Bowling Hall of Fame Oh, I missed that on the list the first time. Cool, I’m up to nine now. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/84 "2010-03-04T21:56:13Z")
I’ve only seen 5 of those in person. But thanks to the wonders of technology, I’ve seen most of them in photos & video. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/85 "2010-03-04T22:36:13Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I’ve only seen 5 of those in person. But thanks to the wonders of technology, I’ve seen most of them in photos & video. Hehe, yes; when I visited the Taj Mahal, the thought that kept running through my mind was “Oh, dammit, this looks exactly like all the photos. What am I actually getting out of this?”. I am a terribly unappreciative tourist… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/86 "2010-03-04T22:54:44Z")
20– Pompeii Stonehenge Colosseum of Rome Yellowstone NP Chartres Cathedral St Peter’s Basilica New York Skyline Uffizi Gallery Eiffel Tower Sistine Chapel British Museum Louvre Museum Canals of Venice St Mark’s Basilica Versailles Florence Cityscape Acropolis Neuschwanstein Leaning Tower Pisa San Francisco Some of these are really duplicates. Like, who visits Florence, but doesn’t go to the Uffuzi? Or you go to Venice but skip St Mark’s? Go on any canned “If it’s Tuesday this must be Paris” tour and you can hit more than a dozen of these. Plus, what makes the Fjords of Norway so great? I’ve been through SE Alaska several times, so if it’s just seeing fjords and glaciers I’ve got that covered. Others are pretty lame. The Leaning Tower of Pisa? The Eiffel Tower? Neushchwanstein? Those shouldn’t be in a list of top 100 things to see before you die. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/87 "2010-03-04T23:27:50Z")
1. But that’s not what’s interesting to me…what’s interesting is how many Dopers have been to the city where I work. It certainly is a wonder; we often ask ourselves, “I wonder when they are going to fix the potholes?” or “I wonder when the next local politician is going to be arrested?” Life in Da Falls: serious business. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/88 "2010-03-04T23:42:00Z")
6 I’m planning to see Hagia Sofia in the next year or two, and some of the US stuff too. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/89 "2010-03-04T23:59:27Z")
79 Stonehenge 55 Amalfi Drive 6 Grand Canyon 31 Colosseum of Rome 33 St Peter’s Basilica 84 New York Skyline 37 Hong Kong 38 Sistine Chapel 88 Niagara Falls 89 British Museum 42 Canals of Venice 67 St Mark’s Basilica 92 Yosemite NP 68 Florence Cityscape 44 Carlsbad Caverns 47 Metropolitan Mus 24 Jerusalem Old City 74 Leaning Tower Pisa 99 San Francisco 19, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/90 "2010-03-05T00:13:55Z")
Eight. Grand Canyon Machu Picchu Alhambra Louvre Museum Prague Old Town New York Skyline Eiffel Tower Banff National Park Not too bad for a hillbilly. And I disagree with the list. ---
**Author:** ![Scougs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scougs/32/3158_2.png) [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/91 "2010-03-05T00:17:28Z")
It certainly doesn’t seem particularly well thought out. My total shot up thanks to a one week tour of Egypt. (Who goes on a Nile Cruise and doesn’t go to Karnak??) And I’m miffed that I haven’t been to the Serengeti or the Ngorogoro crater, but have been to the Masai Mara, and that’s not on the list. Total: 14 Pyramids of Egypt Machu Picchu Karnak Teotihuacan Chichen Itza Nile River Cruise Egyptian Museum Valley of the Kings Pompeii St Basil’s Cathedral Abu Simbel Kremlin New York Skyline British Museum ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/92 "2010-03-05T00:21:05Z")
Fourteen. And count me as another one that’s not overly impressed with the list. Some of the things on there that I’ve seen aren’t nearly as exciting as things I’ve seen that aren’t on the list. 6 Grand Canyon 12 Ngorongoro Crater 22 Acropolis 41 Louvre Museum 44 Carlsbad Caverns 79 Stonehenge 81 Yellowstone NP 84 New York Skyline 86 Eiffel Tower 88 Niagara Falls 92 Yosemite NP 97 Neuschwanstein 98 Banff NP 99 San Francisco ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/93 "2010-03-05T00:26:49Z")
Just San Francisco. Which was nice and all, but nothing I’d consider a wonder of the world. Of course, on his top 51 in the US list, he has a listing for both San Francisco _and_ San Francisco cable cars. ---
**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 5, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/94 "2010-03-05T00:40:56Z")
Speaking of the fjords of Norway [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cs-zZ0Qu5Y) ---
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I have been to 9 so far, and I always thought I was pretty well travelled. Grand Canyon Alhambra Metropolitan Museum Prague Old Town Yellowstone NYC Yosemite San Francisco Neuschwanstein I am convinced that the writer of the list works for the Italian Tourism Board, as SO many on the list are in Italy (I have spent considerable time in Europe, on several occasions, and never yet set foot in Italy, which I know is a stupid, stupid move on my part) However, I can’t believe that Brussels Grand Place, (esp. when lit up at night) isn’t on this list, as it’s one of the most impressive things that I have ever seen, much moreso than Prague or the Alhambra, which are both quite amazing in their own right… ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/96 "2010-03-05T00:52:56Z")
I got 18, practically all in Europe except for the NYC skyline. Colosseum of Rome, St Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Louvre Museum, Versailles, Pompeii, Prague Old Town, Mezquita Cordoba, Dubrovnik, Uffizi Gallery, St. Basils Cathedral, Florence Cityscape, Kremlin, Leaning Tower Pisa, New York Skyline, Eiffel Tower, Hermitage Museum, Chambord Chateau. I have nothing in the first 30 wonders, so I got quite something in store for me! I think that there’s quite some doubles in the list, though. For instance, it’s practically impossible to see the Kremlin and not see St. Basil’s Cathedral, and few people would go to St. Peter’s and not to the Sistine Chapel, or visit the Louvre and manage to miss the Eiffel Tower which is less than a mile from there. Same for the wonders in Venice and Florence, I guess. That said, all of the things in the list that I’ve been to have been awesome, so I’m not arguing that they shouldn’t be in the list. But they should have done it like they did it for Prague and Dubrovnik: just put the city as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-wonders-to-see-before-you-die-how-many-have-you-seen/531197/97 "2010-03-05T03:22:06Z")
So far the spread is 0 to 53 sites seen. actual visits are as follows: **0 Visitors** Antarctica Cruise Bora Bora Mecca Portofino Rio Panoramic View Santorini **1 Visitor** Angel Falls Bagan Banaue Rice Terr. Carnival in Rio Easter Island Golden Temple Iguazu Falls Kashmir Valley Meenakshi Potala Palace **2 Visitors** Baalbek Borobudur Burj Khalifa Damascus Old City Delphi Galapagos Islands Kathmandu Valley Li River Cruise Lijiang/Shangri La Mt. Everest Schwedagon Stupa Varanasi/Ganges Yangtze River Cruise **3 Visitors** Abu Simbel Amalfi Drive Burj al Arab Cappadocia Dubrovnik Golden Pavilion Great Barrier Reef Karnak Marrakesh Mezquita Cordoba Petra Serengeti Migration **4 Visitors** Amazon Rain Forest Ayers Rock Bali Chambord Chateau Ngorongoro Crater Teotihuacan Valley of the Kings **5 Visitors** Angkor Wat Hermitage Museum Jerusalem Old City Matterhorn Nile River Cruise Victoria Falls **6 Visitors** Alhambra Fjords of Norway Kremlin Taj Mahal Temple of the Emerald Buddha Topkapi Palace **7 Visitors** Banff NP Egyptian Museum Hagia Sofia Machu Picchu Mont. St. Michel Pyramids of Egypt St. Basils Cathedral TerraCotta Warriors **8 Visitors** Acropolis Hong Kong Pompeii **9 Visitors** Sahara Desert **10 Visitors** Chartres Cathedral Chichen Itza Great Wall of China Neuschwanstein Prague Old Town **11 Visitors** Forbidden City **13 Visitors** Carlsbad Caverns Uffizi Gallery **15 Visitors** Leaning Tower of Pisa St Mark’s Basilica **16 Visitors** Florence Cityscape Stonehenge **17 Visitors** Sistine Chapel St Peter’s Basilica **18 Visitors** Canals of Venice Colosseum of Rome **More** Yellowstone NP 21 Metropolitan Museum of Art 23 Versailles 23 Yosemite NP 24 British Museum 26 Grand Canyon 26 Niagara Falls 29 Louvre Museum 30 Eiffel Tower 32 San Francisco 41 New York Skyline 50 ---
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> [@Maiira](#): > > :smack: D’oh! You’re right. Why did I think it was a country? I suppose it’s because I’ve always learned about it first and Indonesia second…I guess I just didn’t connect the two in my head. I like flying from Bali to Yogyakarta (which, believe it or not, is pronounced Jogjakarta and thus gets forever confused with Jakarta in foreigners’ minds) on the island of Java. The time zone runs right between the two islands and the flight time is one hour, so it’s one of those routes where you take off and land at the same time. Poof! You’re there! 😃 ---
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1. Pompeii Stonehenge British Museum Grand Canyon Colosseum of Rome Sistine Chapel St Peter’s Basilica New York Skyline Niagara Falls Canals of Venice St Mark’s Basilica Florence Cityscape Uffizi Gallery San Francisco The places outside of the US that I’d most like to see are Paris, Chartres, Jerusalem and the area, Petra, and Egypt. I’d like to revisit Florence because I went there as part of a tour and we only spent 1 day there. Argh! And I’d like to revisit England. ---
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