# Sight-seeing bucket list. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 27, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708 "2019-07-27T13:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/82 "2020-05-29T18:25:10Z")
Has anyone mentioned Antarctica? I’d love to go there. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/83 "2020-06-07T17:58:50Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > For those of you mentioning The Grand Canyon - consider the rafting trips that last 6-7 days. You have to book ahead and it can be expensive but it is an experience you will never forget. Concur with this. I went down the whole thing on a big raft, Lee’s Ferry/Marble Canyon to Grand Canyon all the way to Lake Mead. An amazing experience. It’s a strange feeling seeing just a small slice of the sky for over a week. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/84 "2020-06-07T20:35:56Z")
Saw the aurora whilst in Scotland – beautiful. Incredible. Want to see: Roman Forum Florence the Swiss Alps Ptuj, Slovenia (how can you _not_ want to see a place called “p-tooey”?) the Acropolis British Museum Imperial War Museum Bovington Tank Museum Neuschwanstein Normandy beaches National Air & Space Museum New Year’s Concert in Vienna Mafra palace, Portugal (I’d want to bring the library home, though – not the collection, the building itself…) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/85 "2020-06-08T01:17:49Z")
I’ve had to trim my bucket list quite a lot, because I understand now many of my targets are utterly overrun with people. Most of Paris was this way when I went a couple of years ago, especially Versailles which was very much like Christmas Eve shopping in a Midwest mall, even though I visited during a rainy cold March - disappointing and I’ll try not to make that mistake again. The Louvre wasn’t terrible but not relaxing and seeing huge crowds around Mona Lisa doing selfies was ridiculous. I walked to the Eiffel Tower, saw the huge crowd and turned back. What I’d like to do is visit a bunch of European cities and smaller places, experience the culture, the food, the ambience. And probably stay away from landmarks based on the above. I’d bet Greece has amazing stuff to see, but I’d stay away from the Acropolis for example. Meanwhile I’ve seen a bit of Tokyo and Kyoto, Bangkok, Hong Kong in the far east and am eager for more of this. All of these were kind of crowded but manageable; Paris really wasn’t at the landmarks. I enjoyed Venice but yes it was overrun but still good (I went in May); Florence was great though parts of the historical district got ridiculous, but I’d love to see a lot more of Italy, but no buckets on my list just experiencing Italy. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/86 "2020-06-08T01:31:51Z")
Maybe we need a “sightseeing buckets you’ve filled” brag thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/87 "2020-06-08T02:04:14Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Saw the aurora whilst in Scotland – beautiful. Incredible. > Want to see: > > Roman Forum > Florence > the Swiss Alps > Ptuj, Slovenia (how can you _not_ want to see a place called “p-tooey”?) > the Acropolis > British Museum > Imperial War Museum > Bovington Tank Museum > Neuschwanstein > Normandy beaches > National Air & Space Museum > New Year’s Concert in Vienna > Mafra palace, Portugal (I’d want to bring the library home, though – not the collection, the building itself…) National Air & Space museum is good, but if you haven’t seen the Air Force Museum in Dayton Oh, you must I want to go back to Turkey, we had a few hours with my parents, but we loved it. And Ephesus. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/88 "2020-06-08T02:25:17Z")
I’d love to see Turkey. No buckets except Hagia Sophia, but I expect I’d be disappointed because crowds. ---
**Author:** ![sjankis630](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sjankis630](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjankis630)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/89 "2020-06-08T02:31:49Z")
Well I never traveled when i was younger and it now seems harder as I get older. So I have modest goals. in the US - once more back to San Francisco. (born there and hope to take remaining family back one more time brother and sister now that our parents have died. I went to Palm Springs but wanted to go back since i was at tennis tournament for 3 of the 6 days. I would also like to see LA and San Diego - I want to walk on the beach at Hotel Del Coranado) I am a tennis fan so I would like to see at least a few of the Grand Slams (NYC easiest) But maybe French Open and Wimbledon - see the sites. I doubt if I will ever get to the Australian. I really wished i had traveled more when I was younger… From an old man - well 54 years old - if you in any way have the time and can get the money and want to travel - especially out of the country - just do it! ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/90 "2020-06-08T03:39:13Z")
> [@CastletonSnob](#): > > Do you have a bucket list for sights, either in the US or elsewhere? No, I don’t. I’ve already seen way more of the world than I ever wanted to. If I never leave my house again I would be happy. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/91 "2020-06-08T07:50:38Z")
So many places to go. So little time. I’ll add just one, not yet mentioned: Toroweap Overlook. It’s a remote spot at the Grand Canyon, on the North Rim. But it’s 150 miles from the North Rim Lodge. Images \>\> [https://is.gd/vTwVRs](https://is.gd/vTwVRs) If my plans turn out, I’ll be there in September. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/92 "2020-06-09T07:36:02Z")
I can’t say that I have any wanderlust in me anymore, but I would like to get back into the Dream Suite at Disneyland one more time. Getting me into a seat the first time she appears on Broadway is technically on my daughter’s bucket list. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/93 "2020-06-09T08:11:10Z")
All those ruins in Greece and Turkey. The Northern Lights Narva, Estonia because my mother was born there. Then a swing through Latvia and Lithuania, just because. The Faroe Islands. I have no idea why. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/94 "2020-06-09T08:26:36Z")
Double post; sorry. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/95 "2020-06-09T15:53:01Z")
Yes. I have a short list of places I would like to visit (but occasionally add to it). squeegee, I get your distaste for crowds at some of these places, and I had the same aversion, but I decided that eve though some places I want to go are overrun, they are still worth visiting, and I would rather have traveled there to see them in person than to avoid them and regret it. 1. Machu Picchu. Did this last fall. Worth every moment of the long trip to Peru. I will just say it is better than any picture, and better than you can imagine. Go there. 2. Angkor Wat, Cambodia (+Vietnam). 3. Hagia Sofia, Turkey. 4. Great Wall, China. 5. Lascaux Caves, France. Yes, I know the original caves are now off limits and there is an artificial duplicate for visitors. 6. Torre Del Paine, Chile (Patagonia in general). 7. L’Ans aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada (+northern lights). 8. Arctic Ocean/Arctic Circle (maybe swim in the Arctic). 9. Tianmen Mtn, China. Altho I may put any trips to China on pause for now. I am hoping traveling can become a thing again and I can get on with my quest. Lots of great suggestions in this thread - will have to consider updating. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/96 "2020-06-10T00:31:06Z")
Sapporo, Japan - during the Snow Festival. (the area gets 200-300 inches of snow a year (500-750 cm)). If you’re complaining about long flights - spend the extra money and go Business Class (yes - you can find seat sales in Business Class as well). Flying Business with Air New Zealand from Vancouver to Auckland and Melbourne was a pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/97 "2020-06-10T02:09:28Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > If you’re complaining about long flights - spend the extra money and go Business Class (yes - you can find seat sales in Business Class as well). Flying Business with Air New Zealand from Vancouver to Auckland and Melbourne was a pleasure. Good tip, thanks, I’ll consider it. Those cross-ocean flights can be really long. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/98 "2020-06-10T04:00:32Z")
I absolutely loved Niagara Falls and recommend that for anyone’s bucket list. The Canadian side is not necessarily better, but it’s definitely different. I did get my total solar eclipse experience in 2017, and eagerly anticipate doing it again in 2024 and hope to be here when the U.S. experiences another in 2045, when I’ll be 81 years old. 🆒 Maybe Betelgeuse won’t go supernova, but some other totally unexpected star might do that in my lifetime, and that would be just as cool. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/99 "2020-06-10T07:55:07Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I absolutely loved Niagara Falls and recommend that for anyone’s bucket list. The Canadian side is not necessarily better, but it’s definitely different. Yes! To me, Niagara and the Grand Canyon are the two Must See sites in the USA. I don’t know if there‘s a third on that list. I prefer the view from the Canadian side. > [@](#): > > did get my total solar eclipse experience in 2017, and eagerly anticipate doing it again in 2024 and hope to be here when the U.S. experiences another in 2045, when I’ll be 81 years old. 🆒 Same here, 2017 was my first, and I’m also planning to see 2024’s, most likely in western Texas where the skies are usually clear. A TSE, total solar eclipse, is a fantastic experience, highly recommended. Mrs. Bullitt and I were in the town of Midvale, ID for it ([SDMB post here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20452910#post20452910)). I posted 16 of my pictures on imgur, [The 2017 total solar eclipse back on August 21, 2017. We were in Midvale, Idaho. - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/gallery/8gqfh7m). One pic, of the ‘diamond ring’ (the 5th in that series) turned out pretty well, IMO. For the TSE on 12 Aug 2045, I’ll be 84. [That TSE cuts a swath from California to Florida and touches 15 states along its way across CONUS](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2045_GoogleMapFull.html?Lat=39.02015&Lng=-107.51534&Zoom=5&LC=1). Mark your calendars now. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/100 "2020-06-10T10:08:04Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > For the TSE on 12 Aug 2045, I’ll be 84. [That TSE cuts a swath from California to Florida and touches 15 states along its way across CONUS](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2045_GoogleMapFull.html?Lat=39.02015&Lng=-107.51534&Zoom=5&LC=1). Mark your calendars now. There will also be a TSE touching CONUS in 2044. I believe these are the next 3 TSEs to touch CONUS, with a tag line that’s helping me to picture its ground trace, and the US states that will be touched by the totality path, even if it’s only barely: ⚫ TSE 2024-04-08: “15 states from Mazatlán to Newfoundland”; TX OK AR MO TN KY IL IN OH MI PA NY VT NH ME > **[Mexico - USA - 2024 April 8 Total Solar Eclipse - Interactive Google Map -...](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2024_GoogleMapFull.html)** > > 2024 April 8 Total Solar Eclipse in Mexico, the USA or Canada by Xavier Jubier ⚫ TSE 2044-08-23: “from Greenland to NWT to MT/ND/SD”; MT ND SD (barely SD) > **[Canada - 2044 August 23 Total Solar Eclipse - Interactive Google Map - Xavier...](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2044_GoogleMapFull.html)** > > 2044 August 23 Total Solar Eclipse in Canada or the United States of America by Xavier Jubier ⚫ TSE 2045-08-12: “15 states from Eureka CA to Miami FL”; CA NV UT CO NM OK KS TX MO AR LA MS AL FL GA > **[USA - 2045 August 12 Total Solar Eclipse - Interactive Google Map - Xavier...](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_2045_GoogleMapFull.html)** > > 2045 August 12 Total Solar Eclipse in the United States of America (Eclipse-City) by Xavier Jubier So, those are on my sight-seeing bucket list. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708/101 "2020-06-13T04:23:42Z")
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