# Sites of Americana **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528 "2008-04-30T22:20:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/21 "2008-05-02T21:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] You must dig Wall Drug and see Rock City, certainly. [/QUOTE] Whilst seeing Rock City, see Ruby Falls (giant underground cave/waterfall, with guided tours), & the Tennessee State Aquarium. Also, Chattanooga has tours of a TVA Bird Sanctuary, via Amphibious trucks. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/22 "2008-05-03T01:41:57Z")
Winchester House in San Jose > **[Welcome to the Winchester Mystery House® - Winchester Mystery House](https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/)** > > Come visit the Winchester Mystery house today and unlock the secrets Sarah Winchester’s beautiful but bizarre estate. Buy tickets now. House on the Rock in Wisconsin > **[House on the Rock - Wisconsin Attraction | Resort | Golf](https://www.thehouseontherock.com/)** > > The House on the Rock is a world famous Wisconsin Attraction opened in 1960 by Alex Jordan. It now also features a world class resort, golf course, and spa! Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax Building [http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Johnson\_Wax\_Building.html](http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Johnson_Wax_Building.html) Cahokia Mounds in Illinois [http://www.cahokiamounds.com/cahokia.html](http://www.cahokiamounds.com/cahokia.html) Carlsbad Caverns (been there, would go again) [http://www.carlsbad.caverns.national-park.com/info.htm](http://www.carlsbad.caverns.national-park.com/info.htm) And many more… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/23 "2008-05-03T02:07:10Z")
[Mesa Verde](http://www.nps.gov/meve/) ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/24 "2008-05-03T02:55:24Z")
Arches National Park, Glacier National Park, and San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/25 "2008-05-03T03:14:57Z")
After seeing **Crazy Horse** which is still in progress, go to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is, to the best of my knowledge, the poorest place in the United States. There is a church there that overlooks the cemetery at Wounded Knee. Be sure to read about what happened at Wounded Knee before you go. In the winter, many of the houses don’t have any heat. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/26 "2008-05-03T03:21:16Z")
Double posted ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/27 "2008-05-03T04:31:22Z")
Old town Orange, California, and [Watson’s Drug Store](http://www.jeffreysward.com/tributes/watsons.htm). Santa Monica Pier – the western terminus of Route 66. Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm (and stay for the chicken dinner). As others have more or less said, there’s lots and lots. It’s a BIG country. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/28 "2008-05-03T04:37:47Z")
The [Jackalope Statue](http://www.pigseye.com/hj/USA/dakota/douglas.jpg) in Douglas, Wyoming. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/29 "2008-05-03T16:52:21Z")
[American hubris at its finest!](http://chicagowatertaxi.com) Really, it’s very amazing to be on this boat, on a pitifully narrow “river,” with ALL THESE SKYSCRAPERS on either side… ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/30 "2008-05-04T04:06:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] After seeing **Crazy Horse** which is still in progress, go to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. It is, to the best of my knowledge, the poorest place in the United States. There is a church there that overlooks the cemetery at Wounded Knee. Be sure to read about what happened at Wounded Knee before you go. In the winter, many of the houses don’t have any heat. [/QUOTE] Our church has a mission trip to the Pine Ridge Reservation every summer. The poverty there Is hard to imagine. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528/31 "2008-05-05T10:57:48Z")
Speaking as a Limey,Disneyworld,the Smithsonian in Washington and make sure you drive over the Rockies,its pretty incredible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sites-of-americana/447528.md?page=1)