# What Are You Glad You Have Seen In Your Lifetime (As in relics) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 5, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060 "2008-04-05T09:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/61 "2008-04-07T06:57:13Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Man Oh man I envy you. If I were 45 years younger this is exactly what I would do. A pack on my back and walk around the world. [/QUOTE] You know who I envy? [This guy.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Simon) 125,000 km on a motorcycle, meandering across the Earth. In the 1970s. It took him _four years_. And this was all before email, cell phones, etc… I read his book, it’s pretty damn awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/62 "2008-04-07T12:28:53Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] but in 50 years I’ll be able to tell people all about watching the attack of 9-11 unfold on Sky and BBC news 24 [/QUOTE] Well, I’ll be able to tell my grandchildren about the plot of [Final Fantasy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy:_The_Spirits_Within) (that afternoon being the only time I could catch it before it finished its run in the cinema) I saw some of Da Vinci’s sketches on display in the Ulster Museum, not mind blowing but certainly notable. What else? Perhaps the cranes at Harland and Wolff, no idea what will happen to them over the next few decades, perhaps they won’t be around for my grand children to see. Speaking of Northern Ireland, I’ve lived in that country/province, my grand children might well be living in a United Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/63 "2008-04-07T12:51:30Z")
My favourite of the ancient sites (over all those mentioned above) is Masada. Most ancient buildings etc are relics of static things. At Masada there is still the ramp and the outline of the encampments of the Romans who besieged it. They’re relics of an event. It’s like seeing the remains of a verb rather than a noun. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/64 "2008-04-07T12:51:53Z")
The World Trade Towers. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/65 "2008-04-07T13:32:52Z")
What ? Nobody mentioned the _Taj Mahal_ ?? ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/66 "2008-04-07T13:40:36Z")
Red Rocks. Having only seen it on TV, getting to walk thru the park and go to a show there was incredible, esp when night fell and the rocks around the amphitheater were lit up. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/67 "2008-04-07T13:45:50Z")
The [Angkor Complex](http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=hLC&resnum=0&q=angkor&um=1&ie=UTF-8) in Cambodia. A truely stunning place. The fall of The Wall was a huge piece of history to witness. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/68 "2008-04-07T16:42:13Z")
The Charles Bridge The Astronomical Clock in Prague’s Old Town Square Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral Vyšehrad Castle The Saint Nicholas Cathedral in the Mala Strana The Dancing House of Prague Petřín Hill Žižkov Television Tower Strahov Stadium Dresden, Germany Krakow, Poland Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II - Birkenau Washington Monument and the Reflecting Pool Lincoln Memorial Jefferson Memorial U.S. Capitol The White House The Smithsonian (way too much stuff there to name individually, obviously) The Ford’s Theatre Museum Monticello Mount Vernon The Enterprise and Challenger Space Shuttles The Holy Grail The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial The Mayan Ruins at Chichen Itza The Sacred Cenote The Lost Ark of the Covenant Texas Stadium The Astrodome The Alamo The McDonald Observatory in West Texas The Texas State Capitol The Walls Unit and the death chamber in Huntsville, TX The Broken Spoke The World Trade Center and its observation deck Central Park The Empire State Building The Bronx Zoo The Brooklyn Bridge “The Pit,” Arroyo Grande, CA Route 66 My old fraternity house before it burned down ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/69 "2008-04-07T17:02:02Z")
The King Tut exhibit when it came to Chicago The White House The Capitol Ford’s Theater (also the Peterson House and Booth’s derringer) Lincoln’s birthplace Lincoln’s home in Springfield Lincoln’s tomb Lincoln Memorial JFK grave St Louis Arch Tiger Stadium Detroit The CN Tower Cape Canaveral The Mackinac Bridge The Grand Canyon Mt Estes Colorado The USS Constitution Bunker Hill Washington Monument Old North Church John Hancock Building St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/70 "2008-04-07T17:16:12Z")
As a 19 or 20 year old who was impressed with nothing, I saw the Magna Carta and was pretty damn impressed. Westminster Abbey also rattled my noggin. And the bust of Nefertiti was neat just because I had seen photos so many times. She really is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/71 "2008-04-07T17:24:44Z")
[QUOTE=Gymnopithys] What ? Nobody mentioned the _Taj Mahal_ ?? [/QUOTE] Try post 58, although it was only posted 8 hours before you, so you may have missed it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/72 "2008-04-07T17:43:01Z")
I haven’t traveled nearly enough. (Even though I’ve defininitely seen the Astrodome & the Alamo. And Johnny Cash (twice). Plus quite a few other dead & gone musicians…Astor Piazzola, Stefan Grapelli, Sun Ra…) However, I was able to see the exhibit of LOTR props, costumes & art that traveled the world a few years ago–with a stop at Houston’s Museum of Natural History. Here’s a [row of warriors](http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/group/1888/view/17693)–as they appeared at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa–the source of the exhibit. Plus miniatures, drawings by John Howe & Alan Lee, lovely costumes for the few ladies. And [Boromir](http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/18357?q=boromir+exhibit&g=1&r=0&tn=12&ts=0). I don’t think these wonderful things are on permanent exhibit anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/73 "2008-04-07T23:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] **ThisSpaceForRent** is a Goalie. They also have to shine shoes for the rest of the team, & answer mail. [/QUOTE] Help me understand what you are trying to say or imply… :dubious: tsfr ---
**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:** [April 8, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/74 "2008-04-08T00:33:53Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] The Holy Grail [/QUOTE] OK, where did you see that? ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/75 "2008-04-08T00:36:02Z")
1. Mona Lisa 2. Venus de Milo 3. Some of Da Vinci’s notebooks 4. Declaration of Independence and Constitution ---
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/76 "2008-04-08T01:42:06Z")
I’d go for not so much objects as people–Ray Charles comes to mind. So does Doc Watson. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/77 "2008-04-08T02:55:51Z")
Mesa Verde. The Declaration of Independence. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/78 "2008-04-08T14:24:42Z")
Couple of years ago I visited England and Wales, and got to climb the towers of a couple of the great castles William I built. You can read all the books, but it’s not the same. In the Armory at Leeds, I got pretty close to the famous armor for foot combat of the young Henry VIII that you see in so many books: the “Greenwich” style, brought to its peak of development, with every inch of the body covered by articulated plates. It’s good to be the King. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/79 "2008-04-08T14:58:56Z")
[QUOTE=Darryl Lict] OK, where did you see that? [/QUOTE] On a quest. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-glad-you-have-seen-in-your-lifetime-as-in-relics/444060/80 "2008-04-08T17:10:54Z")
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