# what do you collect **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398 "2011-10-12T06:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/81 "2011-10-14T04:25:56Z")
Magnets of places I have been. Ideally I have to buy them when I’m there, but sometimes you can’t get one there. Right now there are 362 on the refrigerator. Here’s the list: Boy Scouts Council (Alabama) Alabama Alaska Bird Observery Fairbanks Alaska Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center Seward Alaska Arctic Circle Alaska Boundry Alaska Chicken Chicken Alaska Delta Junction Mile 1422 Delta Junction Alaska Hyder Alaska Kenai Fjords Seward Alaska Knotty Shop North Pole Alaska Museum of the North Fairbanks Alaska Rika’s Roadhouse Alaska Santa Clause House North Pole Alaska Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge Alaska Whittier Whittier Alaska Arizona Museum of Nat. Hist Mesa Arizona Barrier Meteror Crater Arizona Biosphere 2 Arizona Bisbee, AZ Arizona Blue Water Casino Parker Arizona Boot Hill (Tombstone) Arizona Caravan Oasis RV Resort Yuma Arizona Casa Grande Ruins Arizona Chiricahua Nat. Mon. Arizona F. L. Wright House Scottsdale Arizona Kartchner Caverns Arizona London Bridge (Lake Havasu) Arizona Lost Dutchman Mine Arizona Montezuma Castle Arizona OK Carral Tombstone Arizona Organ Pipe Cactus Arizona Queen Creek Olive Mill Arizona Rio Salado Bird Sanct. Phoenix Arizona Route 66 Arizona Saguaro NP Arizona Space Age Restaureant Gila Bend Arizona Usery Mountain Phoenix Arizona Wickenburg Arizona Yuma Territorial Prison Yuma Arizona Navajo Nation Arizona, New Mexico 4 Corners Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado 100 Mile House 100 Mile House British Co. Banff Nat. Park British Co. Columbia Ice Field British Co. Hell’s Gate British Co. Houston Houston British Co. Jade City Jade City British Co. Jasper Nat. Park British Co. Mile Post Zero Dawson Creek British Co. Tetlin Nat. Wildlife Res. British Co. Toad River Lodge British Co. Alcatraz California Ano Nuevo State Park California Arial Tramway (Palm Springs) California Avenue of the Giants (Redwoods) California Benica California Big Sur California Bodega California Bodie State Park California Burney Falls California Cabrillo (Point Loma) San Diego California Calavaris Co. Jumping Frog California Cannery Row (Monterey) California Capital of the World ( Artichokes) Castroville California Capitol of the World, (Garlic) Gilroy California Carmel (Mission) Carmel California Casa de Fruita California Channel Islands NP California Coit Tower San Francisco California Confusion Hill (California Redwoods) California Crystal Palace (Buck Owens) Bakersfield California Culinary Inst. of America (Napa) St. Helena California Death Valley, NP California Donner State Park Truckee California Drive Thru Tree California Elkhorn Slough Wildlife Reserve Moss Landing California Evangeline’s Costume Mansion Sacramento California Exploratorium San Francisco California Fisherman’s Wharf Monterey California Fisherman’s Wharf, SF California General Sherman Tree California Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco California Hagafen Winery California Haight Asbury San Francisco California Hearst Castle San Simeon California Hotel Del Coronado Coronado California Indian Canyons Palm Springs California Jelly Belly Plant Fairfield California Joshua Tree, NP California Lassen Volcano, NP California Lombard Street San Francisco California Lonesome Cypruss Monterey California Mariposa Grove (Yosemite) California Markleeville California Mission La Purisima California Mission San Juan Capistrano California Mission San Luis Rey California Mission Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California Mono Lake California Monterey Bay Acquariam Monterey California Muir Woods San Francisco California Napa Valley California Old Sacramento Sacramento California Palm Springs Palm Springs California Palm Springs Arial Tramway Palm Springs California Petrified Forest (By Napa) California Pinnacles Nat. Mon. California Point Reyes California Sacramento Nat. Wildlife Ref. California San Diego Wild Life Park Escondido California San Juan Bautista (Mission) California Santa Barbara Mission Santa Barbara California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz California Santa Ines Mission California Solvang California Solvang California SS Jeremiah O’Brian San Francisco California Sutter’s Fort State His. Park Sacramento California Trolly Cars San Francisco California USS Midway San Diego California Weed, California Weed California Winchester Mystery House San Jose California Woodfords Winery California Yosemite NP California Lake Tahoe California, Nevada Anasazi Heritage Center Colorado Bent’s Fort Colorado Canyon’s of the Ancients, Nat. Mon Colorado Garden of the Gods Colorado Great Sand Dunes, NP Colorado Mase Verde, NP Colorado North Pole Colorado Pike’s Peak Colorado Mark Twain House Hartford Connecutt Jefferson Mem DC Korean War Mem DC Unknown Soldier DC US Capitol DC Vietnam Memorial DC Rehoboth Beach Delaware McGuires Irish Pub Pensacola Florida Nat. Museum of Naval Aviation Pensacola Florida Pensacola Beach Pensacola Beach Florida Savannah Savannah Georgia Hells Canyon Idaho Front Street Dodge City Kansas Geographic Center of 48 States Kansas Kansas Kansas Big Bone Lick State Park Kentucky Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky Carter Caves, State Park Kentucky Ft. Boonesborough Winchester Kentucky Greenbow St. Park Kentucky Mammoth Cave Kentucky Wickliffe Mounds Wickliffe Kentucky Breaks Interstate Park Kentucky, Virginia Avery Island Louisiana Tobasco Plant Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana Louisiana Bayous Lousania Acadia NP Maine Bar Harbor Maine Capitol of the World, Lobster New Brunswick Maine Antietam Nat. Battlefield Antietam Maryland Boston Massachusetts Concord Bridge Massachusetts Lizzie Bordon’s House New Bedford Massachusetts Minute Men Lexington Massachusetts Old North Church Massachusetts Paul Revere House Massachusetts Plymouth Rock Massachusetts Salem, MA Massachusetts USS Constitution Boston Massachusetts Waldon Pond Massachusetts Lake Superior Michigan Fort Morgan Mississippi USS Cairo (Ironclad) Vicksburg Mississippi Vicksburg Battlefield Mississippi Anheuser-Busch Plant Missouri Danial Boone’s Home Missouri Jesse James House St. Joseph Missouri Mark Twain Musuem Hannibal Missouri Mark Twain Riverboat Missouri Missouri Botanical Gardens St. Louis Missouri Nostalgiaville Missouri Patee House Museum St. Joseph Missouri Pony Express Station St. Joseph Missouri Wentsville, MO Missouri Glacier Nat. Park Montana Little Bighorn Montana Ashfall Fossil Beds Nebraska Chimney Rock Nebraska Fort Cody Nebraska Scott’s Bluff Nebraska Acquarus Casino Laughlin Nevada Burning Man Nevada Las Veges Nevada Lonliest Road (Route 50) Nevada News Happening Reno Nevada Peppermill Casino Wendover Nevada Hoover Dam Nevada, Arizona Cog Rail Mt. Washington New Hampshire Cape May New Jersey Trump’s Taj Mahal Atlantic City New Jersey Twin Capes Ferry New Jersey, Deleware Basque Apache NWR San Antonio New Mexico Billy the Kid’s Grave Fort Sumpter New Mexico Capulin Volcano Nat. Mon. New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Dinosaur Musuem Tucumcari New Mexico Monument Valley New Mexico Roswell New Mexico San Saba Pecans Los Cruces New Mexico Smokey Bear’s Grave Calipun New Mexico The Thing New Mexico Trinity Site New Mexico Very Large Array New Mexico White Sands Nat. Mon. New Mexico Fort Ticondaroga New York West Point New York Rothchild House Nice Battleship North Carolina Wilmington North Carolina Sturgis North Dakota Columbus Ohio Art Musuem Columbus Ohio Flood Wall Paintings Portsmouth Ohio Hopwell Nat. Hist. Park Chillicothe Ohio Mott’s Military Museum Columbus Ohio Ohio State Fair Columbus Ohio Shawnee Resort Portsmouth Ohio Shawnee St. Forest Portsmouth Ohio Harley Davidson World Okla. City Oklahoma Sequoia’s Home Oklahoma Astoria Column Astoria Oregon Crater Lake NP Oregon Fort Clatsop Astoria Oregon Fort Stevens Astoria Oregon Mount Saint Helents Oregon Pendeleton Underground Tours Pendeleton Oregon Sea Lion Caves Oregon Tillamook Cheese Oregon Yaquina Lighthouse Newport Oregon Fort Necissity Pennsylvania Valley Forge Pennsylvania Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach South Carolina Parris Island South Carolina Crazy Horse Monument South Dakota Deadwood South Dakota Dinosaur Park Rapid City South Dakota Mt. Rushmore South Dakota Wall Drug Wall South Dakota Shantang Street Suzhou Tiger Hill Suzhou Graceland Memphis Tennessee Grand Old Opry Nashville Tennessee Hermatige (Andrew Jackson) Tennessee Loretta Lynn’s Kitchen Tennessee Nashville Tennessee Great Smokey Mountains, NP Tennessee, North Carolina Alpine, Tx Texas Amistad Nat. Rec. Area Texas Anahuac NWR Texas Aransas NWR Texas Bensten - Rio Grand Birding Center Texas Big Bend Texas Big Texan (72 oz Steak) Amarillo Texas Biggest Cross in the World Groom Texas Dealey Plaza Dallas Texas Fort Davis Nat. His. Site Fort Davis Texas Franklin Mountains State Park El Paso Texas Fredricksburg, TX Fredricksburg Texas Guadalupe Mountains NP Texas Hoby-Eberly Telescope Texas Hot Stuff Pepper Store El Paso Texas Janis Joplin Home Port Authur Texas Langtry, TX Langtry Texas LBJ Nat. Hist. Site Texas Nasa Houston Texas Palo Alto Battlefield (Mexican War) Texas San Antonia Missions San Antonio Texas San Antonio River Walk San Antonio Texas South Padre Island Texas Texas Texas The Alamo San Antonio Texas Arches, NP Utah Bluff, Utah Utah Bonneville Salt Flats Utah Canyonlands, NP Utah Capitol Reef, NP Utah Deadhorse Point State Park Utah Dinosaur Nat. Mon. Utah Flaming Gorge Utah Goblin Valley Utah Great Salt Lake Utah Little Wildhorse Canyon Utah Moab Utah Monument Valley Utah Morman Temple Salt Lake City Utah Natural Bridges, NP Utah Newspaper Rock Utah Red Rock Lodge Flaming Gorge Utah Saltair Salt Lake City Utah Utah Fieldhouse of Nat. History Vernal Utah Vernal Dinosaur Musuem Utah Zion NP Utah Battle of Bennington Bennington Vermont Ben & Jerry’s Plant Vermont New Hampshire State Cap. Building Montpielier Vermont Appomatix Court House Virginia Arlington Cemetary Arlington Virginia Arlington House Arlington Virginia Chancerlersville Nat. Battlefield Virginia D-Day Memorial Virginia Iwo Jima Memorial Arlington Virginia Mount Vernon Virginia Mt. Vernon Virginia World War II Memorial Washington DC Virginia Olympia Nat. Park Washington Jefferson Memorial Washington, DC US Capitol Washington, DC Vietnam Memorial Washington, DC New River Gorge West Virginia Seneca Rocks West Virginia Wisconsin Wisconsin Big Horn Mountains Wyoming Cody, Wyoming Cody Wyoming Devil’s Tower Wyoming Fort Phil Kerney Wyoming Grand Teton, NP Wyoming Green River Cliffs Green River Wyoming Jackson, Wyoming Wyoming National Elk Refuge Jackson Wyoming Sinks Canyon, State Park Lander Wyoming South Pass City Wyoming Wyoming Dinosaur Center Thermopolis Wyoming Wyoming Frontier Prison Rawlins Wyoming Yellowstone, NP Wyoming Dawson City Dawson City Yukon Haines Junction Haines Junction Yukon Kluane Nat. Park Yukon Northern Rockies Lodge Yukon Sour Toe Dawson City Yukon Teslin Teslin Yukon Whitehorse Yukon Alaska Highway Arc de Triomphe Paris Beijing Eiffle Tower Paris Great Wall Lourve Paris Monaco Palace Monte Carlo Notre Dame Paris Oceanagraphic Musuem Palace of Monaco Saint Paul de Vance Saint Tropez San Remo Shanghai Tower Shantang Street Suzhou Summer Palace Temple of Heaven We’ll be pulling the 5th wheel to Florida this winter so there should be a bunch more come spring. Check back. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/82 "2011-10-14T05:24:44Z")
Sweet Jesus, that’s a lot of magnets! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/83 "2011-10-14T05:25:07Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Magnets of places I have been. How do they work? Joe ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/84 "2011-10-14T08:21:32Z")
I have a coin collection and some baseball cards. Neither is especially valuable but it makes me happy. I have some from my grandfather and i’d like to pass them on to a family member. I’m looking for foreign or older coins to add to the collection but haven’t found much lately. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/85 "2011-10-14T10:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Big Bone Lick State Park Kentucky that doesn’t even sound _real._ ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/86 "2011-10-14T21:11:57Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > that doesn’t even sound _real._ But yet, tis so. Just off of I-75 south of Cincinnati. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398.md?page=4)