# What is an "other" state's most iconic site? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104 "2019-03-13T23:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 13, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/1 "2019-03-13T23:48:09Z")
Related to the [What is your state’s most iconic site](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=872385) thread, what do you think are the most iconic sites in states you have visited that are not your home state? Mine: - Washington: Space Needle - Oregon: Mt Hood - New York: Empire State Bldg - Nevada: “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign - Arizona: Grand Canyon - Illinois: Sears (Willis) tower - Michigan: Renaissance Center in Detroit - Pennsylvania: Liberty Bell - Georgia: Stone Mountain - Florida: Magic Kingdom Castle (sorry burpo!) - Hawaii: Diamond Head - Missouri: Gateway Arch - Wyoming: Antler Arch in Jackson Hole/Old Faithful in Yellowstone I am hard-pressed to recall any iconic landmark in Utah or Colorado (the Rocky Mountains is too broad). ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/2 "2019-03-13T23:57:12Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I am hard-pressed to recall any iconic landmark in Utah or Colorado (the Rocky Mountains is too broad). [Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley) straddles the Utah-Arizona line, but since Arizona has the Grand Canyon for its “most iconic site”, we could award [Monument Valley](http://www.mebuckner.com/photogallery/MonumentValley.htm) to Utah. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/3 "2019-03-14T00:03:23Z")
For something more unambiguously in Utah, there’s [Delicate Arch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicate_Arch) in Arches National Park. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/4 "2019-03-14T00:15:37Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Related to the [What is your state’s most iconic site](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=872385) thread, what do you think are the most iconic sites in states you have visited that are not your home state? > > Mine:\ > > - Florida: Magic Kingdom Castle (sorry burpo!) \ No worries, **snow**. I was hard pressed to think of one besides MKC and I’ve been here 22 years and have been thru most of the state. Kennedy Space Flight Center might give Disney a run for the money, icon-wise. Seeing as how I’m from Maryland, I guess I can’t offer Fort McHenry, huh? 🙂 “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!” “I wanna visit a screen-door factory.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/5 "2019-03-14T00:52:38Z")
You can drive down a highway in E. Texas. Forget the highway name. But the oldest pepper tree is growing there. You can stop and look at it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/6 "2019-03-14T01:07:07Z")
Texas has that joint in San Antonio you’re supposed to remember. Oh, that’s right, Pee-wee was there! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/7 "2019-03-14T02:07:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > “The Simpsons are going to Delaware!” “I wanna visit a screen-door factory.” Delaware: Rows upon rows of post office boxes which represent very successful corporations from around the country. 😉 New Mexico: White Sands National Monument, convenient to Alamogordo, where you can hear the Sound Of Freedom (sonic booms from nearby fighter jets based in Holloman) while you eat Anglo Tex-Mex or very watered-down BBQ… yeah, Alamogordo didn’t leave a very good impression on me. Albuquerque has good museums and actual culture, including tons of diverse restaurants, and all the driving you can possibly want in a sprawling city-scape, and Las Cruces is more Mexican New Mexico, with artsy Mesilla nearby and is close to that part of El Paso nobody wants to acknowledge or stay in after dark. Oregon: [del]The Portland hipster spawning pools.[/del] Astoria, a beautiful historic city. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/8 "2019-03-14T02:17:24Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > [Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley) straddles the Utah-Arizona line, but since Arizona has the Grand Canyon for its “most iconic site”, we could award [Monument Valley](http://www.mebuckner.com/photogallery/MonumentValley.htm) to Utah. Oh! D’uh! How could I forget that! - New Mexico: Monument Valley - Utah: Delicate Arch (it’s on their licence plate!) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/9 "2019-03-14T03:08:47Z")
California: the Hollywood sign ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/10 "2019-03-14T03:13:58Z")
Michigan - Mackinac Bridge Colorado - Royal Gorge ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/11 "2019-03-14T04:01:18Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > - New Mexico: Monument Valley Except it’s (mostly) in Arizona (and partly in Utah). Of course, according to Hollywood, [you can find Monument Valley pretty much anyplace west of the Gateway Arch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_appearances_of_Monument_Valley_in_the_media). It’s really not fair, Arizona–y’all are hogging all the iconic places. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/12 "2019-03-14T08:56:27Z")
New Jersey - for better or for worse, the Atlantic City Boardwalk. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/13 "2019-03-14T09:33:21Z")
It’s not a state, but the view of of the US Capitol as you exit Union Station in DC is probably the most iconic view I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/14 "2019-03-14T14:16:12Z")
Another one for California: the [Bixby Creek Bridg](https://www.visitcalifornia.com/uk/attraction/bixby-bridge)e, which is emblematic of the Big Sur area. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/15 "2019-03-14T15:06:13Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > California: the Hollywood sign I am thinking the Golden Gate Bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/16 "2019-03-14T15:07:52Z")
For South Carolina, it is probably South of the Border. That is terrible. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/17 "2019-03-14T16:30:40Z")
^ There, there…_pat, pat_…There, there. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/18 "2019-03-14T16:38:55Z")
Huntsville, Alabama’s **Space and Rocket Center** has already been mentioned, so how about Birmingham’s [**Vulcan statue**](https://www.google.com/search?q=vulcan+birmingham&oq=vulcan+bir&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.7858j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104/19 "2019-03-14T17:30:48Z")
Missouri: The Arch Iowa: I got nothing ---
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TN: Graceland [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-other-states-most-iconic-site/831104.md?page=2)