# What is your state's most iconic sight? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095 "2019-03-13T20:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/1 "2019-03-13T20:51:40Z")
Many places around the world have an iconic “must-see” sight that a trip to that place would not be complete without a visit to that sight. For example, a trip to Paris wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the Eiffel Tower. In the US a trip to Arizona wouldn’t be compete without seeing the Grand Canyon. or Yellowstone in Wyoming. I live in Missouri and would say the most iconic sight is St. Louis’ Gateway Arch. What would you say for your state? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/2 "2019-03-13T20:55:13Z")
Illinois, the Sears Tower. None dare call it Willis. I work right next to it, so I’m biased, but I still love seeing it every day every day even with the construction. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/3 "2019-03-13T20:55:44Z")
The Alamo, I’d guess. It’s a big state though, and there are plenty of other things that could be considered iconic I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/4 "2019-03-13T20:57:44Z")
The tourism board would probably like me to say [Biltmore](https://goo.gl/images/UMztAA), but I’m going with the [Cape Hatteras lighthouse](https://goo.gl/images/1Zmusu). ---
**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 13, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/5 "2019-03-13T21:01:22Z")
Washington State. I’d say Mount Rainier or the Seattle Space Needle ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/6 "2019-03-13T21:03:06Z")
Waikiki Beach, with Diamond Head in the background Manmade? Probably the USS Arizona Memorial. The quarter featured the Kamehameha statue ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/7 "2019-03-13T21:04:48Z")
Portland, Oregon. Probably Multnomah Falls and the Columbia Gorge, also Crater Lake. Plus the entire coast but that might not be completely fair. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/8 "2019-03-13T21:06:22Z")
Macinac Bridge. Or maybe Lake Michigan. It’s one helluva lake. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/9 "2019-03-13T21:10:39Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The tourism board would probably like me to say [Biltmore](https://goo.gl/images/UMztAA), but I’m going with the [Cape Hatteras lighthouse](https://goo.gl/images/1Zmusu). Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is probably the most iconic site, but I’d also add to the NC list the color tarheel baby blue. Even though it’s not a physical “site”, tarheel blue is the first thing I think of whenever an outsider mentions NC, and I live here. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/10 "2019-03-13T21:15:04Z")
Rhode Island The [Big Blue Bug](https://www.bigbluebug.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=listing) Some people might say it’s [The Breakers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakers) in Newport, but you have to go out of the way to see that. Everyone taking I95 through RI can catch sight of the Big Blue Bug. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/11 "2019-03-13T21:16:02Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Macinac Bridge. Or maybe Lake Michigan. It’s one helluva lake. Hell you say?? The weatherball in Flint! Fucking legendary man! Guess what color it is now? Red. Red is for sexxaay. ---
**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, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/12 "2019-03-13T21:17:43Z")
In California it would have to be the Hollywood sign (for SoCal) and the Golden Gate Bridge (for NorCal). We are sorta like two different states. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/13 "2019-03-13T21:22:19Z")
There’s this really plain field in Plainfield where soybeans are grown. Ha, ha! Just kidding- It’s the skyline of the city of Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/14 "2019-03-13T21:22:31Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Hell you say?? The weatherball in Flint! Fucking legendary man! Guess what color it is now? Red. Red is for sexxaay. Meh, it ain’t unique. Grand Rapids has one too. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/15 "2019-03-13T21:28:32Z")
No visit would be complete without spending a few days at [South of the Border](http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com/). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/16 "2019-03-13T21:30:06Z")
New York – there are many. Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and Niagara Falls are probably the biggest. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/17 "2019-03-13T21:30:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Meh, it ain’t unique. Grand Rapids has one too. Ahhhhh! They just took our idea! Pffft. Grand Rapids. Which way do their streets go anyway? North? East? West? Nobody knows. Confused-ass city, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/18 "2019-03-13T21:38:15Z")
My state has already been mentioned, and I can’t think of a better answer than **dalej42** ’s (unless the visage of Abraham Lincoln counts as an “iconic sight,” which seems a bit of a stretch). But another state with an obvious “most iconic sight” would be South Dakota, with Mount Rushmore. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/19 "2019-03-13T22:19:50Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > In California it would have to be the Hollywood sign (for SoCal) and the Golden Gate Bridge (for NorCal). We are sorta like two different states. I was going to say the golden gate bridge or Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095/20 "2019-03-13T22:46:07Z")
Wisconsin’s would have to be either Lambeau field or the Dells. The former would be the most widely recognized. IMHO [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-states-most-iconic-sight/831095.md?page=2)