# What places have you been that lots of other dopers have visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660 "2007-08-23T16:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/1 "2007-08-23T16:58:18Z")
We’re a sociable group. Instead of just trying to list places we’ve been at all by ourselves, let’s list the places where the most of us have been (even if it was at different times). But it has to be a fairly specific landmark - something more specific than a town or city. You can either post to add your name to the list of people who’ve been to a landmark already mentioned or to add a new landmark, preferably one you’ve been to. Let’s see if we can find the spot that’s been visited by more dopers than any other. 1 - The lobby at Grand Central Station in New York City 2 - The observation deck at Niagara Falls 3 - Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World in Florida ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/2 "2007-08-23T17:11:53Z")
Add me to the list for Niagara Falls and Cinderella’s Castle. How about the Empire State Building, the observation deck in Lady Liberty’s crown and the Sydney Opera House? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/3 "2007-08-23T17:17:59Z")
Times Square and the theatrical section of Broadway. Kind of hard to miss on a visit to NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/4 "2007-08-23T17:21:50Z")
Niagara Falls Washington DC mall (Vietnam Memorial, Korean War Memorial, etc.) Bourbon Street (New Orleans) Ryman Auditorium (Grand Ole Opry) Mammoth Cave KY Smoky Mountains (Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Cherokee NC) Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga (see 7 states!) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/5 "2007-08-23T17:24:44Z")
Standing at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. EPCOT, at Disney Orlando, standing by a rail, watching the fireworks. ETA: Oh yeah, Niagara Falls. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/6 "2007-08-23T17:24:52Z")
I’ve been to the lobby at Grand Central Station, the observation deck at Niagra Falls, Times Square, and Broadway. And I’ve been to the M_A_S\*H exhibit at the Smithsonian, and the Bunker Hill monument in Boston. Never been to the Empire State Building or Cinderella’s Castle. Does it count if you have seen the Sydney Opera House? Or do you actually have to go inside? I haven’t been inside it, but I was outside looking at it from nearby. (Wonderful place, Sydney.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/7 "2007-08-23T17:30:36Z")
In October 2003 [Where’s the one place all of us have been?](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=217930) got into the third page without finding THE place we all have been. Better luck this time. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/8 "2007-08-23T17:34:35Z")
Never been to any of those places. How about Newgrange? Xel Ha? Top of Mount Evans? First White Castle off of I-70 eastbound in Kansas City? ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/9 "2007-08-23T19:21:32Z")
Haven’t visited any of the sites listed above, but have been to… 1. Universal Studios Hollywood 2. Gateway Arch in St. Louis 3. Dealey Plaza (school book depository and grassy knoll) in Dallas 4. the Astrodome in Houston ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/10 "2007-08-23T19:41:48Z")
Of the places mentioned, I’ve been to: Niagara Falls observation deck Disney World Cinderella’s Castle Empire State Building Broadway/Times Square Washington, D.C. mall (specifically Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials) Smithsonian (not the _M_A_S_H\* exhibit specifically, but a 1977 visit to the museum in which it was held a few decades later) Although many people don’t count airport stopovers towards their list of states/countries visited, I’d guess many of us join me in having been to the terminals of (most if not all) the following: LaGuardia (New York) O’Hare (Chicago) Philadelphia International Orlando International Lambert-St. Louis Reagan National (Washington, D.C.) Montreal Dorval How about the Post House in Breezewood, Pennsylvania? If you’ve ever ridden a Greyhound bus through the Keystone State, you’ve stopped there for a “meal” or two… ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/11 "2007-08-23T19:47:47Z")
Count me in with those who have said: The Smithsonian Disney World/EPCOT Also add: The Grand Canyon under the HOLLYWOOD sign Niagara Falls Gettysburg battlefield ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/12 "2007-08-23T20:05:14Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] EPCOT, at Disney Orlando, standing by a rail, watching the fireworks. [/QUOTE] Wait! I’ve been to EPCOT but never watched the fireworks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/13 "2007-08-24T02:38:59Z")
Let’s define a location as some place small enough that if you arranged to meet a person you knew there you would be confident the two of you would be able to find each other. So if you said “let’s meet at the Lincoln Memorial” it would work. But trying to find each other in the entire Washington Mall probably wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/14 "2007-08-24T02:43:23Z")
And I’ve been to the following: the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Bourbon Street, EPCOT, the Astrodome, LaGuardia, Philadelphia International, Orlando International, Montreal Dorval, and Gettysburg. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/15 "2007-08-24T10:31:02Z")
Hm. The only places I’ve been that have ben mentioned already are the Grand Canyon and Xel Ha (although neither of them fit **Little Nemo** ’s conditions. And I don’t really think that many of y’all have been to Xel Ha anyway.). Oh, and some of the airports. I nominate: Trafalgar Square the Eiffel Tower Old Faithful the San Diego Zoo ---
**Author:** ![PennyGaunjworth\_of\_chicago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PennyGaunjworth\_of\_chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PennyGaunjworth_of_chicago)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/16 "2010-10-14T17:03:25Z")
The Bi-annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/17 "2010-10-14T17:34:29Z")
I’ve been to Niagra Falls (the Canadian side). Also, how about the water show at The Bellagio in Vegas? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-have-you-been-that-lots-of-other-dopers-have-visited/416660/18 "2010-10-14T18:07:16Z")
I’d suspect that aside from airports (I’d vote Atlanta) more of us have been to the Washington Mall than anywhere else. Or maybe the Golden Gate Bridge.