# What tourist sites in your own city have you never visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433 "2018-12-20T17:57:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/41 "2018-12-21T13:29:09Z")
I moved away, but I lived in Bristol for almost 9 years without visiting the [SS Great Britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Britain). There’s a pretty long list of places I only went due to work as well, which barely count. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/42 "2018-12-21T13:48:27Z")
Little Rock Arkansas The state capitol building is a smaller scale replica of the United States Capitol. It’s been used in films as a stand in for the National building. I’ve driven by it a few times. Never took the free tour. There’s the old State House building. It is the oldest surviving capitol building west of the Mississippi River. It’s a museum now and on my list to visit. Little Rock Central High. Location of the civil rights clash in 1957. I worked with a man that graduated from there in 1955. His sister was a student at that school in 1957. The old building is a National Historic Site. There’s still a high school in that location (in newer buildings). I’ve driven by and haven’t taken the tour. The Old Mill an authentic reproduction of an old water-powered grist mill, this striking structure appears in the opening scene of the classic 1939 film Gone with the Wind and is believed to be the only building remaining from the film. I really want to visit the mill. I’ll make a point to visit this Spring. > **[The Old Mill at T.R. Pugh Memorial Park | North Little Rock, AR | Arkansas.com](https://www.arkansas.com/north-little-rock/attractions-culture/old-mill-tr-pugh-memorial-park)** > > An authentic reproduction of an old water-powered grist mill, this striking structure appears in the opening scene of the classic 1939 film Gone with the Wind and is believed to be the only building remaining from the film. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/43 "2018-12-21T14:29:42Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ve been to almost all the sites you mentioned. But I haven’t been in any of the sports stadiums, except for the baseball game I saw when I was 10. Nor have I been to the Christmas Story House. And I’ve photographed the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, but didn’t go inside. Is the Arcade a tourist thing? It’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/44 "2018-12-21T14:43:30Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Nor have I been to the Christmas Story House. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Or to the Christmas Story House, 30 minutes to the north. A friend of mine took his family on a pilgrimage to the Christmas Story House last year. He posted a “guess where I am?” selfie on Facebook and I got it immediately, based on a bit of the lamp in the background. ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/45 "2018-12-21T14:51:36Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I went to the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse/museum when I was in the area. I thought it was pretty neat. Funny, I was just on the lighthouse grounds last month for the first time. I didn’t get past the gift shop though. It’s weird going back to the old home town as a tourist. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/46 "2018-12-21T15:58:29Z")
Lived in and around DC my entire life. Been pretty much everywhere at some point or another. Grade school field trips covered 99% of the major sites in DC proper, just because it’s all right there. The only thing I’ve never done is go all the way to the top of the Washington Monument. Been there hundreds of times, just never gone inside. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/47 "2018-12-21T16:38:11Z")
Austin, Texas - never been to Austin City Limits or the Trail of Lights. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/48 "2018-12-21T20:01:47Z")
> [@](#): > > The only thing I’ve never done is go all the way to the top of the Washington Monument. Been there hundreds of times, just never gone inside. > [@](#): > > I have been in the DC area since 1983 and never been in the Washington Monument OK, good to know that I am not the only one. > [@](#): > > Relative to something like the Air & Space Museum, perhaps, but the MLK Jr. memorial has been open for 7 years and the African American museum has been open for more than 2 years. That’s plenty of time for someone who has lived a 20-minutes-or-less drive from the DC line for the past 5.5 years (and who goes downtown fairly regularly). Wow, time flies ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/49 "2018-12-22T15:05:17Z")
My nearest big city is actually London. Unsurprisingly I haven’t seen every sight - there’s an awful lot. For example, I haven’t been inside the Globe Theatre - yet. More significantly, I’m proud to say I have never been to Madame Tussaud’s. Now that’s your \*archetypical \*tourist site. The Houses of Parliament have a function (at least in theory); The Globe is a theatre; Buckingham Palace is a residence; and so on - but Tussaud’s is just there for you to look at … waxworks. What in the hell for? So: never been and definitely not going. j ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/50 "2018-12-22T19:32:36Z")
Grew up outside of DC and have lived in the city more than 20 years. I haven’t yet been to the Museum of African American History and I’ve never been to the Hillwood estate, although I’ve always wanted to go. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/51 "2018-12-22T21:20:25Z")
In Chicago, and I’ve never been inside Soldier Field. I’ve watched the Cubs in Wrigley Field, saw the White Sox at the old Comiskey Park, and attended a Bulls Game at the United Center, and cheered NWF Wrestling at the late but unlamented International Amphitheater. But I’ve never been inside Soldier Field. I’ve been right up close to it because it shares a parking lot with the Field Museum. Hell, I’ve even visited the Chicago Police Memorial Wall, which is right alongside it. But inside Soldier Field? Nope, nope, nope. ---
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I live in Topeka, Kansas and in 1992 the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education National Historic Site was established. Bush the Younger came to help dedicate it and I live less than a mile and a half away, but I’ve never been to it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/53 "2018-12-23T00:20:59Z")
Back when I lived in NYC, there were about two months when I knew I’d be relocating. So I visited everything in the city that I hadn’t been to at all, or in a long time. I wonder how many New Yorkers have ever been to the U.N. Building or City Hall, or taken the Circle Line boat around Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/54 "2018-12-23T02:09:58Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > In Chicago, and I’ve never been inside Soldier Field. I’ve watched the Cubs in Wrigley Field, saw the White Sox at the old Comiskey Park, and attended a Bulls Game at the United Center, and cheered NWF Wrestling at the late but unlamented International Amphitheater. > > But I’ve never been inside Soldier Field. I’ve been right up close to it because it shares a parking lot with the Field Museum. Hell, I’ve even visited the Chicago Police Memorial Wall, which is right alongside it. But inside Soldier Field? Nope, nope, nope. I’ve been inside Soldier Field, but never for a Bears game. I saw Pink Floyd there in 1977, and I saw an Illini football game there sometime in the 80s, but never for a Bears game. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/55 "2018-12-23T16:02:14Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’ve never been to the Hillwood estate I’d never heard of that before! Thanks (I think)! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/56 "2018-12-23T18:46:56Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’d never heard of that before! Thanks (I think)! 🙂 Hillwood has a large collection of pre-Soviet Russian art. I was a Russian studies major and I’ve always meant to go there. I just never seem to get around to it. ---
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Springfield, Illinois: I’ve been to all of them except one, the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office. But I’ve looked through the windows. It’s… a couple of rooms decorated to look like a law office c. 1859. ---
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> [@Velocity](#): > > Austin, Texas - never been to Austin City Limits or the Trail of Lights. Me either but they’re not even on my list. Franklin’s BBQ, however, is on my list, for whenever I have a few hours and enough energy to stand in line. ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433/59 "2018-12-23T20:13:58Z")
I live in Beersheva, and I’ve never been to several of the tourist sites here. [Abraham’s Well](http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/Eng/Tourism/Pages/AbrahamsWell.aspx) is a 15 minute walk down the street, and I have no interest in going. The place, from the outside, has the look of a tourist trap. The [Science Center](http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/Eng/Tourism/Pages/CarassoSciencePark.aspx) is a 5 minute walk, but kid oriented, so I’m not heading there either. I have been through the [Turkish Train Yard complex](http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/Eng/Tourism/Pages/Engine70414Complex.aspx), because you can walk around there for free - but I’ve not paid for the actual tour and entry into the restored train cars. On the other hand, I find the [Anzac cemetery](http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/Eng/Tourism/Pages/BritishWarCemetery.aspx) and the new [Memorial Center](http://www.beer-sheva.muni.il/Eng/Tourism/Pages/Anzac.aspx)both fascinating, and I’ve been there several times - and they’re right across the street from us. ---
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> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Iolani Palace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBIolani_Palace), the only royal palace in the US. I pass it all the time. We meant to visit it during our grad-school days in the early 1990s too. Just can’t seem to get around to it. Another one I just remembered is the WWII submarine [USS Bowfin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bowfin_(SS-287)). It’s permanently docked at Pearl Harbor. We have visited Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial several times and once the USS Missouri, also permanently docked in the harbor, but never boarded the Bowfin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tourist-sites-in-your-own-city-have-you-never-visited/826433.md?page=4)