# What's the one place you've been to that no other Doper has visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390 "2007-08-21T16:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/41 "2007-08-21T18:42:36Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Been all over it. [/QUOTE] :dubious: Hmm, I think I’m going to have to ask for a cite. There’s no going “all over” there. You go through, you’re done. Name a street. Name a store. Hell, name the dog. > [@](#): > > How about the summit of Rattlesnake Hill in Elmira, NY? And not St Joseph’s Hospital immediately thereafter? Possible, but I have no memory of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/42 "2007-08-21T18:45:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] We have someone who was born and raised in Cuba… **Lalenin**. [/QUOTE] During my freshman year of college, I spent two weeks on a tour of the island, staying in Havana and Cienfuegos. I’m pretty sure **lalenin** never set foot in some of the Cuban buildings I entered. My maternal grandparents lived for a time in [Mayville, North Dakota.](http://www.mayvilleportland.com/) It’s a county seat and home to a college, so it’s certainly possible (but still not that likely) that a Doper other than me has been there. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/43 "2007-08-21T18:55:06Z")
[The Texas Death Chamber](http://www.curenational.org/pogue/01.html), Walls Unit, Huntsville, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/44 "2007-08-21T18:56:41Z")
Howsabout the tiny hamlet of Hilda, SC? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/45 "2007-08-21T19:08:49Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] None of you have ever been in my kitchen. [/QUOTE] That’s what you think. By the way, you’re out of orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/46 "2007-08-21T19:16:23Z")
The bottom of Grand Gulch, UT? Undisturbed Anasazi ruins all over, but a little hard to get to (or out of). [http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/grand\_gulch.htm](http://www.utah.com/playgrounds/grand_gulch.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/47 "2007-08-21T19:16:50Z")
Brazzaville, Congo Republic? Or the more popular Kinshasha, Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, formerly Leopoldville, Republic of the Congo. And if you want to get picky, Louvanium University (not sure of spelling) outside of town, though Og knows what it’s called now. BTW. Tom Swift Jr. was in Leopoldville, on his way to the Caves of Nuclear Fire. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/48 "2007-08-21T19:22:26Z")
I wonder if any Doper has been to or stayed a night in **Arisaig, Scotland** , I would guess at least a few have been to \*\*Mallaig \*\* to catch the ferry. There might be a few more villages and towns that I alone of the dopers have visited. In Florida, I doubt anyone has been to Little Gasparilla Island. I doubt that anywhere in NY/NJ area is unique to me, though I wonder about Boonville, NY. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/49 "2007-08-21T19:26:23Z")
Copperopolis, CA is the best I can do, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/50 "2007-08-21T19:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Biggest place I’ve been to that no doper has. . .perhaps Beaune, France. [/QUOTE] I’ve been to Beaune. How about Felch, MI? You take Hwy 69, and it’s right past Creamery Road. I kid you not. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/51 "2007-08-21T19:31:44Z")
I think I have a winner. I don’t even know for sure where I was. If you look at a map of South Korea, there’s a city on the south west coast called Mokp’o. Heck, Mokp’o might be a winner. But, if you get on a ferry and ride 3 hours, you get to a small island where about 50 people live. I may be the only caucasian to ever set foot on the island, but there’s no way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/52 "2007-08-21T19:39:34Z")
How specific can we be? I was thinking there is a pretty small group of people who have been in the robot cells in the paint shop of Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit Michigan… Just me, a couple of other engineers, the electrician and the robot techs. Or maybe the top of one of the dirt piles of one of the rock quarries here in Olathe Kansas (I think Johnson County Aggregate is the name of the quarry). It just so happens to be one of the highest points in the city and a great place to be during the fireworks show. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/53 "2007-08-21T19:41:17Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I wonder if any Doper has been to or stayed a night in **Arisaig, Scotland** , [/QUOTE] I have. Have you stayed a night on the [Fair Isle](http://www.fairisle.org.uk/) ? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/54 "2007-08-21T19:43:27Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] No on all of them for me so far. West Walworth, NY? [/QUOTE] How about Swarmsville, NY? or Franklinville, NY ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/55 "2007-08-21T19:44:43Z")
Wellsville, New York? I’d actually be really interested to swap stories with anyone who’s been there. It’s where all my family grew up and lives (but none of them are on the Dope). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/56 "2007-08-21T20:05:50Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] I have. Have you stayed a night on the [Fair Isle](http://www.fairisle.org.uk/) ? [/QUOTE] No, I haven’t you are safe from me. I am surprised by **Arisaig** , we spent a day there, but I figured at best, people would just drive through it on the way to the Ferry. I know the Scottish population of dopers is fairly low and this was a sparse section of Scotland, as opposed to Inverness or even Findhorn. We stayed on the grounds of a [wonderful castle](http://www.arisaigonline.co.uk/Links.html), that is now a hotel. The old Gatehouse was a B&B and had use of the Castle Grounds and Beach. It was one of my favorite places I have ever been. I look forward to returning to Scotland some year soon. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/57 "2007-08-21T20:07:30Z")
The biggest place with a name so far?: Kyrgyzstan. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/58 "2007-08-21T20:09:33Z")
> [@](#): > > In Florida, I doubt anyone has been to Little Gasparilla Island. I can’t be 100% positive, but I think I was on that island back in the 1960s. I’ll bet no one has been to Bucksnort, South Dakota or to Tea, South Dakota. For that matter, I’ll throw in Mission Hill, South Dakota and Gayville, South Dakota. I’ll even toss out Red Oak, Texas or Rockett, Texas. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/59 "2007-08-21T20:12:14Z")
Pendennis Castle I would guess. Maybe Charlestown, one of the oldest ports in England. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390/60 "2007-08-21T20:15:43Z")
[QUOTE=Athena] I’ve been to Beaune. [/QUOTE] I’ve been to Beaune, also. Isn’t it where they process a lot of chickens? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-one-place-youve-been-to-that-no-other-doper-has-visited/416390.md?page=4)