# Where's the one place all of us have been? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023 "2003-10-17T15:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/81 "2003-10-19T00:17:58Z")
From list so far: [ul][sup][li]Washington DC mall[/li][li]Bourbon Street in New Orleans[/li][li]Grand Ole Opry (either Ryman Auditorium of Grand Ole Opry [_]House at Opryland in Nashville)[/li][li]Peachtree Street in Atlanta[/li][li]Daytona Beach[/li][li]Legion Field in Birmingham AL[/li][li]Great Smoky Mountains National Park[/li][li]Outer Banks North Carolina[/li][li]Myrtle Beach South Carolina[/li][li]Memphis, TN[/li][li]Baltimore Inner Harbor[/li][li]Annapolis, MD[/li][li]Denver, CO[/li][li]Boston, MA[/li][li]Disneyland[/li][li]O’Hare[/li][li]LAX[/li][li]Johnson Space Center, Clear Lake City, TX[/li][li]The Strand, Galveston, TX[/li][li]Estes Park, CO[/li][li]Atlanta Airport[/li][li]Boston[/li][li]DFW[/li][li]National and Dulles[/li][li]Rome. Paris. Omaha[/li][li]Niagara Falls (Ontario)[/li][li]Yellowstone National Park[/li][li]Mount Rushmore[/li][li]Colonial Williamsburg[/li][li]Grand Canyon (north rim & ½ down into)[/li][li]Grand Tetons[/li][li]San Francisco + on the Golden Gate Bridge.[/li][li]St Louis, in the arch monument[/li][li]Rock City & Ruby Falls[/li][li]Disney Land[/li][li]Smithsonian[/li][li]Amsterdam[/li][li]Vegas[/li][li]Jamaica[/li][li]Yosemite National Park[/li][li]Panama City Beach[/li][li]Tuscaloosa AL[/li][li]Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA[/li][li]The Alamo[/li][li]Salt lake City[/li][li]Buffalo NY[/li][li]Avenue of the Giants (redwoods) in northern CA[/li][li]I’ve also swum in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Gulf of [_]Mexico.[/li][li]Seattle, WA[/li][li]Minneapolis, MN[/sup][/ul][/li]Tenerife (Canary Islands) Geurnsey Island (Channel Islands) Catalina Island Madrid Costa del Sol Rock of Gibralta Kauai Baja Sequoia Nat’l Park ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/82 "2003-10-19T00:32:21Z")
From list so far: [ul][sup][li]Washington DC mall[/li][li]Bourbon Street in New Orleans[/li][li]Grand Ole Opry (either Ryman Auditorium of Grand Ole Opry [_]House at Opryland in Nashville)[/li][li]Peachtree Street in Atlanta[/li][li]Daytona Beach[/li][li]Legion Field in Birmingham AL[/li][li]Great Smoky Mountains National Park[/li][li]Outer Banks North Carolina[/li][li]Myrtle Beach South Carolina[/li][li]Memphis, TN[/li][li]Baltimore Inner Harbor[/li][li]Annapolis, MD[/li][li]Denver, CO[/li][li]Boston, MA[/li][li]Disneyland[/li][li]O’Hare[/li][li]LAX[/li][li]Johnson Space Center, Clear Lake City, TX[/li][li]The Strand, Galveston, TX[/li][li]Estes Park, CO[/li][li]Atlanta Airport[/li][li]Boston[/li][li]DFW[/li][li]National and Dulles[/li][li]Rome. Paris. Omaha[/li][li]Niagara Falls (Ontario)[/li][li]Yellowstone National Park[/li][li]Mount Rushmore[/li][li]Colonial Williamsburg[/li][li]Grand Canyon (north rim & ½ down into)[/li][li]Grand Tetons[/li][li]San Francisco + on the Golden Gate Bridge.[/li][li]St Louis, in the arch monument[/li][li]Rock City & Ruby Falls[/li][li]Disney Land[/li][li]Smithsonian[/li][li]Amsterdam[/li][li]Vegas[/li][li]Jamaica[/li][li]Yosemite National Park[/li][li]Panama City Beach[/li][li]Tuscaloosa AL[/li][li]Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA[/li][li]The Alamo[/li][li]Salt lake City[/li][li]Buffalo NY[/li][li]Avenue of the Giants (redwoods) in northern CA[/li][li]I’ve also swum in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Gulf of [_]Mexico.[/li][li]Seattle, WA[/li][li]Minneapolis, MN\*\*[/li]plus [li]Tenerife (Canary Islands)[/li][li]Geurnsey Island (Channel Islands)[/li][li]Catalina Island[/li][li]Madrid[/li][li]Costa del Sol[/li][li]Rock of Gibralta[/li][li]Kauai[/li][li]Baja[/li][li]Sequoia Nat’l Park[/li][li]Crater Nat’l Park[/li][li]Door County (Wisc.)[/li][li]San Jose, Costa Rica[/li][li]St. Maartin[/li][li]St. Bart (Cheeseburger in Paradise)[/li][li]London (Gatwick)[/li][li]Ashville, NC (Thomas Wolfe & O’Henry’s graves)[/li]Killbush, PA (Pocano Mts)[/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/83 "2003-10-19T01:42:11Z")
Lets see what kind of hits I can get on these famous but small places: Waded in the reflecting pool in front of the Washington Monument Stood in front of the house in Georgetown that _The Exorcist_ was filmed in (and walked down the steep steps next to it) Lookout Mountain, TN Ft. Point, under the Golden Gate Bridge Lombard St., SF, CA Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Four Corners monument, USA Main Bahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany (where the best gyros in the world are served) Corner of Hollywood and Vine, LA, CA Giant Hollywood sign ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/84 "2003-10-19T01:47:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > > Lets see what kind of hits I can get on these famous but small places: > > Waded in the reflecting pool in front of the Washington Monument > Stood in front of the house in Georgetown that _The Exorcist_ was filmed in (and walked down the steep steps next to it) - NO > > Lookout Mountain, TN - YES > > Ft. Point, under the Golden Gate Bridge - YES > > Lombard St., SF, CA - YES > > Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - YES > > Four Corners monument, USA - YES > > Main Bahnhof in Frankfurt, Germany (where the best gyros in the world are served) - NO > > Corner of Hollywood and Vine, LA, CA - YES > > Giant Hollywood sign - YES WHO ARE YOU?!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/85 "2003-10-19T06:53:32Z")
Ok… in the order they showed up in the thread… Washington DC mall Bourbon Street in New Orleans Peachtree Street in Atlanta Memphis, TN Denver, CO Boston, MA The Empire State Building in Philly, Independence Hall NYC bathroom. … Hi, Vanilla, you can call me Dan… Disneyland (add Knotts Berry Farm, Universal Studios, and Universal Mall) On the Golden Gate Bridge) (add Alcatraz, Muir Woods, Sausalito, and the SF cable cars) BART terminal under the Embarcadero, San Fransisco, CA Sirloin Stockade, Souix City, Iowa Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, CO any state west of Kansas Oh, Gawd, don’t GET me started on airports …O’Hare, Atlanta, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, LAX, Sky Harbor in Phoenix, Chicago (both of them), Denver, CO Intl Airport- on the little train thingies, Indianaoplis, Orlando, DFW, Houston, MCI, Dulles, SFO, Oakland “International”, Anchorage, Vancouver, Calgory, SeaTac, Stockton (the parking lot is free, I didn’t know how to deal with that? Had to ask 3 people, “I can just park there… for a week?”) Omaha Niagra Falls Key West Yellowstone National Park St Louis, in the arch monument. New York, on the Statue of Liberty viewing ferry, and in the statue San Francisco, in Alcatraz. Disney Land, Epcot Center, Paris street scene. The state-side observation platform at the Niagra Falls. Earth. the Smithsonian Sea World, San Diego, CA Coit Tower, San Fransisco, CA China Cove, near Carmel by the Sea, CA That little gas station / general store with the wood siding in Sausilito, CA that sells soft pretzels Vegas! Luxor, MGM Grand, Excalibur, New York…, Paris, Bellagio, the Mirage, the Sands, the Hilton Sears Tower Fisherman`s Warf, San Fran., Ca. Rush Street, Chicago Salt lake City Buffalo NY Southwest airplane … they have such lovely bathrooms, eh, **Vanilla**? Six Flags over Texas Jackson Hole, WY Avenue of the Giants (redwoods) in northern CA I’ve also swum in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and the Gulf of Mexico St. Louis, MO --born there – and went to College there – Kansas City, MO and KS Wisconsin Dells New York City Indianapolis 500 (I’ve been driven around the track, but not to the race) Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds tours McDonalds Mann’s Chinese Theatre, LA Dallas, TX - Dealey Plaza Anywhere in rural TX - Dairy Queen! Minneapolis, MN Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Baltimore, MD Charlottesville, VA Nashville, TN Old Faithful Geyser five seconds before eruption, in Yellowstone National Park Sea World, San Diego, CA Kansas City Zoo Waikiki Beach Sequoia Nat’l Park Catalina Island, Crater Nat’l Park, Ft. Point, under the Golden Gate Bridge Lombard St., SF, CA Four Corners monument, USA Corner of Hollywood and Vine, LA, CA Giant Hollywood sign (only looking up at it, not to it) Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, New York, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, or New York (from the states list … actually been to a lot more) How about: Banif; The Ozarks; San Fran China Town; Waimaei Canyon, Kauai; Hana, Maui; The Flea Market at the Aloha Stadum, Oahu; watching lava flow into the ocean, the island of Hawaii; Macys: Union Square, SF; swim/float in the Great Salt Lake; 6th Grade?; The Rooster Club, Las Vegas; Mud Bath in Calistoga, CA; On the Radio; On TV; Cape Cod; any Worlds Fair [NY and New Orleans, myself]; ridden an AmTrack train; petted a baby moose in Anchorage, AK, passed out drunk in a dorm bathroom? ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/86 "2003-10-19T14:04:37Z")
Damn! **vanilla** , watch that **Wyatt**. He gets around! 😉 😛 Anyone else been to: Warroad, MN Bayeux, France (stuck there for a day because of a rail conductor strike! :mad: ) States I have _not_ been to that **Zeldar** listed: New York Louisiana DC ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/87 "2003-10-19T14:12:51Z")
Maybe this thread could get to a more convincing place if we try to find the one place NONE of us have ever been to? In my case, I have never been to any foreign country except Canada. I have yet to go to any USA state west of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin. I have also never been to Delaware or Rhode Island. Surely that place that is common to all of us has to be some very exotic place, based on the replies to the other side of the issue. But where is it? Antarctica? North Pole? ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/88 "2003-10-19T19:23:08Z")
I think I’ve at least driven through all of the states listed, except for Texas. And I’ve been to The Mall, D.C The airport in Frankfurt, Germany (Does anyone know what it’s called?) Munich Disneyworld Bourbon Street Anyone here gone to a concert at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit? Or been to Cedar Point? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/89 "2003-10-19T19:36:37Z")
DC Mall (passing through, more or less) Daytona Beach Denver (airport only, though I’ll be there next month for a week) NYC: across the GeoWash., through the Lincoln, up the Empire State building, and all over from the north of Central Park all the way down Pretty much all the major Florida (Orlando and Tampa) attractions plus Key West/St. Augustine/Kennedy Space Center Oh, yeah, and Gatorland the music district in Nashville Irvine/Newport Coast/Balboa Peninsula down to San Diego/Chula Vista St. Simon’s Island in Georgia (up in the haunted lighthouse, too) Airports? Tampa, Orlando, Newark, Denver and John Wayne (?) Was born in Japan, but haven’t been there since. Been through Mobile and Columbus GA and points between. Pensacola. Gainesville and Tallahassee… ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/90 "2003-10-19T19:58:39Z")
I am astonished by how many people have been to the Sirloin Stockade in Souix City, Iowa. I have swam in (and perhaps peed in) the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribean, and many lakes and rivers. I’ve been to the Alamo. Any of you guys ever see the basement there? I’ve been on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier, the battleship Texas, The Seawolf (a submarine), and have stood on the deck of that tall ship (name anyone?) in Galveston, and the old whaler in San Fransisco. Have you gone up the Zephyr lift at Winter Park ski resort in Colorado? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/91 "2003-10-19T23:47:45Z")
I’ve played in the surf of both the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and Florida Bay. I’ve dipped my feet in the Pacific (it was cold that day.) I’ve never been close to the Great Lakes, though… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/92 "2003-10-20T00:03:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zeldar \* > **Eve’s thread [Has This Kind of “Community” Ever Existed Before?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217798) made me wonder if there’s some place on this planet that all of us have actually been.** With respect, the planet has somewhat wider bounds than your list appears to indicate; I’ve travelled quite a lot, but never to any part of the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/93 "2003-10-20T00:09:47Z")
Dang, I forgot that I’ve been to niagra falls several times. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/94 "2003-10-20T02:10:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **I am astonished by how many people have been to the Sirloin Stockade in Souix City, Iowa.** Okay, I was wrong about this. It was either Chili’s or Applebees, not the restaurant widely known as Sizzlin Sirloin. (I believe it was Chili’s as I don’t recall getting sick after eating there.) The Sirloin I went to was somewhere in Nebraska. Or maybe Kansas. > [@](#): > > Maybe this thread could get to a more convincing place if we try to find the one place NONE of us have ever been to? Good thing we’ve done all this winnowing down of where we _have_ been. How about summit of Mt. Everest? Any Dopers been there? If not, we’ve got it. If we do have a mountain climber or two, then how about Pitcairn Island? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/95 "2003-10-20T02:16:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > **btw, Houston has two airports. Houston Hobby and Houston Intercontinental.** Shoot, I wasn’t at either one of those, when I went to Houston. I believe it was named after a president. Most likely a Texas prez. Johnson? (I know I’m going to feel really stupid when I hear the answer.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/96 "2003-10-20T06:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by look!ninjas \* > \*\*Anyone here … been to Cedar Point? \*\* Not only did I visit the park several times in my youth, I worked in Kiddieland during the summer of 1979. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/97 "2003-10-20T10:01:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ponder Stibbons \* > \*\*The World Trade Center \*\* I’ve been to the World Trade Center in Stockholm. Does that count? I only went inside because I thought it was the train station, though. I’ve never been out of Europe, so I’m raining on this happy parade. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/98 "2003-10-20T13:29:21Z")
Well, given that I’ve never been to Australia, and I’m certain that there are Australian Dopers who have never been to Canada, there may not _be_ a place where all of us have been, even if we say something general like ‘sticking our toes in the Pacific Ocean’. I like the idea of finding the one relatively-well-known place where _none_ of us have been. I vote ‘South Pole’. Or maybe Nunavut. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/99 "2003-10-20T15:17:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster \* > \*\*I think O’Hare might be a winnah – or the Atlanta Airport. I’m also in for both Disney World and Disney Land. > > In Europe: The Spanish Steps in Rome, anyone? \*\* I’ve been to Rome, never saw you anywhere near The Spanish Steps…fibber:D ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023/100 "2003-10-20T16:59:20Z")
Overnight in **Atlanta, Georgia**. Had car problems on the way to **Orlando, Florida** and **Disney World**. Night driving w/out headlamps is a no-no. Stayed in **New Orleans, Louisiana** for a week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-one-place-all-of-us-have-been/208023.md?page=6)