Austin, TX - 16th street
Dallas, TX - Dealey Plaza
San Antonio, TX - The Alamo
Anywhere in rural TX - Dairy Queen!
Well, I live in Knoxville, TN, so I see already a Doper or two has that in location in common with me.
Bayeux, France
Gare du Nord, Paris, France
Munich, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany
Minneapolis, MN
Chicago, IL
Dallas, TX
Baltimore, MD (Inner Harbor and Fells Point)
Charlottesville, VA
Nashville, TN
Within three feet of Old Faithful Geyser five seconds before eruption, in Yellowstone National Park.
Any to match that? 
I think No ClueBoy is stalking me! I’ve been to all those places and I’ll bet I got there first.
(Except in Macy’s I was not anywhere near Housewares)
In addition: Airports–Sky Harbor in Phoenix, DFW, OKC, LAX, SFO, Denver, St. Louis, Atlanta, Cleveland, Chicago (both of them), Houston, Washington DC (Nat’l & Dulles), New York (both of them), Frankfurt, Shannon, Reykjavik
The Louvre & Gare du Nord-Paris
The Spanish Steps, Coliseum, Forum, flea market-Rome
Bad Kreuznach, Germany (really excellent frites at train station on snowy night)
a whole bunch of European youth hostels that didn’t have hot water
Swam in Pacific Ocean and whatever body of water surrounds Padre Island, waded in Atlantic
Oops, meant to preview that . . .
Also the Sausalito store may have had pretzels but it didn’t have Mountain Dew, to my great disappointment . . .
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
Skyline Parkway, Va.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Orlando, Florida
Washington, DC
Baltimore, Md
Atlanta Georgia
Rome, Italy
Naples, Italy (Capri, Ischia, Amalfi Coast)
Florence, Italy
London, England
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prague, Czech Republic
New York, New York
Seville and Madrid, Spain
Los Angeles, California
San Diego, California
Denver, Colorado
List is getting too long, been in most of the continental states.
My list:
( I can’t believe this one hasn’t made it yet)
Ruby Falls-- for 500 miles before you get there, there are bill board signs, they make you stop.
DisneyWorld
Kansas City Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Omaha Zoo
Punxatawney, PA - Home of the Groundhog!
Forgot to put that on my list before.
Yes, misstee! I’ve been to Ruby Falls too. More on the list of places I’ve been that I see posted here:
Peachtree Street in Atlanta
Atlanta International Airport
Myrtle Beach, SC
Orlando, FL
London, England (more specifically, the unisex toilets at Belgo … what an interesting experience for a 'merkin ;))
Frankfurt Flughafen
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The ones I have in common made me realize I’ve been around!
DC Mall, Bourbon St, Stapleton Field Denver, Boston, Empire St Building Disneyland Golden Gate La Guardia, LAX, O’Hare, Kennedy, National, SeaTac, John Wayne International,and others whose names escape me, Bart at Embarcadero, Ok City OK, Yellow Stone, Mt Rushmore, Alcatraz, St Louis Arch, San Diego Sea World, Rosebowl, Las Vegas (all over the strip), Tiajuana, Cancun, Grand Tetons.
A few I haven’t seen (I could have missed)
The Peace Palace in The Hage, Space Needle Pike Place Market, South Beach, Miami, Bogota, Aruba, Grand Caman, Hawaii (Laihina Maui, Nawiliwili Kaui, Waikiki Honolulu, Hilo & Kona Big island) Middle of the Pacific Ocean, Jamaica, The Alamo. The Tonight Show in Burbank Studios.
That’s enough
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I grew up within 5 miles of Ravensdale.
Matches so far:
Washington DC mall
Bourbon Street in New Orleans
Denver, CO
The Empire State Building
Disneyland
La Guardia
O’Hare
LAX
Golden Gate Bridge
BART terminal under the Embarcadero
The Strand, Galveston, TX
Macy’s, Houston Galleria, Housewares
Atlanta Airport
DFW
San Francisco airport
Reagan
Astrodome
Yellowstone National Park
Mount Rushmore
Grand Canyon
Grand Tetons
the Statue of Liberty viewing ferry
Smithsonian
Las Vegas
Jamaica
Fisherman`s Wharf
The Alamo
Salt Lake City
Carlsbad Caverns
Six Flags over Texas
Jackson Hole, WY
Avenue of the Giants
Mann’s Chinese Theatre, LA
Ellington Field (no longer an AFB)
Austin, TX - 16th street
Dallas, TX - Dealey Plaza
San Diego, California
I’ll add:
Tokyo airport (pre-Narita)
Astroworld
Waikiki Beach
Midway
Uinta Mountains
Winslow, AZ
The Atchafalaya Swamp Bridge on I-10
Times Square
The Bolivar Ferry (Galveston)
The Stratosphere Big Shot, Las Vegas
The Presidio
The Orleans Parish Prison
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital ER, Houston
The Nuke Museum in Los Alamos, NM
ummm well, Mount Rushmore, the Sears tower, Midway (but not O’Hare) airport in Chicago, Caesar’s Palace, the Mall of America, Seattle’s market street and Royal’s Stadium. impressive i know.
i forgot to add, i have been to the the metrodome, the world famous wall drug in wall south dakota, and of course the sirloin stockade in sioux city iowa, (but then again who hasn’t)
It’s beginning to look to me as though the city or town may be the closest we’ll get to “the place” but I’m wondering if we can zoom in on that city or town by first getting to a state we’ve all been in.
So far, it’s looking like:
Georgia
Illinois
Tennessee
New York
North Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
If you have NOT been in one of these states, please list the one(s) you have not been in.
Maybe we can get it to the state level as a first pass, then get to sections of the state later.
Well, Zeldar, the only one of those states I’ve been to is Texas (and then just to switch planes) so unless you want to limit your query to American dopers only, I’ve done most of the narrowing-down work for you.
I’ve been in all of the states listed. Slept in all of them at least once or twice, except for DC.
Good enough, Treviathan. I guess that suggests you list other states you’ve been in outside the list I just put up. There’s still some chance we have at least one state that all of the USA Dopers have been in. I’ve already given up on the idea that the non-USA Dopers could be in on the “one place” concept. It’s also highly likely that even the USA Dopers are going to have to have a larger geographic area to consider “common ground” than some specific place.
In spite of that reservation, I think it would be fun to try to find what area that would be.
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)
Madrid
Costa del Sol
I can match
Myrtle Beach S.C.
The Mall Washington D.C.
Disney World (Orlando)
Great Smokey Mountains National Park
Gatlinburg TN
Chicago IL
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Cincinatti OH
As for the states I have not been in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, or New York.