Must see places to visit (Bucket List)

[HonestJohn]

I thought I'd start a thread about places that are 'must see' sometime in one's life.

[HonestJohn]

Some of my spots.

Halong Bay, Vietnam



Son Doong Cave, Vietnam (largest in the world)



Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

[ConstitutionRose]

I remember a National Geographic write up on Son Doong Cave.  It was astonishing.  I would like to see it in person.

[sinkspur]

If you can afford to go to Europe, you must go to Rome First:




A small city, a beautiful city, an unbelievably historic city. 

And the food is the best in the world.

[uglybiker]

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Been to Rome and Berlin. Meh.

[Frank Cannon]

This place is on my list...

[rodamala]

Here are 2... one of them is checked off, and I ain't saying which one.

[chae]

If you have kidlets, The City Museum in St Louis is terrific!  As is the Magic House.
The Annhueser-Busch brewery tour, Grant's Farm, the St Louis Zoo and the Science Center are all free.  The Science Center does have certain things that require an additional fee (like the planetarium).  The Arch is nifty if you've never been there before, and the Cahokia Indian Mounds are really something.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I've seen Crater Lake, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Ocean.

Still on the bucket list: The Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the Dakota Badlands.

[Free Vulcan]

Iceland

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Iceland.

That's a cool picture. I've seen the northern lights once, but being so far south it wasn't very impressive.

[roamer_1]

My erstwhile convalescence and recovery will be made complete when I once more look upon the Chinese Wall, deep in the Bob Marshall Wilderness... A week or two, getting there and back backpacking...

There's a particular look-out as you round a bend on the White River Trail that is simply awesome. All of a sudden, there it is.

[Free Vulcan]

That's a cool picture. I've seen the northern lights once, but being so far south it wasn't very impressive.

Me too. It was about 10 years ago, New Years Day evening. Me and the girlfriend at the time were coming back from northern to southern Iowa.

Saw them the whole way down. They were amazing, but I want to see them like THAT.

[bolobaby]

May I recommend Neuschwanstein Castle?

[Jazzhead]

Two places for sure are on my bucket list -  Cooperstown, New York and the Baseball Hall of Fame,  and the island of Islay, home of the best Scotch whiskies in the world.

   

[Jazzhead]

I've seen Crater Lake, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Ocean.

Still on the bucket list: The Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the Dakota Badlands.

The Dakota badlands are a must-see.  Absolutely breathtaking, like the surface of some bizarre moon. 

[ABX]

I have a major travel bucket list. I used to travel a lot. When I was in High School I spent a year in Japan. Then I traveled often for work around the US and world, but didn't have the money to really enjoy it.  Now that I have the money to travel not for work, I don't have the time.

By the time I have the time again, I'm sure I'll be broke. 

I just have learned to enjoy and explore where ever I am, the best I can, even if it is podunkville.

[Jazzhead]

I have a major travel bucket list. I used to travel a lot. When I was in High School I spent a year in Japan. Then I traveled often for work around the US and world, but didn't have the money to really enjoy it.  Now that I have the money to travel not for work, I don't have the time.

By the time I have the time again, I'm sure I'll be broke. 

I just have learned to enjoy and explore where ever I am, the best I can, even if it is podunkville.

That's my problem - I have the money to travel, but not the time.   I haven't taken a vacation longer than an extended weekend in three years.   But I did cross one thing off the bucket list last year - a game at Wrigley Field.   

[debrawiest]

I've seen Crater Lake, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Ocean.

Still on the bucket list: The Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the Dakota Badlands.

Oh, please do come see the North Dakota Badlands.  Medora is one of my favorite places and not overrun with tourists.

[roamer_1]

I've seen Crater Lake, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Ocean.

Still on the bucket list: The Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the Dakota Badlands.

On your way over to the Dakotas, Swing on up here like you were going to Glacier Nat'l Park (kinda my back yard)...
Let me know ahead of time and I'll rustle up some horses and take you where the tourists never go...

[Idaho_Cowboy]

On your way over to the Dakotas, Swing on up here like you were going to Glacier Nat'l Park (kinda my back yard)...
Let me know ahead of time and I'll rustle up some horses and take you where the tourists never go...

I'd love to see Glacier National Park. Might be a while, but I'll keep your offer in mind.

[ABX]

That's my problem - I have the money to travel, but not the time.   I haven't taken a vacation longer than an extended weekend in three years.   But I did cross one thing off the bucket list last year - a game at Wrigley Field.

At my job, I'm up to six weeks of vacation per year, but I usually roll over 3. When I take a vacation, it is to keep working with people not thinking I'm available so I can get more done.

I'm about to do a cross-country road trip in a couple of weeks to go close out some of my grandfather's estate. It will be the longest I haven't had a work computer in front of me in years (of course, I'll have my work phone and tablet).

[roamer_1]

I'd love to see Glacier National Park. Might be a while, but I'll keep your offer in mind.

No matter, friend... There's always sweet tea in the fridge and an extra chair on the porch...

(Except right about now... I'll be off to hunting camp soon - Though I'd bet you'd be at home there anyway...)

[Sanguine]

Iceland and the Isle of Lewis. 

Someday I'll have the time.

[Jazzhead]

At my job, I'm up to six weeks of vacation per year, but I usually roll over 3. When I take a vacation, it is to keep working with people not thinking I'm available so I can get more done.

I'm about to do a cross-country road trip in a couple of weeks to go close out some of my grandfather's estate. It will be the longest I haven't had a work computer in front of me in years (of course, I'll have my work phone and tablet).

The main reason I don't take vacations is that I can't get away from the job anyway.   I need to stay connected and respond when clients call.   To me, a vacation is a break from work, where I can dial down the stress.  If I can't do that, why bother.   The solution for me is a small place at the Jersey shore,  where I can go down Friday night and come back Sunday evening.   Walks on the beach, pinball at the arcade, and a bar stocked with the best single malts - and no computer.   

[Gefn]

Here are 2... one of them is checked off, and I ain't saying which one.

I want to see London and Paris again. I've always dreamed of going to Alaska

I also want to drive one autumn up the East Coast all the way up to Maine to see the leaves and eat sea food and see lighthouses.

@rodamala I figured out which place you have been to. I won't tell anyone which one it is.

[mountaineer]

I don't know that I would call it a bucket list thing, but I would like to see Alaska and more of the Rockies (I've skied in Vail, that's about it). I've been most of the places in Europe I wanted to visit, except Scotland.  Most of all, I would like to visit more Civil War battlefields.

[Gefn]

I don't know that I would call it a bucket list thing, but I would like to see Alaska and more of the Rockies (I've skied in Vail, that's about it). I've been most of the places in Europe I wanted to visit, except Scotland.  Most of all, I would like to visit more Civil War battlefields.

Scotland is wonderful. There's a whiskey place in Edinburgh that let's you have free samples. :)
And for the ladies- I saw many men in kilts.

I've never skied. That would be something I would like to learn someday,

[Free Vulcan]

How I would love to see the homelands of the ancestral clans in Scotland and Ireland.

McGregor, of the clan McGregor.

[Suppressed]

This place is on my list...

@Frank Cannon

Is there some place in particular in Schenectady that I should see?  I will be going through there in November, I think.

[Suppressed]

Most of all, I would like to visit more Civil War battlefields.

I love to do Gettysburg and Sharpsburg (Antietam) back-to-back...the contrast between the commercial Gettysburg and the quiet Sharpsburg battlefields is stark, despite Sharpsburg being the bloodiest day in American history.

[mountaineer]

Gettysburg seems to be trying to get away from the commercialization. It's much better than it was 50 years ago. Some organization bought the hotel that was adjacent to what is supposed to be Robert E. Lee's HQ on the western end of town and tore it down. Nothing there now but a field, just like in 1863. It's still very much worth a visit. We haven't been there since 2014 (we stayed in the now-defunct hotel) and I'd love to return.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Gettysburg seems to be trying to get away from the commercialization. It's much better than it was 50 years ago. Some organization bought the hotel that was adjacent to what is supposed to be Robert E. Lee's HQ on the western end of town and tore it down. Nothing there now but a field, just like in 1863. It's still very much worth a visit. We haven't been there since 2014 (we stayed in the now-defunct hotel) and I'd love to return.

There are a few buildings around with cannonballs still in them. It's worth a few days IMO.


Pretty area too.

[Frank Cannon]

@Frank Cannon

Is there some place in particular in Schenectady that I should see?  I will be going through there in November, I think.

Absolutely. Be sure to visit Anker's Auto Service 1907 Van Vranken Ave.

They supposedly have the coldest Coke vending machine in that part of NY.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Absolutely. Be sure to visit Anker's Auto Service 1907 Van Vranken Ave.

They supposedly have the coldest Coke vending machine in that part of NY.

If ya'll ever comes to Idaho don't forget to visit the center of the universe:
http://wallace-id.com/centeroftheuniverse.html

[ConstitutionRose]

Gettysburg seems to be trying to get away from the commercialization. It's much better than it was 50 years ago. Some organization bought the hotel that was adjacent to what is supposed to be Robert E. Lee's HQ on the western end of town and tore it down. Nothing there now but a field, just like in 1863. It's still very much worth a visit. We haven't been there since 2014 (we stayed in the now-defunct hotel) and I'd love to return.

I visited Gettysburg 4 decades ago.  Don't remember commercialization.  I do still get chills when I think about that visit.  Something about the light, the atmosphere, walking around with my book and reading the monuments.  It made a lasting impression on me. 

[roamer_1]

If ya'll ever comes to Idaho don't forget to visit the center of the universe:
http://wallace-id.com/centeroftheuniverse.html

As I recall, back in the day, Wallace ID was well known for something all together different from that...

[Gefn]

I visited Gettysburg 4 decades ago.  Don't remember commercialization.  I do still get chills when I think about that visit.  Something about the light, the atmosphere, walking around with my book and reading the monuments.  It made a lasting impression on me.

I went to Gettysburg as a child. I just remember walking forever and graves. I'd like to go back now that I'm an adult and can really appreciate it.

[MajorClay]

I'd like to visit Machu Picchu.  Also would like to play a round of golf in Scotland.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

As I recall, back in the day, Wallace ID was well known for something all together different from that...

Must have been before my time. 

[Free Vulcan]

I'd like to visit Machu Picchu.  Also would like to play a round of golf in Scotland.

I'd love to go thru all those megalithic sites down that way. There's one I can't think of that's believed to be about 11K years old up in the Andes. It wasn't built there, but at sea level before the Andes rose.

[thackney]

I've always dreamed of going to Alaska

@Freya @mountaineer

As someone who lived in Alaska for 4 years, I highly recommend when you do go, don't just do a cruise of the Coastal Cities.  Get into the interior, preferably go to Denali National Park.  Take a train ride to or from Denali with the dome top for the views.

And if you have time to spend, get a copy of Milepost and look for historic stops that interest you.

https://www.amazon.com/Milepost-2016-Kris-Valencia/dp/1892154358

[skeeter]

Gettysburg seems to be trying to get away from the commercialization. It's much better than it was 50 years ago. Some organization bought the hotel that was adjacent to what is supposed to be Robert E. Lee's HQ on the western end of town and tore it down. Nothing there now but a field, just like in 1863. It's still very much worth a visit. We haven't been there since 2014 (we stayed in the now-defunct hotel) and I'd love to return.

True, they knocked down that Gawdawful tower some time ago.

I drove out to Gettysburg after attending a meeting in Harrisburg a few years back. Arrived early and in a thick fog, and consequently was the only person at the 'Angle' when the fog lifted. Might have been the only visitor on the immediate battlefield.

Indescribable, other than to say it was an awesome feeling. So many lives ended right on that spot and with the utmost violence.

[mirraflake]

May I recommend Neuschwanstein Castle?

I went there vising my BIL and sister in Germany back in the 70's- we went all over Europe. .. Late fall.  All I remember is the damp smell inside and how cold it was in the rooms. The old days were rough even for the Kings but I guess it was better than what the peasants had for accomodations.

@bolobaby

[Gefn]

@Freya @mountaineer

As someone who lived in Alaska for 4 years, I highly recommend when you do go, don't just do a cruise of the Coastal Cities.  Get into the interior, preferably go to Denali National Pairk.  Take a train ride to or from Denali with the dome top for the views.

And if you have time to spend, get a copy of Milepost and look for historic stops that interest you.

https://www.amazon.com/Milepost-2016-Kris-Valencia/dp/1892154358

If I had the money, I'd hire a guide to drive me all over Alaska. I want to see the Northern Lights, and everything, not only the touristy things.

[HonestJohn]

Potala Palace, Tibet

[mountaineer]

As someone who lived in Alaska for 4 years, I highly recommend when you do go, don't just do a cruise of the Coastal Cities.  Get into the interior, preferably go to Denali National Park.  Take a train ride to or from Denali with the dome top for the views.

Yes, Denali definitely would be on the list!

[Idaho_Cowboy]

I forgot one on my list. I want to take a boat all the way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.

[bolobaby]

I went there vising my BIL and sister in Germany back in the 70's- we went all over Europe. .. Late fall.  All I remember is the damp smell inside and how cold it was in the rooms. The old days were rough even for the Kings but I guess it was better than what the peasants had for accomodations.

@bolobaby

@mirraflake

Well, they probably didn't have the fireplaces burning, right?