Favorite Historical Places You’ve Visited
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Pyramids are the shit. Cairo is total shit. But the Pyramids are dope af.
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Most impactful for me without question is Auschwitz. Both Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau. It is really indescribable.
I've been to Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, all the DC monuments including the Vietnam Wall, the Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow (which is a different type of sadness) and the last remaining piece of the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto but there is nothing that approaches the level of Auschwitz.
Nairobi National Park in Kenya was pretty impactful from the perspective of how incredible those creatures are in the wild and how we're in the process of destroying their planet and habitat.
The Great Pyramids of Giza. How the fuck did humans build those things with the technology at the time?
The Acropolis & Parthenon in Athens.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Krakow is amazing as well.
The Great Wall of China is pretty amazing but I wish I had more of a chance to explore it.
Tiannamen Square was interesting from the perspective of the tour "rebranding" the history there.
Krakow Wawel Castle and old square are awesome.
Similarly Plaza Mayor in Madrid, along with the Prado.
I liked the Musee du Orsay in Paris more than the Louvre, but the Louvre is still pretty special.
The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum is a great museum.
The Auckland Maritime Museum was a really cool display of the history of ocean travel and navigation.
I did the other big Paris sites when I was there, Arc, Eiffle Tower, etc, and while they're amazing they don't crack the top 5. Same with London; Buckingham palace and Big Ben are cool but not top 5.
An amazing museum and I take it for granted for being right down the street is the Udvar-Hazy center near Dulles Airport. The fucking Enola Gay is there! Plus a space shuttle, a Concorde, an SR-71 blackbird and Gemini space capsule.
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So you say you like large, hard pointy things, @Dennis_DeYoung ?Dennis_DeYoung said:Pyramids are the shit. Cairo is total shit. But the Pyramids are dope af.
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Humans didn’t build the pyramids. Aliens did. HTH.whlinder said:Most impactful for me without question is Auschwitz. Both Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau. It is really indescribable.
I've been to Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, all the DC monuments including the Vietnam Wall, the Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow (which is a different type of sadness) and the last remaining piece of the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto but there is nothing that approaches the level of Auschwitz.
Nairobi National Park in Kenya was pretty impactful from the perspective of how incredible those creatures are in the wild and how we're in the process of destroying their planet and habitat.
The Great Pyramids of Giza. How the fuck did humans build those things with the technology at the time?
The Acropolis & Parthenon in Athens.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Krakow is amazing as well.
The Great Wall of China is pretty amazing but I wish I had more of a chance to explore it.
Tiannamen Square was interesting from the perspective of the tour "rebranding" the history there.
Krakow Wawel Castle and old square are awesome.
Similarly Plaza Mayor in Madrid, along with the Prado.
I liked the Musee du Orsay in Paris more than the Louvre, but the Louvre is still pretty special.
The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum is a great museum.
The Auckland Maritime Museum was a really cool display of the history of ocean travel and navigation.
I did the other big Paris sites when I was there, Arc, Eiffle Tower, etc, and while they're amazing they don't crack the top 5. Same with London; Buckingham palace and Big Ben are cool but not top 5.
An amazing museum and I take it for granted for being right down the street is the Udvar-Hazy center near Dulles Airport. The fucking Enola Gay is there! Plus a space shuttle, a Concorde, an SR-71 blackbird and Gemini space capsule.
Agree on Orsay being better than Louvre.
I really need to see Gettysburg soon. Really want to look down from Little Round Top to see where Chamberlain ordered the bayonet charge and saved the Republic. -
Fuck me, I forgot Appamattox and Williamsburg/Jamestown. Clearly not my favorites since they didn’t register sooner (but also recency bias) but they’re kinda important.
It’s really bad how numb I am at this point to Gettysburg, Arlington Cemetary and the Vietnam Wall. Drove past Arlington and the Wall every Sunday on the way to church for my entire youth. Drive past Gettysburg 2-5 times per year for the past 15 years to visit in-laws. I guess it’s the same way you get used to seeing Rainier in the distance in Seattle, but it’s still a sight to behold if you’re an east coaster.YellowSnow said:
Humans didn’t build the pyramids. Aliens did. HTH.whlinder said:Most impactful for me without question is Auschwitz. Both Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau. It is really indescribable.
I've been to Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, all the DC monuments including the Vietnam Wall, the Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow (which is a different type of sadness) and the last remaining piece of the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto but there is nothing that approaches the level of Auschwitz.
Nairobi National Park in Kenya was pretty impactful from the perspective of how incredible those creatures are in the wild and how we're in the process of destroying their planet and habitat.
The Great Pyramids of Giza. How the fuck did humans build those things with the technology at the time?
The Acropolis & Parthenon in Athens.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Krakow is amazing as well.
The Great Wall of China is pretty amazing but I wish I had more of a chance to explore it.
Tiannamen Square was interesting from the perspective of the tour "rebranding" the history there.
Krakow Wawel Castle and old square are awesome.
Similarly Plaza Mayor in Madrid, along with the Prado.
I liked the Musee du Orsay in Paris more than the Louvre, but the Louvre is still pretty special.
The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum is a great museum.
The Auckland Maritime Museum was a really cool display of the history of ocean travel and navigation.
I did the other big Paris sites when I was there, Arc, Eiffle Tower, etc, and while they're amazing they don't crack the top 5. Same with London; Buckingham palace and Big Ben are cool but not top 5.
An amazing museum and I take it for granted for being right down the street is the Udvar-Hazy center near Dulles Airport. The fucking Enola Gay is there! Plus a space shuttle, a Concorde, an SR-71 blackbird and Gemini space capsule.
Agree on Orsay being better than Louvre.
I really need to see Gettysburg soon. Really want to look down from Little Round Top to see where Chamberlain ordered the bayonet charge and saved the Republic.
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Had an 10th floor apartment in a Crystal City high rise for three years where we could see the Pentagon and Arlington out the window, with the National Cathedral in the distancewhlinder said:Fuck me, I forgot Appamattox and Williamsburg/Jamestown. Clearly not my favorites since they didn’t register sooner (but also recency bias) but they’re kinda important.
It’s really bad how numb I am at this point to Gettysburg, Arlington Cemetary and the Vietnam Wall. Drove past Arlington and the Wall every Sunday on the way to church for my entire youth. Drive past Gettysburg 2-5 times per year for the past 15 years to visit in-laws. I guess it’s the same way you get used to seeing Rainier in the distance in Seattle, but it’s still a sight to behold if you’re an east coaster.YellowSnow said:
Humans didn’t build the pyramids. Aliens did. HTH.whlinder said:Most impactful for me without question is Auschwitz. Both Auschwitz 1 and Birkenau. It is really indescribable.
I've been to Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, all the DC monuments including the Vietnam Wall, the Plaszow concentration camp in Krakow (which is a different type of sadness) and the last remaining piece of the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto but there is nothing that approaches the level of Auschwitz.
Nairobi National Park in Kenya was pretty impactful from the perspective of how incredible those creatures are in the wild and how we're in the process of destroying their planet and habitat.
The Great Pyramids of Giza. How the fuck did humans build those things with the technology at the time?
The Acropolis & Parthenon in Athens.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Krakow is amazing as well.
The Great Wall of China is pretty amazing but I wish I had more of a chance to explore it.
Tiannamen Square was interesting from the perspective of the tour "rebranding" the history there.
Krakow Wawel Castle and old square are awesome.
Similarly Plaza Mayor in Madrid, along with the Prado.
I liked the Musee du Orsay in Paris more than the Louvre, but the Louvre is still pretty special.
The Amsterdam Rijksmuseum is a great museum.
The Auckland Maritime Museum was a really cool display of the history of ocean travel and navigation.
I did the other big Paris sites when I was there, Arc, Eiffle Tower, etc, and while they're amazing they don't crack the top 5. Same with London; Buckingham palace and Big Ben are cool but not top 5.
An amazing museum and I take it for granted for being right down the street is the Udvar-Hazy center near Dulles Airport. The fucking Enola Gay is there! Plus a space shuttle, a Concorde, an SR-71 blackbird and Gemini space capsule.
Agree on Orsay being better than Louvre.
I really need to see Gettysburg soon. Really want to look down from Little Round Top to see where Chamberlain ordered the bayonet charge and saved the Republic. -
So true story ...El_K said:I have had my photo taken behind the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza in Dallas and done the book depository tour
I have been to the Alamo as well. It is about the size of a Taco Bell. I asked if I could see the basement as well
I’ma big JFK assassination guy and too much stuff doesn’t add up to me but whatever ...
I had an internship in downtown Dallas and would always drive by the Book Depository and the big X in the middle of the road. Everything about it screamed that it looked familiar to me but I couldn’t place it ...
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I actually forgot a big one. Not so much a historical landmark - but a historical must-see.
The World War II Museum in New Orleans is fucking incredible. We were there for about 5 hours and still didn't see everything.
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Once upon a time, @iDawg talked about riding his motorcycle up the 101 to SFRaceBannon said:If you drive through Yosemite to Sequoia you go over a 10000 foot pass
395 in California is a beautiful drive
95 in Oregon
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When I went to France, we were in Arles. I went for a walk by myself through the outskirts of town. Went to an abandoned, tiny church. Found animals bones near where the alter would be. Then I walked into a clearing and literally strolled right through the middle of a gypsy camp. They were all completely silent and looking at me like WTF? I think I was wearing a Washington Huskies shirt if I remember correctly.*
Went to lots of historical places on that trip. Place de la Concorde, Les Invalides, Davinci's home in Amboise, Topless beaches in Nice, Annecy, Chartres. Coolest thing was an underground jazz club called Caveau de la Hachette (if I remember right). During the German occupation jazz had been outlawed. Parisians would gather in that underground spot and listen to it.
*FREE PUB!!??
