[sleelverrex]

Been to all but Pearl Harbour.
I'll add Wrigley Field
New Orleans
Kennedy space center during a launch

Been to Wrigley going to New Orleans next year.

[Paul Bunyan]

1. Pearl Harbor (Honolulu, HI)
2. The Space Neddle (Seattle, WA)
3. Mann's Chinese Theater (Hollywood, CA)
4. Golden Gate Park (SF, CA)
5. Grand Canyon (AZ)
6. Alamo (San Antonio, TX)
7. Mall of Americas (MN)
8. Disney World (Orlando, FL)
9. Empire State Building (NY, NY)
10. Fenway Park (Boston, MA)

[advabHixavoip]

Well, I suppose you can chuck in a 'best of the rest' category if there are a couple of near run things. Or categorise by type, e.g. Natural Wonders, Architecture, Militaria etc...

Whatever that is quintessentially 'US'...

[uncoodync]

Originally posted by MOBIUS
Niagara Falls, The Canadian side is way better.

[Jwskwhdo]

Lots of places that offer a taste of America. The obvious are of course the major cities: New York, Boston, Philly, D.C., San Francisco, etc. But don't forget some of the more out of the way areas, like Gettysburg National Battlefield, where the pivotal battle of the American Civil War was fought, or Yellowstone National Park.

[RichardFG435]

one word:
WYOMING

piece™

[Rjvpicux]

Good old Ponce de Leon...

[hellencomstar]

Yosemete rocks.

[wiweimeli]

No one has mentioned Alaska yet?

[Infellgedq]

Here's my top 10 unconventional but interesting American places to see, in no particular order.

1. Cahokia, Illinois
2. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
3. Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona border
4. The Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri
5. Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
6. Mesa Verde, Colorado
7. Henderson, Nevada
8. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
9. Nauvoo, Illinois
10. Alcatraz, San Francisco, California

[GeorgeEckland]

Then get off your dead ass and GO!

[zdlupikkkdi]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I'd like to go to Cahokia. I've wanted to ever since I read 1491. Totally go. The place is awesome. It's the closest thing the US has to an ancient ruined city.

[seosoftseo]

1) Manhattan -- (a) because it's the economic heart of the U.S. and (6) because it's the best example we have of city planning. Governor DeWitt Clinton leveled the hills, filled in the swamps, numberial named the N/S roads "avenues" and the E/W roads "streets." When the immigrants swarmed into the city in the 19th Century, they could find their way around even though they couldn't speak English.

2) Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C., by far our most definitive museum. Lindburgh's Spirit of St. Louis, the Wright Bros' plane, a Mercury space capsule.

3) Kennedy Space Center during a launch. Prepare to be awed

4) Colonial Williamsburg

5) St. Louis Arch -- not only is this a dazzling piece of construction but it memorializes the fact that St. Louis was the gateway to the West. It's here that the wagontrains departed

6) Iowa/Kansas/Nebraska -- I recommend flying over some of these states to get an idea of our agriculture.

7) Either Yellowstone or Yosemite -- While I don't think natual phenomenon are definitive of the people who are lucky to live nearby, the way we treasure and protect these natural wonders says something about us.

8) Fly over the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles. This sight floored Kruschev when he came here in the 60's and saw single family houses with swimming pools as far as he could see and he learned these were the homes of the working class. They are definitive to what's happening in America because, now, few of the homes are owned by working people. Rather, they are owned by absentee landlords, who rent out the place, sometimes to multiple families.

9) Hollywood filming -- Not one of those studio tour they show nothing. But you can find places through Los Angeles were filming is going on. Usually, it's as boring as crap but it's cool to say you saw them filming "Die Hard 4" or whatever.

10) Panama Canal --Okay, it's not exactly in the U.S. but it's definitive of us, showing our audaciousness, optomism, and ingenuity. Before we tried, France sent the greatest canal designer in the world to try, and he failed miserably at the cost of 16,000 lives. We built the Canal and defeated Yellow Fever in the process.

[Biashpainabix]

The Canadian side is way better. Bah! If you want to see a waterfall, check out Angel Falls in Venezuela.

[Clolmemaexata]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Bah! If you want to see a waterfall, check out Angel Falls in Venezuela. And if you wanna see what the barrel-end of an AK-47 is like, go to Venezuela.

If you wanna see what it's like to be kidnapped and held for ransom, it's also a beautiful place to go.

[eI7iqNot]

Venezuela is in South AMERICA

[ionitiesk]

Chavez has upped the rate of his nationalizations this month and is now announcing the government will take control of banking, telcoms, and several other sectors.

[Mjypksun]

Mitchell Corn Palace > Wall Drug > Mt. Rushmore

[Vzkdgdqx]

Jewel Cave actually is better than the Mitchell Corn Palace. You lose...

[poonnassunlix]

So, have we exhausted the definitive US list of attractions already then?

I noticed nobody mentioned Monument Valley so far, I would consider putting that into the top ten.

What about the Mighty Mississippi? Or do we include that with New Orleans (or St Louis). Should the Bayou/Cajun culture be rolled up with NO too?

A substitute for Williamsburg might be Savannah, GA perhaps?

It seems we need to group a number of locations into cities or regions, e.g. New York clearly has a vast number of definitive lankmarks etc. (No one has mentioned the ESB for example). Same with DC, being the seat of government and all...

As for regions, if we went down that route (someone has mentioned Alaska) then I would definitely say Arizona has one of the best collections of places to visit in all of the US...?

So, keep them coming in and then I as the foreigner will pick what I would perceive to be the top ten places I would want to see as a visitor, and we'll see if the natives agree...