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What are your favorable iconic Statues,Towers,Places, or things in America and Why? For example the Liberty Bell in Philly for its history or Bourbon street in New Orleans for its vibe.Or even Downtown Chicago skyline for its urban beauty.Name your top.
White House-arguably the most well known building in the world to some people
Empire State Building-first skyscraper with 100 stories
Sears Tower-the tallest building in the western hemisphere
The Strip-one of america's greatest tourist attractions
Bourbon Street-one of america's greatest tourist attractions
Hollywood-one of america's greatest tourist attractions
others off the top of my head in no order...
Transamerica
Space Needle
Miami Beaches
Liberty Bell
The Statue of Liberty is number one imo, after that I wouldn't rank them.
Monuments and Buildings:
The Empire State and Chrysler buildings
Golden Gate Bridge
Space Needle
Gateway Arch
White House, Capitol, Washington and Lincoln monuments
Hollywood Sign
Liberty Bell
Sears Tower
Mount Rushmore
Brooklyn Bridge too, and the new WTC when it's finished
Non Man-made:
Grand Canyon
Niagara Falls
The Rockies
Yellowstone
New England foliage is pretty popular
The Great Lakes
Places:
Disney World
Disney Land
New Orleans, French Quarter
Hollywood
Times Square
Harvard and Yale
The National Mall
Vegas Strip
Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard etc.
Miami Beach
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Chrysler Building
Brooklyn Bridge
Yankee Stadium
Liberty Bell
White House
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
U.S. Capital
Gateway Arch
Bourbon Street
Cinderella Castle at Disney World
Graceland
Space Needle
Golden Gate Bridge
Las Vegas Strip
Hollywood sign
Mount Rushmore
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
Old Faithful
Pearl Harbor
Some smaller ones that I'd throw in but probably wouldn't garner much attention:
Great Plains
Reno sign
Mount McKinley
Tombstone, Ariz.
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Mammoth Cave
Churchill Downs
Key West
Promontory Point, Utah
Lambeau Field
Cooperstown, N.Y.
Iconic things, I guess, are the ones that as soon as you see them, you know exactly where you are. They embody the place:
Times Square
Statue of Liberty
Empire State Building
Brooklyn Bridge
The Hollywood Sign
The Capitol Building
The White House
The Washington Monument
Mount Rushmore
Old Faithful Geyser
The Grand Canyon
The Strip in Las Vegas
The French Quarter in New Orleans
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