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If it's a "tourist attraction", I have no interest in seeing it.
Well, actually, if I am nearby, sometimes I do go and see them, if not too far out of the way, the crowds are not too bad, and there is no admission charge. The last one I saw was the Potempkin Steps in Odessa. I was not impressed at all, it loses its flavor when there are not thousands of people rushing down. But Odessa is a surprisingly lovely city, I'm glad I saw that.
I guess tops on my life list might be a total eclipse of the sun, on a quiet isolated beach in Guatemala.
No point mentioning "the most famous" attractions I've seen, since everybody has seen those.
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Wow! Look what you are missing;
Yellowstone
Gondolas in Venice
Tower of Pisa
Tivoli
Big Ben
Tower of London
....
Some of that stuff you can do when everyone is off sleeping... National parks and Big Cities from 5AM till 10 AM and from 5pm till 10 pm.
It REALLY helps to have a 'stealthcamper'. You can stay 'incognito', and be there to enjoy the joint when the crowds fold up. BUT,... I will continue my primary stays with locals ($10/ night worldwide). I remember the details and people of every stay, but I remember few tourist stops.
Some of that stuff you can do when everyone is off sleeping... National parks and Big Cities from 5AM till 10 AM and from 5pm till 10 pm.
It REALLY helps to have a 'stealthcamper'. You can stay 'incognito', and be there to enjoy the joint when the crowds fold up. BUT,... I will continue my primary stays with locals ($10/ night worldwide). I remember the details and people of every stay, but I remember few tourist stops.
The post didn't say you had to stay in fancy hotels in order to see attractions, nor did it say you can't see them at off-times either. It just asked what were your favorites? I can't imagine being in Rome (and yeah, I stayed in a local neighborhood) and not seeing the Colosseum...or being in China and not seeing the Great Wall....etc.
I don't think that it's the most interesting thing I've seen, but a tourist attraction that I was really impressed with was Butterfly World in Fort Lauderdale. I was particularly impressed because I was expecting just the opposite, but I was totally proven wrong in my assumption. I had never seen a hummingbird before, let alone been totally surrounded by them (and butterflies), and the experience was quite fascinating.
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Chapel of Bones in Evora, Portugal
Niagara Falls
Colosseum in Rome
Duomo in Florence
Gaudi architecture in Barcelona
Toledo Cathedral in Spain
Killarney National Park in Ireland
Big Sur/Pacific Coast Highway sites
Blue Lagoon in Iceland
Byodo-In Temple in Oahu, Hawaii
Banff National Park in Canada
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