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I personally love the history of DC. Chosen by Washington, commissioned by Lenfant to look very European, burned to the ground by the British, was a big slave market, was right across the river from the Confederacy & was at high risk, was where Lincoln was shot, saw a huge boom with the New Deal, resisted highway building that tore apart many cities, was completely corrupt with high violence & a drug problem, & has been reborn from the ashes as an amazing city. Not to mention all the inaugurations, the architecture, the cherry blossoms, etc.
But I also really love the history of LA going from a sort of nothing town, to the biggest center of culture in the world in less than 100 years
This. Plus, DC was a major stage and participant in the Civil Rights Movement and it's also home to the nation's first integrated public school located in the beautiful and multicultural Adams Morgan neighborhood. DC has also been ushering out great and influential music talent since the '20s be it jazz, soul, hip hop, Gospel, R&B, punk, house, etc. As well as inventing Go-Go, Quiet Storm, and Moombahton.
LA had a lot of interesting history, especially when I took a part-time tour of that city. It's a lot more historic than most people give it credit for IMO.
Teotihuacan/Mexico City-The Pyramid of The Sun and Mayan relics, ancient advanced civilizations. It is the most interesting to me because the history is the least known/understood.
In the USA, Philadelphia-Birthplace of America, Birthplace of Anti-Slavery movement, Former Workshop of the World, Birthplace of modern graffiti/disco/neo-soul/major contributor to hip-hop, etc.
In my neighborhood of Germantown in NW Philly alone there is an underground railroad stop that is now a museum, the site of the first protest against slavery in the modern World, the oldest surviving Presidential residence where George Wasington stayed, the revolutionary war site of the Battle of Germantown, the first Bank in The US, a mansion built for the Queen of Spain in the 1800's. I could go on and on.
I think Detroit might be the most interesting American city.
Originally not even American but Canadian, older than most American cities, underground railroad, Gilded Age elegance on a bigger scale than other places, from national dominance to a massive collapse, its many cultural contributions in music (bigger than any other single city's contribution, in my opinion). There's just a ton to talk about. The future should be interesting too.
A lot of cities in the US have a rich history including:
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
New Orleans
New York City
Santa Fe
These are just a few to get started.
Plus Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Atlanta, Charleston, Tampa, Birmingham, Savannah, Wilmington, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Memphis, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, etc, etc, etc. How could anyone choose one? (other than their own city, of course!)
Salem, MA....many people don't realize that even to this day, witches are routinely "put to the cleansing fire"
Except that if the poster took the time to read a little history, they would learn that no witches were burned at Salem .... the defendants were hanged.
Let's just say that every city had a movie about their history. Which one would be the most interesting?
Seriously, Salt Lake City's history is fascinating. For starters, how many cities came into existence almost overnight and can tell you the exact date (and almost even the exact time) they were settled. There was absolutely nothing but sagebrush on July 24, 1847, where Salt Lake City sits today. It is definitely one of the best "planned" cities anywhere. It's settlement is a subject very few Americans know anything about.
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