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Old 02-14-2012, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Jefferson City 4 days a week, St. Louis 3 days a week
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Mine would be the Washington Monument, the Gateway Arch, the Golden Gate Bridge, Niagara Falls, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indy, the Hancock Tower, the Sears Tower, the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Mount Rushmore, the Corn Palace, the Rockies, the Appalachians, the Ozarks, the Grand Canyon, the Bryce Canyon, Lincoln's cabin, Mark Twain's boyhood home, Grant's farm, St. Louis Zoo, Thomas Edison's summer home in Fort Myers, the NFL hall of fame, rock 'n roll hall of fame, MLB hall of fame, Beale Street in Memphis, and I guess the last one would be the memorial grounds for the 1995 bombing of the Bureau of TAF in OKC. other bodies of water: the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco Bay. If you want to go international, I've visited Stonehenge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, and the Giant Ferris Wheel of London.
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Old 02-14-2012, 02:32 PM
 
Location: Umbrosa Regio
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I have seen the Big Duck on Long Island. If you've already seen that, there's really nothing else to see.
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Old 02-14-2012, 03:55 PM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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Manmade
Gateway Arch
Forest Park, Saint Louis
Central Park NYC
Golden Gate Bridge
Mount Rushmore
George Washington Bridge
Empire State Building
World Trade Center
Statue of Liberty
Washington Monument
White House
Capitol Building
Fauneil Hall Boston
CN Tower Toronto
Stanley Park Vancouver
Space Needle Seattle
San Diego Gaslamp
Washington Park, Portland
Denver Mint
Bourbon St, New Orleans
“Southernmost Point” Key West
Las Vegas Strip
Santa Monica Pier
Natural
Gila Wilderness and Cliff Dwellings
Mesa Verde National Park
Toadstool National Park Nebraska and South Dakota
Fort Robinson State Park Nebraska
Lake Tahoe
California Coast
Big Sur
Oregon Coast
Florida Keys
Mississippi River (various areas)
Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
Adirondack State Park
Franconia Notch
Mount Washington
Mount Desert Island
West Quoddy Head Point (easternmost point in U.S.)
Strait of Juan De Fuca at Neah Bay (westernmost point in lower 48 states)
Pearl Harbor
Wiamea Falls Canyon
Na Pali Coast
Glenwood Canyon and Independence Pass Colorado
Colorado River (various areas)
Rocky Mountains (various areas)
Devils Tower
Sangre De Cristo Mountains (various areas)
Carlsbad Caverns
I am a very fortunate individual after typing out this list

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Old 02-14-2012, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Umbrosa Regio
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West Quoddy Head Point (easternmost point in U.S.)
I saw the sun rise there on the day of the summer solstice once.

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Strait of Juan De Fuca at Neah Bay (westernmost point in lower 48 states)
Actually, the westernmost point is Cape Alava, a short ways south from Cape Flattery and Neah Bay. I was there two days after seeing the sun rise over West Quoddy Head.

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I am a very fortunate individual after typing out this list
I heartily agree with that.
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Old 02-15-2012, 04:18 AM
 
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Gateway Arch
MLB Hall of Fame
Gettysburg
Daytona International Speedway
Mt. Rushmore
Space Needle
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
Mt. St. Helens Natl. Volcanic Monument
Mt. Rainier Natl. Park
Cape Canaveral (Discovery launch of July 4th, 2006)

Hawaii, Florida, New York, Washington state... with a few stops in between.

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Old 02-15-2012, 07:37 AM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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I saw the sun rise there on the day of the summer solstice once.



Actually, the westernmost point is Cape Alava, a short ways south from Cape Flattery and Neah Bay. I was there two days after seeing the sun rise over West Quoddy Head.

LI,

I hope you flew, and did not drive straight from A to B!

Have you also been in Key West FL, and Angle Inlet MN?
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