Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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No, it isn't one of my polls. Yet.
This site is voting on the Top 100 places on Earth:
http://www.stoodthere.com/ListView.aspx?id=8d9dba62-e8f8-414...
How many have you been to? I've made it to 48 of them so far.
What is missing from this list?
Essen Games Fair? BGG Con? 
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Tony Ackroyd
United Kingdom
Brighton
E Sussex
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For those who don't like going off BGG to other sites, here is the list:
American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, France
Angel Falls, Venezuela
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.
Baarle Nassau Netherlands / Baarle Hertog Belgium
Bagan, Myanmar
Bora Bora, Tahiti
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
Cai Rang Floating Market, Vietnam
Cappadocia rock carvings, Turkey
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Christopher Columbus Monument, La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain
Duomo, Florence, Italy
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, USA
Ephesus, Turkey
Forth Rail Bridge, Edinburgh
Galapagos Islands
General Sherman Giant Sequoia, Sequoia National Park, California.
Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Golden Temple, Amritsar, India
Grand Central Station, New York, USA
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Great Wall, China
Hollywood Sign, California, USA
Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Rangalifinolhu, Maldives
Jungfraujoch mountain railway, Switzerland
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Kjeragbolten, Norway
Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia
Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
La Digue, Seychelles
Lake Titicaca, Peru and Bolivia
Las Vegas strip, USA
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Louvre, Paris
Luxor Temple, Egypt
Machu Picchu, Peru
Masai Mara, Kenya
Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, Colorado, USA
Millau Bridge, France
Monument Valley, Arizona
Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal / Tibet, China.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Neko Harbor, Antarctica
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Niagara Falls, Canada/USA
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Pak Ou Caves, Laos
Panmunjeom DMZ, Korea (South and North)
Parthenon, The Acropolis, Greece
Petra, Jordan
Point Barrow, Barrow, Alaska
Pompeii, Italy
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Singapore
Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile
Red Square, Russia
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
Shibuya pedestrian crossing, Tokyo, Japan
St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Stonehenge, England
Sydney Harbour, Australia
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Taj Mahal, India
Taktshang Monastery, Bhutan
Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
Terracotta Army, Xi'an, China
The Alhambra, Spain
The Amazon, Brazil
The Bean, Chicago
The Blue Lagoon, Iceland
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
The Grand Canyon, USA
The Hermitage, St Petersburg
Three Gorges Dam, China
Tikal, Guatemala
Times Square, New York, USA
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Torres del Paine, Chile
Tower Bridge, London.
Uluru / Ayers Rock, Australia
Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC, USA
Vimy Ridge, France
Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii.
Waterloo Monument, Belgium.
Wieliczka Salt Mine, Krakow, Poland.
Zen Garden, Kyoto, Japan
Zermatt, Switzerland
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Ben Lott
United States
Mason
Michigan
It's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights...
Wocka Wocka Wocka!!
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Wow! I've made it to a whopping 1 of them (and based on my geographical location, you can probably guess which one.) I was just a kid too, so I have very little memory of being there.
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Amy Wiles
United States
Macon
GA
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5 here. 
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, USA
General Sherman Giant Sequoia, Sequoia National Park, California.
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Grand Central Station, New York, USA
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Hollywood Sign, California, USA
Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Las Vegas strip, USA
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Louvre, Paris
Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, Colorado, USA
Monument Valley, Arizona
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Point Barrow, Barrow, Alaska
Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Singapore
Shibuya pedestrian crossing, Tokyo, Japan
St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Stonehenge, England
Sydney Harbour, Australia
The Amazon, Brazil
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
The Grand Canyon, USA
Times Square, New York, USA
Tower Bridge, London.
Uluru / Ayers Rock, Australia
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC, USA
Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii.
Zen Garden, Kyoto, Japan
Not too shabby. Thank got for being an Air Force brat and in the Navy. 
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Captain Fox
United States
Southwestern
Michigan
Fox by Miss Turtle Artist attended Starfleet academy by Jess and furthermore, I think tipping in GeekQuestions should be fixed.
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Only three for me.
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1000rpm wrote: Atomium, Brussels, Belgium.
Baarle Nassau Netherlands / Baarle Hertog Belgium
Christopher Columbus Monument, La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, USA
General Sherman Giant Sequoia, Sequoia National Park, California.
Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, USA
Hollywood Sign, California, USA
Las Vegas strip, USA
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Louvre, Paris
Monument Valley, Arizona
Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal / Tibet, China.
Niagara Falls, Canada/USA
Pompeii, Italy
Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
Stonehenge, England
Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
The Grand Canyon, USA
Tower Bridge, London.
Waterloo Monument, Belgium.
Zermatt, Switzerland
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1 for me! (And that was 33 years ago.)
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Rob
United States
30° 12′ 38″ N, 95° 45′ 2″ W
We are, all of us, ill-equipped to deal with a duck.
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Add:
Inside the Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey
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Richard S
United States
Rensselaer
New York
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5 here.
I need to travel more.
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Rage is just love with more volume
United States
White Trash
Idaho
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I've been to 15 of the listed sites... that I can recall anyway. But like most lists, this one is subject to personal taste. I could generate up another list of 100 places to stand that are equally awe-inspiring and, to me, more so. Still, not a bad list.
As an example... who really thinks Kennedy Space Center is as awe-inspiring as The Royal Gorge? I don't. I've been in several markets in North Africa that were infinitely more awesome than Times Square... probably due to the simple fact that I felt like I had just emerged from a time machine as I stood there.
And just to show my age... I visited Stonehenge several times before access was restricted. We actually drove almost into it, at night. We spent time wandering around in the moonlight. Creepy for sure, but ultimately, just a bunch of large rocks in England.
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Ken H.
United States
Amherst
Ohio
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Only 3 definite ones for me: Niagara Falls, Vegas Strip, and Kennedy Space Center. Maybe two others -- I've been to NYC when I was young, but don't recall if we went to Times Square or Grand Central Station.
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!
United States
Brooklyn
New York
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23.
There's plenty of other impressive places that should be there as well, the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland would be near the top of my list.
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Erik D
United States
Elmhurst
New York
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Times Square is incredibly overrated. It's a shopping mall with bigger lights. I would replace it with the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Fraser
Australia
Melbourne
Yep that was 12 Power Grid maps back to back over two days. Worth doing, but possibly not in such a concentrated burst.
Ooh yes, now a little to the left - my nose is itchy. No, no the other left! Now what colour is 12 supporter badge going to be I wonder?
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Blott wrote: Wow! I've made it to a whopping 1 of them (and based on my geographical location, you can probably guess which one.) I was just a kid too, so I have very little memory of being there.
Gee even I have been to nine of them and I haven't been to two of the Australian ones
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Rage is just love with more volume
United States
White Trash
Idaho
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erak wrote: Times Square is incredibly overrated. It's a shopping mall with bigger lights. I would replace it with the Brooklyn Bridge.
Yes. Bridges like the Brooklyn Bridge are awesome... and this one rates right up there with The Golden Gate Bridge... in my thinking anyway.
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Paolo Robino
Italy
Dueville
Vicenza
"I'm a Nay Saying worm beast!"
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I've been in eleven of them:
American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, France
Duomo, Florence, Italy
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Grand Central Station, New York, USA
Jungfraujoch mountain railway, Switzerland
Louvre, Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Times Square, New York, USA
But really, not to be the stereotype of an Italian, but it seems incredible that St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is not in the list. It's just an incredible space, light and monumental at the same time, ornate and solemn, and definitely awe-inspiring – indedepently from your beliefs, I can attest.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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I have been to all the US locations.
I think the Badlands are much prettier than the Grand Canyon.
I'd add...
Muir Woods
Cadillac Mountain Bar Harbor
Goose Rocks Beach Kennebunkport (ok, I lived here... nostalgia)
White Mountain National Forest (maybe the top of Garfield, Washington is too busy).
My back yard:
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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DWTripp wrote: erak wrote: Times Square is incredibly overrated. It's a shopping mall with bigger lights. I would replace it with the Brooklyn Bridge. Yes. Bridges like the Brooklyn Bridge are awesome... and this one rates right up there with The Golden Gate Bridge... in my thinking anyway.
I would add the Rio Grande gorge Bridge in Taos NM. And the experience is not just this freaky bridge, but you have a camp out on a clear night around the bridge. It had the "best" starry sky I've ever experienced, seconded only by the starry sky I saw at Ayers Rock, and I've been around.
And I could include things in New Mexico that you just won't find in a brochure.
So Tripp, grab your Harley.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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MWChapel wrote: I would add the Rio Grande gorge Bridge in Taos NM. And the experience is not just this freaky bridge, but you have a camp out on a clear night around the bridge. It had the "best" starry sky I've ever experienced, seconded only by the starry sky I saw at Ayers Rock.
And I could include things in New Mexico that you just won't find in a brochure.
I camped out in the desert somewhere in New Mexico... it was the best night sky I ever seen.
I also drove along the great lakes in Canada. Zero light pollution and during a solar flare peak. The Aurora Borealis was amazing. I'd seen hints of it in northern Maine and videos of it, but this was 360 degrees and moving fast cycling through colors. I laid on the hood of my truck for a couple hours...
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Rage is just love with more volume
United States
White Trash
Idaho
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Quote: So Tripp, grab your Harley.
As a former resident of Albuquerque, Roswell and Farmington... not to mention, El Paso... I am intimately familiar with New Mexico. And I have to agree, some of the most beautiful landscape on Earth is in the American Southwest.
Not everyone is comfortable with remote and threatening locations though, so I understand why the Eiffel Tower is more popular than locations that require considerable effort to experience.
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Captain Fox
United States
Southwestern
Michigan
Fox by Miss Turtle Artist attended Starfleet academy by Jess and furthermore, I think tipping in GeekQuestions should be fixed.
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MWChapel wrote: I would add the Rio Grande gorge Bridge in Taos NM. And the experience is not just this freaky bridge, but you have a camp out on a clear night around the bridge. It had the "best" starry sky I've ever experienced, seconded only by the starry sky I saw at Ayers Rock, and I've been around. And I could include things in New Mexico that you just won't find in a brochure. So Tripp, grab your Harley.
YAY! We've been there and we saw that starry night you're talking about,-- breath-taking!
I'm not at all afraid of heights, but I could not walk out to the middle of that bridge. My calves were twinging just going out half-way.
pronoblem wrote:
I also drove along the great lakes in Canada. Zero light pollution and during a solar flare peak. The Aurora Borealis was amazing. I'd seen hints of it in northern Maine and videos of it, but this was 360 degrees and moving fast cycling through colors. I laid on the hood of my truck for a couple hours...
Yes, this, too. My mother lived in the UP of michigan and we saw the northern lights many times. It's just indescribable how mystical the experience can be.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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Jatoha wrote: Yes, this, too. My mother lived in the UP of michigan and we saw the northern lights many times. It's just indescribable how mystical the experience can be.
Yup. That one time ranks #1 in my book.
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Better a Dull Blade than a "shape" knife!
United States
Florida
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Sadly only 5 for me, 6 for Mystery Bob.
I have to agree that some of them--The Hollywood Sign--don't seem impressive or something I'd be hot-pressed to see anytime soon.
Then, nothing in the Caribbean? The beaches there are spectacular!! Also, The Chicago Sears Tower is a wonderful experience!!
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Bradley Hendricks
United States
Las Vegas
Nevada
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Living in the Southwest US puts me in close proximity to a number of those. One of those, in particular, I happen to see too much of It's more of a traffic nightmare than a "great place" to me! Cool that we made the list, though
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