Two great posts on the 50 (and 50 m0re) most famous landmarks on earth.
Here are the first 50. I’ve bolded the 22 I’ve visited:
- Blue-domed Church in Santorini
- St Basil Cathedral in Moscow
- The Statue of Liberty in New York
- Machu Picchu in Peru
- The Taj Mahal in Agra ( India )
- The Eiffel Tower in Paris
- The Great Sphynx at Giza
- The Chinese Wall in China
- Uluru in the Northern Territory
- The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen
- Windmills at Kinderdijk ( Holland )
- Agia Sofia in Istanbul, Turkey
- Acropolis of Athens
- Mount Fuji in Japan
- Stonehenge in the English county of Wiltshire
- Big Ben in London
- Neuschwanstein in Bavaria
- Mount Eden crater in New Zealand
- Loch Ness in Scotland
- Easter Island in the Polynesian Triangle
- Christo Redemptor in Rio de Janeiro
- Capitol Hill in Washington DC
- Tower of Pisa
- Al Aqsa in Jerusalem
- Niagara Falls at the border of Ontario ( Canada ) and New York ( USA )
- Angkor Wat at Cambodia
- The Burj in Dubai
- Bran Castle in Romania
- Manneke Pis in Brussels
- Mount Everest on the border of Tibet and Nepal
- Mecca in Saudi Arabia
- Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
- St Peters at Vatican City
- Mont St Michel in France
- Mount Rushmore in South Dakota
- Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe
- The Grand Canyon in Arizona
- Nevado Mismi in Peru ( source of the Amazon River )
- Auschwitz in Poland
- The Great Buddha of Kamakura in Tokyo
- Neptune and the Palace of Versailles in France
- Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
- Trevi Fountain in Rome
- Petra in Jordan
- Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
- North Cape in Norway
- Chichen Itza in Mexico
- Inukshuk in Canada
- Lascaux in France
- Table Mountain in South Africa
and here are the second 50, with the 17 I’ve visited bolded.
- The Colosseum in Rome
- The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
- The Blue Mosque in Istanbul
- Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
- Sydney Opera House in Australia
- Iguazu Falls on the border of Brazil and Argentina
- Kremlin in Moscow
- Parc Guell in Barcelona
- Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
- Waterloo in Belgium
- The Empire State Building in New York
- Newgrange in Ireland
- Forbidden City in Beijing
- Millau Bridge in France
- The Sphinx in Romania
- Faisal Mosque in Islamabad
- Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
- Konark Sun Temple in India
- Dom in Berlin
- Luxor Temple in Egypt
- Pompeii in Italy
- The Louvre in Paris
- Angel Falls in Venezuela
- Twyfelfontein in Namibia
- The Prophets Mosque in Medina
- Tower Bridge in London
- American Cemetery in Normandy
- Sacré Coeur in Paris
- Abu Simbel in Egypt
- Potala Palace in Llasa
- Jin Mao and SWFC in Shanghai
- Middle of the Earth in Ecuador
- Carnac in France
- The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
- Tilicho Lake in Nepal
- Sceilig Mhichil near the coast of Ireland
- Temple of Besakih in Bali
- Golden Temple in India
- Atomium in Brussels
- Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan
- White Cliffs of Dover in Great Britain
- Ephesus in Turkey
- Vinson Massif in Antarctic
- Lotus Temple in India
- CN Tower in Canada
- Piazza San Marco in Venice
- Half Dome at Yosemite Valley in California
- Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles
- Twelve Apostles in Australia
- Rock of Gibraltar