100 Places to See

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:

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