The 100 places to go list that has been making the rounds on Facebook seems to me to just be a list made by someone who used a travel agent as his main resource. I think that the 100 most important places to go will be different for each person. There are certainly cities and places we all should see, but even those places will be different for different cultures. A more personal and, therefore, more meaningful 100 places list would take into account your roots and your likes and interests. The American National Balls of String Museum probably wouldn't make many professionally done lists but it might be the one place in America you really want to see before you die.
There's no way provided here to check the places you've visited and get immediate recognition, so each of you will have to tell the rest of us how you're doing. Some of the options have more than one place to go or see and I hope you all see that when you visit New York City that will include the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Times Square, MMA, Broadway Plays, and on and on until you've exhausted the things to do and see that interest you in NYC. I think there are 75 headings but there are probably twice that many important and interesting places and things to see if you visit them all. So those of you who want to score highest and to show your worldliness, or that you just like high scores, can report way over 100.
Finally, if you want to add places that should be included, note them somehow.
1. The five places you most want to go to.
2. The home country(ies) of your ancestors.
3. Your antipode on earth (or the nearest accessible landfall.)
4. The setting of your favorite book, movie, play, TV show, one or all.
5. The hometown or museum or hangouts of your favorite author/actor/performer
6. A live event of your favorite performer.
7. Your State's capitol, your representatives' offices, the gallery for a live house or senate meeting, etc.
8. A meeting of your local City Council.
9. A local jury trial.
10. Your favorite local TV station
11. Your local jail (just to visit.)
12. A local homeless shelter/soup kitchen.
13. A term on the volunteer board of your choice
14. The top of your local hills/mountains.
15. The five places or events that make your town/area/region famous.
16. The presidential library of your favorite President.
17. The home field/court/arena/track of your favorite team or group.
18. The national shrine of your favorite sport or thing.
19. The national or world championship competition of your favorite event.
20. The ultimate periodic event in your professional area.
21. The Amazon River Basin
22. The American cemeteries in France
23. Cape Canaveral
24. Cape Horn/Straight of Magellan
25. Cape of Good Hope/ Cape Town
26. A car factory
27. Chesapeake Bay
28. Crater Lake
29. Erie Canal
30. A commercial farm or ranch
31. A food processing plant
32. Gibraltar
33. Glacier/Yellowstone
34. Grand Canyon
35. Great Lakes
36. Lake Baikal
37. Steamboat tour on the Mississippi
38. A movie sound stage (in use)
39. Mt. Rushmore
40. The Nile River area
41. Summer/Winter Olympics
42. Ride the Orient Express
43. Panama Canal
44. Suez Canal
45. Barcelona
46. Beijing/Great Wall
47. Berlin
48. Boston/Concord, etc.
49. Brasilia/Rio
50. Chicago
51. Dubai
52. Detroit (plus Edison museum)
53. Havana
54. Honolulu/Pearl Harbor
55. London
56. Los Angeles
57. Madrid
58. Mexico City
59. Moscow
60. Natchez
61. New Delhi
62. New Orleans
63. New York City
64. Paris
65. Perth
66. Philadelphia
67. Prague
68. Rome/Vatican City
69. San Francisco/Silicon Valley
70. Savannah
71. Seattle
72. Seoul
73. Sydney
74. Tokyo
75. Vienna
75. Washington, D.C.
