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Popular Sites Big Ben, London Chunnel, English Channel Colosseum, Rome CN Tower, Toronto Louvre, Eiffel tower, Paris Arc de Triomphe, Paris Versailles, France Empire State Building, NY Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Grand Canyon, Arizona Great Wall, China Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy Mt. St. Michel, Normandy Mt Fuji, Japan Niagara Falls, New York, Canada Pyramids, Giza Parthenon, Athens Petra, Syria Statue of Liberty Stonehenge, England Forbidden City Sum'r Palace, Beijing Eastr Islnd Statues, Chile Angkor Wat, Cambodia Machu Picchu, Peru Taj Mahal, Agra, India Christo in Rio St. Louis Arch Sydney Opera Hse Mt. Rushmore, SD Kyoto, Japan Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt Yosemite, California Panama Canal The Alhambra, Granada, Spain Gila Cliff Dwellings, NM

Natural Wonders * Portage Glacier, Anchorage * Denali to see Mt. McKinley, Anchorage * Great Barrier Reef, Australia * Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania * Iguacu Falls, Parana Brasil/Argentina * Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe * Yosemite, California * Angel Falls in Venezuela * The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada * The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA * Krakatoa Island in Indonesia * Mount Everest in Nepal * Mount Fuji in Japan * Niagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and NY * Paricutin Volcano in Mexico

Places to see Wild Beasts List from the Travel Channel 1. South Africa 2. Kenya 3. Uganda 4. Canada 5. Nepal 6. Brazil 7. Australia 8. United States 9. Indonesia 10. Siberia

China (Map at Lonley Planet) * Beijing Zoo * Terracotta Army, Xi'an * Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet * Three Gorges of the Yangtze River * Victoria Peak, Hong Kong * Great Wall of China * Forbidden City, Beijing

Forgotten Wonders * Angkor Wat in Cambodia * The Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) * The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines * Borobudur Temple in Indonesia * The Colosseum in Rome, Italy * The Great Wall of China * The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru * The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy * The Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala * The Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile * Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France * The Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran * The Parthenon in Athens, Greece * Petra, the rock-carved city in Jordan * The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar * Stonehenge in England * Taj Mahal in Agra, India * The Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico

Modern Wonders * The Channel Tunnel * The Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London * The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada * Eiffel Tower in Paris, France * The Empire State Building in * The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA * The Golden Gate Bridge * The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt * Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA * Itaipœ Dam in Brazil/Paraguay * Mount Rushmore National Memorial SD * The Panama Canal * The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia * The Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * The Statue of Liberty * The Suez Canal in Egypt * The Sydney Opera House in Australia

World Heritage Sites * Taj Mahal * The Pyramids * Mesa Verde, CO * The Tower of London * Great Wall of China * The Eiffel Tower * The Coliseum

Museums * The Louvre, Paris * The Prado, Madrid * MOMA, New York City * The Hermitage, St. Petersburg * The Smithsonian, Waashington DC

Sources:
Kevin Winston's Wonders of the World Tour
The seven wonders and other monuments

Best Places to get Lost
1. Chumbe Island, Zanzibar
2. Ol Donyo Wuas, Chyulu Hills, Kenya
3. Ucaima Camp, Canaima, Venezuela
4. Amanpulo, Philippines
5. Denali West Lodge, Lake Minchumina, Alaska
6. Saint Bernard Monastery, Swiss Alps
7. Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley, California

Largest Chinatowns (N. America)
1. San Francisco
2. New York
3. Vancover, BC
Other Cities with large Chinatowns: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Toronto, Washington, DC
See Lunar New Year page.

Best Ancient Cities in the Americas

City Cultue Dates AD What Main Attraction

1. Machu Picchu, Peru Inca mid-1500 Archaeological center for the nearby capital of Cusco Views of mountains

2. Chichen Itza, Yucatan Pens., Mexico Maya 800 to 1200 Powerful city and trading center El Caracol, a sophisticated astronomical observatory

3. Copan, Honduras Maya 600 to 800 Ceremonial center Monumental pyramids,
Hieroglyphic Stairway

4. Teotihuacan, Mexico Meso-
american 150-900

5. Tikal, Guatemala Maya 250-600

6. Joya del Ceren, El Salvador Maya 250-600

7. Mesa Verde, New Mexico Anasazi 500-1300 Cliff Dwellings Cliff Palace

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last updated 21 Nov 2002