Machu Picchu (been there 2x, including 26 mile hike)
Stonehenge (been there 2x, including when you could walk among the stones; no longer allowed)
Arctic Circle Monument on the Dalton Highway
Atomic Bomb Site (Peace Park) at Nagasaki
Mayan Pyramids at Chichen Itza (check it out while in Cancun)
Cradle of Humankind (South Africa)
Loch Ness (monstrous place)
Tabula Trajana (Roman plaque on Danube in Serbia)
Rock Structure of Decebalus (Roman carving on the Danube in Romania)
Panmunjom (38th parallel where N. And S. Korea meet; you can step into NK)
Oberammergau (the once-in-decade Passion Play)
Eagles' Nest (mountain retreat of some German dictator)
Bran Castle (inspiration for Dracula; not very scary)
Cave of the Apocalypses of St. John on Patmos Island, Greece
LaBrea Tar Pits (my favorite place in Southern California)
Valley of Elah (where David met Goliath)
Top of Mont Blanc (in winter; tallest mountain in Europe; you can buy a pen there)
Cliffs of Moher (Atlantic coast of Ireland)
Taipei 101 (outside at the top)
Mekong Delta (Vietnam; what had been a beautiful ecosystem, now mismanaged to lifeless state)
Vienna Opera (box seats; though I don't like opera, this was a cool experience)
Bay of Fundy (New Brunswick; location of 40 foot tides)
Panama Canal (been there 2x)
Kalaupapa (Molokai leper colony; from a distance; hard to get to)
Pere Lachaise Cemetery (cemetary in Paris; see graves of JHim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf and others)
Last updated: August 6, 2023