Obscure tourists sites - you've been there - we haven't

[Patiod]

Ever visited a tourist site you think no one else on DU has visited? Post it here

Here's ours - the "Hobo Pool" a sulpher hot springs in Saratoga, WY, open 24/7, 365 days a year

[Resuscitated Ethics]

1. Work will set you free

http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/english.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp

[Patiod]

3. Yikes - that gives me the creeps nt

[Resuscitated Ethics]

4. Tourists in the background don't break the spell?

Part of the 'never forget' meme, I guess.


What gives me the creeps is the current administration eviscerating Freedom of Information requirements. Also they harassed photographers and publishers of images of returning American dead from Iraq. THAT's creepy.

The victor wins the history.

Obama-Biden 2012

[siligut]

6. Been there!

Went with Rick Steve's Europe Through the Backdoor.

[Ikonoklast]

26. Auschwitz (Osweicsm)

The railroad tracks leading to one of the concentration camps.



This is one of the two walls still standing which surrounded the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. The gold plaque was placed there by the Jewish Museum in NYC. They took some of the bricks to the museum so that there would always exist a part of the real wall. The other side of the wall is white-washed. No one passing by would ever know what that wall really represents.

My sister Kathy and friend Matilda in front of the statue to the "Little Resistance Fighter". Jewish children used to smuggle things in and out of the ghetto.

[WinkyDink]

80. Been there.

[petronius]

100. I've been to Natzweiler-Struthof

Just a 'little' camp, but disturbing as hell. The pleasant looking commandant's quarters, with the nice little swimming pool, was the creepiest bit for me...

[Deep13]

111. I've been there.

Obviously a depressing place.

[AngryAmish]

2. St. Senan's Well

<http://books.google.com/books?id=d0ie1dxFolEC&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=st+senans+well&source=web&ots=ffTJm1YfU2&sig=NyEnoOMDgTVJnKpmTep3rz2symY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=14&ct=result>

[argyl]

5. Dunton,Colorado Hot Springs before the whole town became a millionaire's resort.

This was over twenty years ago and my brother and I were backpacking in Southwest Colorado and literally stumbled into Dunton. There was a bar and the hot springs and that was about it. After a long hike paying a dollar to soak in the hot springs was a real bargain.

I thought of the place a couple of years ago,Googled it, and it's been turned into a really exclusive spa/resort.Over $2,000 a night for their cheapest lodging. Now,it looks like I'd be shot for getting too close to the perimeter.

It's close to Telluride, just west of Mt. Wilson and El Diente. Maybe now Telluride handles the poor slobs who can't afford Dunton.

Here's their website. No doubt more than a few of our Wall Street wizards now enjoy its amenities.


http://www.duntonhotsprings.com/about-dunton/webcam.html

[Patiod]

10. Well, if you're ever passing through Saratoga, WY

which is in the South Central part of WY, stop in at the Hobo Pool. Whoever owned it deeded it to the city with the provision that it be open all the time, and always be free, so that hobos could always come bathe there. Personally, I found the sulpher odor way too overwhelming, but there were a bunch of European tourists who were loving it.

[argyl]

19. The Hobo Pool looks right up my alley. Next time I'm in the area I'll stop in .

[pokerfan]

56. Since we're talking hot springs

My favorite after a day of skiing at the nearby hill:



Ainsworth is now a popular tourist destination and home to the Ainsworth Hot Springs which originate in the Cody Caves area and are considered to be the best commercial hot springs in British Columbia. The temperatures vary from 104-114°F in the cave to 96-101°F in the pool.

[mainegreen]

7. A chunk of virgin forest in Maine

There is no trail to get there.
The underbrush is like nothing you've ever seen. 10 feet deep of centuries of fallen trees and bushes in places. Almost impassable.
The best path is OVER a mountain.

But in this valley there is a beautiful pond surrounded by the most stupendous forest. Birches bigger than I have ever seen and pines that just boggle the mind they are so big. I had no idea pines even *got* that big.

It's owned by the state, protected, and not advertised. And simply amazing.

[Patiod]

11. How did YOU find it?

Sounds gorgeous.

[jpak]

18. The Big Reed Tract :)

My favorite tree spot was a remnant old-growth Kauri forest in New Zealand.

The NZ DOC gave night tours with small groups - it was like taking the Wayback to Gondwanaland.

Massive Kauri trees, Kiwis and Moreporks (a NZ owl), Wetas (huge NZ insects), multicolored nocturnal fish and crayfish, huge noctural freshwater eels that lived in tiny streams and glow worms.

Wicked cool....

[mainegreen]

21. You been?

Damn. I was sure that I would have been the only one! ;)

Worth the hike. I found it more impressive than Redwood/Sequoia national park because of the complete lack of touristy stuff. Heck there was no people anything.

[XemaSab]

28. Redwood and Sequoia are two very different parks

:P

[mainegreen]

33. Whichever one is the super touristy one.

Near San Francisco.

[XemaSab]

36. Muir Woods?

Did you drive 5 hours to get there from SF?

Redwood's WAAAY in NorCal, and Sequoia's south of Yosemite. Neither of them is particularly touristy. :shrug:

[mainegreen]

43. That's the one!

Been a long time.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

47. Ah, ok

Yeah, it's touristy. :P

[CreekDog]

87. Muir Woods, obscure?

Farms in Berkeley??? :rofl:

[jpak]

32. Not yet - but it's on the list

:hi:

[applegrove]

50. Sounds really fascinating. I'd love to find a virgin forest somewhere.

There are some woods back behind my parent's cottage that have probably never been cut but they go up a mountain so it is not so lush and the trees are not so big.

I suppose one could consider the Cathedral forres on Vancouver Island as virgin.

[Felix Mala]

115. There's a section in Indiana.

Spring Mill State Park

Right now I'm reading a pioneer memoir of the first European settlers in Indianapolis. They lived in a part of the city currently known as "The Hood." It's described as thick forest where you couldn't even see your neighbor's house from your house. Of course, they were living in cabins. The poor kids only got to date and marry if a family with an eligible candidate moved into the area. This narrator married the first woman his age outside of his family that he ever met.

[applegrove]

118. I love primary sources. Really brings you back to a time and a place.

[friendly_iconoclast]

135. Went there as a kid

They used to sell the cornmeal they ground in the mill in souvenir 5 lb. sacks

[Felix Mala]

144. They now do a boat ride through one of the caves.

[ET Awful]

61. delete, wrong place.

ooops.

[LynzM]

123. That sounds amazing...

I would love to go there, to see those trees... :loveya:

[davsand]

8. Eugene Debs' house.

http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/house.html



"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."

[LynzM]

124. I lived a couple blocks from there for about 2 years...

Used to walk by it all the time! :D

[davsand]

126. Bet you were in school.

Kind of a small town, so I am betting you were there for the university.

:hi:


Laura

[LynzM]

128. The Haute?

Well, my husband grew up out in Carbon, and we were in TH while he was at Rose... :D

[JCMach1]

9. Wadi Wurrayah: Largest Waterfall in UAE

and chock a block full of rare and endangered species...

You drive by 4x4 into the unstable wadi and then hike a couple of km more to get to it...

[KamaAina]

45. Largest waterfall in the UAE?

Isn't that kind of like being the smartest person in the repuke party? :shrug:

[JCMach1]

49. Kinda sorta... but very cool because it is a virtually unknown habitat for endangered wildlife

...Wadi Wurayah lies within a region identified as one of the 200 priority ecoregions in the world for conservation: the Arabian Highlands and Shrublands.

This ecoregion shelters a rich diversity of rare and endangered mountainous as well as freshwater habitats and species. This habitat provides opportunities for the sustenance and revival of local livelihoods.

Wadi Wurayah is a unique place in UAE and the world because of its particular fauna and flora associated with permanent water springs, waterfalls, streams and pools.

Wadi Wurayah is one of the only places in the world where the Arabian Tahr survives. There is also the possibility that Wadi Wurayah still hosts the last Arabian Leopard of the UAE, as well as the Caracal Lynx, both species being almost extinct in the wild because of human persecution (shooting, poisoning and disappearance of its main preys: gazelles, tahrs).

Wadi Wurayah hosts one species of endangered fish, the garra, 5 reptiles and amphibians endemic to the UAE and Northern Oman mountains, and more than 300 plants, including rare wetland species. ... http://www.ameinfo.com/149254.html

[Bossy Monkey]

12. Dillard House, Dillard GA. And I'll throw in Wells Cathedral,

Wells, England, though I'll be disappointed if no other DUer's been there.

http://www.dillardhouse.com/

(I went for the swans; it's an Aldous Huxley thing...)

[NightWatcher]

42. been to the Dillard House a few times

a tad wasteful for my tastes

[Bossy Monkey]

44. We, uh, ate it all.

This was before I found out I'm celiac; probably won't be going back, but I miss it.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

68. Wells Cathedral--I was there in June 2007

I attended evensong (glorious singing by the choir), but unfortunately, when I came out of the cathedral after the service, the whole town was closed! All I could do was go back to my hotel for dinner.

By the way, Wells is the town where the movie Hot Fuzz was filmed. I saw it courtesy of Netflix a few weeks ago and recognized a lot of places, including the hotel where I stayed.

[Bossy Monkey]

76. Now you have to read "Island" by Aldous Huxley, which might be

a little more rewarding than "Hot Fuzz" (or might not:)).

Thanks for reaffirming my faith in DUers' taste in places to visit; now I'll add a new response at the bottom of the thread to try again on Stump the DUers.

[WinkyDink]

82. Wells---Couple times. (I've seen VERY much of Britain!)

[Beaverhausen]

13. Nitt Witt Ridge- Cambria CA

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/12262

the anti-Hearst Castle.

edit- come to think of it, it might have been DUers who suggested we go here.

[Patiod]

15. My SO would love something like that

He loves quirky spots....

[KamaAina]

14. Kalaupapa Overlook, Moloka'i, Hawai'i

no, we did not take the mule ride down. Believe it or not, I was over there on business, presenting a training. We had a little time before our flight back, so we stopped up there and ate our lunch.

[Ediacara]

16. The Bone Cabin near Laramie WY

It's made of dinosaur bones. Dinosaur bones full of Uranium. This is about as close as anyone can actually get to it:

[Heidi]

17. Carhenge.

http://www.carhenge.com/

[jobycom]

105. I've been to Stonehenge II, near Kerrville, Texas

Also has an Easter Island replica.


http://www.alfredshepperd.com/stonehenge/main.html

[1gobluedem]

20. Palmer House Hotel, Sauk Centre, MN

Sinclair Lewis worked as a night clerk there. And I just discovered that it's haunted.

[spinbaby]

22. Trolley museum

http://www.pa-trolley.org/TakeRide2.htm

[Patiod]

23. I've taken an Amtrak train around the horseshoe curve

outside Altoona

Does that count?

Also, have been on the Mt. Washington incline....

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Jewel Cave National Monument

It's located in South Dakota. The cave now has 140 miles of mapped passages, making it the second longest in the U.S. I'm not sure what it's like now, but when I visited it as a kid in the 1960s, the only tours of the cave were with lanterns (no artificial light) led by a Ranger and you had to crawl through mud and into tight passages.

[yellowdogintexas]

53. significantly improved. Toured it in May and it is wonderful. NPS has upgraded

it very nicely.

Long way to go to catch up with Mammoth but still Really Really long.

[ironflange]

92. Been there twice

Love it. Caves are great fun, especially on a really hot day. They still do the lantern tour, for the adventurous, but we just did the walking tour with all the other schlubs. That giant strip of bacon is especially cool.

[yellowdogintexas]

132. we are old cavers. We did Jewel and Wind Cave the same day. Both of us had

been wanting to see those caves for a very long time.

[BOSSHOG]

25. I highly recommend

Avery Island in South Louisiana. Its the home of Tabasco Pepper and the Island is Disney World for pepper lovers. Very scenic, tranquil, beautiful gardens and gallons and gallons of hot sauce.

Also check out an Amish Restaurant in Lancashire PA, wow do those folks know how to feed.

[Patiod]

27. I almost put one of those Amish places out of business

Three of us were out in a quarry in Amish country, scuba diving for several hours.

We built up such a huge appetite, we all went back to the buffet so often we would have put Homer Simpson to shame! They do know how to do starch!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. Darlingtonia Wayside.

A little grove(?) of pitcher plants, right along Oregon's coast highway. Easy to miss. There's a nice little raised footpath taking you through the little marsh.

[TrogL]

30. The Pub where Harry Potter was written

Drove past it on a bus.

[Patiod]

38. Cool - I'm picturing a fireplace with a caldron

but it's probably more coffee and white wine...

[WolverineDG]

109. The Elephant Room

I spotted that when my cousin & I were in Edinburgh. We ended up having dinner there that night as the fog lifted around the Castle. Easy to see how that was the inspiration for Hogwarts. :)

dg

[BOSSHOG]

31. Bill and Hillary Clinton's first home in Fayetteville, Arkansas

[SoxFan]

142. Across from the Boy's Club, right?

A somewhat cheesy 1970s tudor deal.

Used to live not far from there

[sinkingfeeling]

148. I've been there a couple of times.

[SteppingRazor]

34. O'Che's -- quite possibly the world's only Cuban-Irish Bar.

It's in Prague:
http://www.oches.com/


I guess that's not really a "tourist site," though. I've been to Munich for Oktoberfest. Anybody else? Can't get much more touristy than that, at least not in Germany. (Actually, I guess the above-mentioned concentration camps are a bit more touristy, in that Germans tend to avoid them, while Oktoberfest is chock full of the Teutonic.)

[siligut]

35. The Columbia River Maritime Museum.

This museum is testament to the brave souls who risked and sometimes lost their lives in the act of saving others. It is in Astoria Oregon. http://www.crmm.org/index.htm

[pokerfan]

97. I've been there

Pretty much been everywhere in the NW.

[siligut]

114. I was very impressed with the place!

The exhibits were exceptionally effective. Did you tie the knots? I stood there and tied those knots. :rofl:
So you been to the Tillamook factory? Everytime we visit the Oregon coast we go to the factory. :9

[pokerfan]

127. Oh yeah, Cannon Beach too!

Yep, tied the knots. I'm a big fan of knots anyway since my scouting days - I even earned a badge in fly tying. I always stop at Tillamook for a milkshake.

Other cool NW places: Multnomah Falls, the Hoh Rain Forrest, rafting on the Deschutes, skiing at Mt. Hood, the Columbia Gorge, Mt. Rainier, the North Cascades Highway, Deception Pass, the Olympic Peninsula, the San Jaun Islands, Gand Coulle Dam, etc.


(Multnomah Falls)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

37. San Francisco Columbarium...

An amazing spot -- the only cemetary left in the city proper. Beautiful building, amazing interior space, and hundreds of interesting stories to be discovered in the niches.








http://www.noehill.com/sf/landmarks/sf209.asp

[Patiod]

39. How unusual

I would love to see that

[Hell Hath No Fury]

48. What is so cool is...

the niches -- so many of the deceased had them decorated, with everything from personal photos to sports memorabilia to dolls to clothing -- a small but revealing look at who that person was what was important to them.

I have a dream about being interned there, with some of my ashes placed in my old, metal Star Wars lunch pail. :D

[Patiod]

40. Ringing Rocks part in Bucks County, PA

We used to go there when I was a kid. It's a field of rocks, and if you hit them with a hammer, they ring.


(the tinyurl link is not a rickroll - I promise - it's a link to a website where you can HEAR the rocks)
http://tinyurl.com/5rz82h

[Greyskye]

147. Very cool.

Insert lame rock & roll joke here. :evilgrin:

[Lucy Goosey]

41. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Alberta)

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[petronius]

101. I went to a buffalo jump in Montana once - it was just an innocous

cliff until you picture dozens of bison tumbling off the top. Then, it gets interesting...

[u4ic]

136. Been there a couple of times

mind you, I used to live not far away. :)

[rug]

46. Meat Cove, Nova Scotia.

[trof]

51. Boll Weevil Monument - Enterprise, Alabama

Enterprise, Alabama - Boll Weevil Monument

There is a monument to the" pest" the Boll Weevil; it ravaged the cotton crop years ago, and prompted farmers to grow peanuts instead!! It is rather unusual! The monument includes a fountain, and night lights right in the middle of "Main Street"!
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/19

[NoPasaran]

52. Resaca Confederate Cemetery, Georgia

Where the Rebel dead from the early battles of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign are buried. A rather lonely place, out in the middle of nowhere (at least when I was there). Very eerie in the fog.

[RoyGBiv]

90. Been there ...

It is eerie.

A similar place is Brice's Crossroads in Mississippi.

The battle site isn't much. It follows a highway where there are markers and places you can stop, but there's a cemetery at the crossroads back off the road that is not kept well. Went there by myself at dusk. Very creepy.

[NoPasaran]

117. I've also been to Brice's Crossroads

And I do remember the cemetery, but I was there on a sunny day so it wasn't as creepy.

[yellowdogintexas]

54. Birthplace of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy

http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/histparks/jd/

about 20 miles from where I grew up

[greendog]

55. The Igloo Church

Inuvik, NWT

[UrbScotty]

57. It's called... Blackwater!

http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/

[BlueCollar]

58. Cahuachi, Peru?

[mr blur]

59. Castlerigg Stone Circle, Lake District UK-

Built ca. 3,000 BC, older than Stonehenge. a beautiful place to be near my birthplace.

[ScreamingMeemie]

60. John Brown's grave in NY.

[kwassa]

74. John Brown's body lies a-mouldering near the Olympic Ski Jump

John Brown lies buried on his farm, along with the bodies of others killed in the raid. The farm is on a hilltop near Lake Placid, New York, and is literally next store to the huge cement tower of the Olympic ski jump.

Bizarre juxtaposition.

[ET Awful]

62. How about

Matilija Hot Springs in Ojai, CA? http://www.matilijasanctuary.com/gallery.htm

Or maybe Tuzigoot National Monument in Arizona?

http://www.desertusa.com/tuz/

or

Montezumas Castle and Montezumas Well(also in Arizona):

http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/montezuma_castle/national_monument.html

Hey, I grew up in Cottonwood (1/2 hour from Sedona), these are the places I went on field trips in school :P

[distantearlywarning]

64. I'm from Flagstaff!

And I've been to both Tuzigoot & Montezuma's Well. Hello from one Northern Arizona-ite to another! :hi:

[RadiationTherapy]

72. Walnut Canyon is also gorgeous as is the Edge of the Mogollon Rim

waaayyyyyy down the end of Woody Mountain Road.

I might get up to Lockett Meadow this Saturday.

[RadiationTherapy]

73. Don't forget Red Mountain on the way to the Grand Canyon!

[Patiod]

67. Been to Montezuma's Castle!

Arizona is just chock full of wonderful little places to visit

Here's another AZ favorite - Dot's Diner in Bisbee:

[harmonicon]

63. I've probably been to loads of places where other DUers haven't been...

but not many that could be called tourist attractions. Maybe Conwy Castle counts - it's pretty awesome.

[coffeenap]

65. Plitvice Lakes National Park--when it was in Yugoslavia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plitvice_Lakes_National_Park

[mainegreen]

66. That is one of the places I'd love to go.

Everything I've seen and heard about it makes it seem like a place of great natural beauty.

[WinkyDink]

83. Been there. Recommended by a German friend from Main.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

69. The Sculpture Caves in Dazu, Sichuan Province, China

Imagine a canyon completely carved into Buddhist statues, a project that started during the Tang Dynasty (seventh century AD)

These carvings are located about half a day's trip north of Chongqing.

[yellowdogintexas]

133. I think I may have to hate you now. Seriesly. Damn I am jealous

and lucky lucky you.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

70. Last city in the world to have a complete Roman wall surrounding it:

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/lugo.html

[NMDemDist2]

71. I've been to a few off the beaten track places

some of my favs are

Laird's Hot Spring in BC



Carlsbad Caverns


Grand Canyon Cavern




Sitting Bull Falls

[Bossy Monkey]

78. Been to Carlsbad Caverns. Granted I was 6 years old and all I remember

were the Batmobile baby carriages, but still.

[NMDemDist2]

95. you should come back

it's an amazing place :bounce:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

81. Carlsbad Caverns is the greatest natural wonder I've ever seen

That long, long and steep descent into a gigantic passage and the even larger room at the end of the tour were simply astonishing.

[NMDemDist2]

94. I work there now

It's pretty darned cool

:D

[Sheets of Easter]

75. The World's Largest Washboard- Columbus Washboard Co., Logan, OH

Not my photo:


The place was closed when we got there. No souvenirs for me. :(

[Bossy Monkey]

77. Suzdal, Russia

in January during the Cold War, though the latter two factors aren't required (or recommended).

[hvn_nbr_2]

79. Bone piles of Black Death victims under Vienna's cathedral. nt

[WinkyDink]

84. Been to the Cathedral, not underneath, though!

[hvn_nbr_2]

91. Well, then, I mis-remember. It was quite awhile ago.

Oh, wait, maybe you mean that you didn't go underneath. Wherever it was, I think it was part of a docent-led tour and not somewhere that you would be able to wander to by yourself.

[stuntcat]

106. sweet!!

That's my kinda vacation :headbang:

[SoCalDem]

85. Ft. San Lorenzo

[CreekDog]

86. Sweeney Ridge (Golden Gate National Recreation Area) --south of San Francisco

I think mostly locals know about this spot and it's where the SF Bay was discovered (yes, it was discovered atop a mountain ridge, not from the water).

[WinkyDink]

88. London: Churchill's War Rooms. Czech Rep: Cesky Krumlov. England: Clovelly.

[begin_within]

89. Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

on the edge of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego. We went there because my Dad was a pilot in the Marines in WWII and the Korean Conflict. They have one of the same type of planes he flew.

http://www.flyingleathernecks.org/index.html

[LisaM]

93. The Applets and Cotlets factory in Cashmere, Washington

However, it was closed the day we were there. But you can tour it, apparently. Family fun!

http://www.wenatcheevalley.org/tours_apletcotlets.html

[Scooter24]

96. Pinel Island- off the coast of St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

Taken Oct. 2, 2008

One of our favorite beaches in the Caribbean.

[Kat45]

98. Fruitlands Museum in Mass.

It's the site of an 1843 utopian community, which involved Louisa May Alcott's family (when she was a child). Thoreau also stayed there when he was passing through. There are galleries, a shaker gallery, the farmhouse where the community was based, hiking trails, etc. An interesting place with knowledgeable guides. I had never heard of it before a friend brought me there. (For anyone interested, fruitlands.org)

[AccessGranted]

99. Uuuh....Alpaca Farm in New York State

Yes, there is an alpaca farm in New York. They are so cute and cuddly. Thought they only lived in Peru somewhere, but I saw it with my own eyes.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

102. not very obscure Linocln's Birthplace...I have been

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Birthplace_National_Historic_Site

[jobycom]

103. Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

http://www.walterandersonmuseum.org/

[MountainLaurel]

119. I've been there!

Mr. Laurel's aunt and uncle live near Pascagoula.

[jobycom]

122. Cool! Whadya think?

I think it's one of the best small town museums I've seen, but I probably haven't seen that many. :)

[MountainLaurel]

130. Beautiful museum, if I remember correctly

Anderson's art, I thought was beautiful, although some of it was a little disturbing, reminding me of paintings I've seen that were done by schizophrenics of their hallucinations.

[Inchworm]

104. Hotel 6 in Kankakee

:D

:hi:

[stuntcat]

107. the underground catacombs in Paris

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

116. Which should be followed by cocktails at Le Caveau des Oubliettes

a strange, yet well known jazz club in Paris. The name means "cave of the forgotten" and is accessed by a teensy, weensy, winding, narrow stone staircase until you emerge into the dank underground cavern/nightclub. I think this was where the skeleton stackers tied one on after a hard day of femur sorting.

The night we were there, we were kind of early and it was just the 3 of us and a large group of Japanese businessmen. The jazz singer looked like a parody composition of Marlene Dietrich morphed with Marcel Marceau. I was extremely creeped out because there appeared to be no other way in and out of the club except the horrific staircase we entered with - not even room for a descender to pass a climber. Scotch was $20.00 (this was in the mid 90's). We got out of there just as fast as we possibly could after drinking one round.

[stuntcat]

125. oh if I'd known!

That sounds totally weird/cool. I have to put your note in my travel books for when I ever get to go back!

[hobbit709]

108. Some of them were relatively obscure 35-40 years ago when I went

Krk-now in Croatia formerly Yugoslavia

Cappadocia and Pamukkale in Turkey

Corfu back about 1972, especially Paleokastritsa

and as a kid I was all over Vienna back in the 50's

Then there were other places I would just as soon forget.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

110. Desaru Malaysia

[Marrah_G]

112. Higgins Armory in Mass

Private collection of Arms and Armor dating back to ancient Greece. It's the only museum like it in the western Hemisphere.

The place is truly amazing and beautiful.

If you are a history buff you don't want to miss this.

It's one of my favorite places to visit.

http://www.higgins.org/About/

[Auggie]

113. One Foot Island, Cook Islands

[MountainLaurel]

120. Purakanui Falls, New Zealand

[guitar man]

121. Turner Falls Park, Oklahoma

Probably not world renowned as a tourist destination, but it's a real nice place to visit down in southern Oklahoma, I try to stop in each time I take my bike for a ride down that way. ;)

[dropkickpa]

129. Booger Hollow Trading Post, Arkansas

No longer in operation. The family stopped there on the drive/move from TX to PA in '88 for an hour or two to stretch our legs and eat lunch. http://users.aristotle.net/~russjohn/attractions/booger.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booger_Hollow

[muriel_volestrangler]

131. Wadi Rum, Jordan

http://www.rumguides.com/categories/4-Tours

[ornotna]

134. Mada'in Saleh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meda%27in_Saleh

http://nabataea.net/medain.html

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=26.7779512&lon=37.9577637&z=13&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=%20Al%20Ula

[u4ic]

137. Goats on Roof Country Market & Restaurant

Coombs, BC.

[Quantess]

138. Huron, SD. World's Largest Pheasant Statue

[Quantess]

146. and, Laura Ingall's home in Desmet, SD

South Dakota is full of "B" tourist attractions.

[enigmatic]

139. The World's Largest Perogy- Glendon, Alberta

[enigmatic]

140. World's Largest Sausage, Mundare, Alberta

[enigmatic]

141. The Blue Hole- Castalia, OH

http://www.lkwdpl.org/buckeye/buck07.htm

[puerco-bellies]

143. East Anacapa Channel Islands National Park

Ali didn't know it, but I proposed to her as soon as we were passing under the Great Arch.



The Channel Islands is a great place if you like the Pacific Ocean, and environs.

[Felix Mala]

145. Hot springs in Nevada?

Next time I visit my friend in Reno, I want to go to one of those remote springs where you hike in a ways and then strip down as much as you dare and stretch out in the warm water. Anyone know of a place like that near Reno or Carson City?

[martymar64]

149. Byron Bay, NSW

The easternmost point on the Australian continent. Great Lighthouse there.

[sinkingfeeling]

150. Nazca Lines - Ica, Peru

[MilesColtrane]

151. The Joint Security Area in Panmunjeom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Security_Area

Inside the MAC building where the Korean Armistice was signed, I actually got to step onto North Korean soil for a few moments.

[nytemare]

152. Salzburg/Bad Duerrnberg Salt Mines

http://www2.salzburg.info/77.htm

I was going to write about the hill Julie Andrews danced on for "Sound of Music", as it is close.

Actually, there is quite a lot of history in the area of Salzburg. I went to Mozart's birth-house, the salt mines, a boat tour of Konigsee, and various bunkers under the General Walker Hotel, formerly the Platterhof, and the Hotel Turken, which was immediately adjacent to Hitler's Berghoff.

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/tuerken.htm

I have been to many beautiful places, but I found Obersalzburg to the the most beautiful place I have ever visited. Knowing its history, it seemed very surreal that such an evil regime would take over such a pristine place.