Best historical site you've ever visited....

[Ghosts of 1990]

Halocaust Museum, or Old Yankee Stadium

[oneupper]

Petra - Jordan
Pompeii
Machu Picchu
Rome (Colosseum, Forum..etc.)
Yucatan (Chichen Itza, Cobá, Uxmal, Ek Balaam)
Stonehenge (The history is kind of sketchy for it to be to really historical )
Toledo-Spain
Neuschwastein Castle
Giza

[BRM]

Akershus Fortress in Oslo, Norway
Vardøhus Fortress in Vardo, Norway
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London
Arlington National Cemetary
The D.C. monuments
The Alamo
Hoover Dam

[RichRed]

Originally Posted by RedsManRick

Colonial Williamsburg in VA (had some tasty peanut soup there!)

I live 45 minutes from there and have good friends who live there, so I've been all over CW. It's a great spot.

Also, my old college roommate has worked for the Jamestown Foundation for many years, and the fort and ships there are a cool thing to check out.

And in the same vicinity, the Yorktown battlefields. The Williamsburg area is a treasure trove of history.

In addition, for me the York Minster in England was pretty spectacular.

[Driver62]

Dachau
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Appomattox Court House
The Alamo
The Liberty Bell in Philly
Independence Hall
Valley Forge

And many other Civil War sites.

[Kingspoint]

Originally Posted by dabvu2498

But #1 on my list is the beaches at Normandy and the cemetary there.

That would be difficult. Pearl Harbor was very moving.

[Kingspoint]

Originally Posted by oneupper

Petra - Jordan
Pompeii
Machu Picchu
Rome (Colosseum, Forum..etc.)
Yucatan (Chichen Itza, Cobá, Uxmal, Ek Balaam)
Stonehenge (The history is kind of sketchy for it to be to really historical )
Toledo-Spain
Neuschwastein Castle
Giza

With all that, what's next?

[Hoosier Red]

The Great Wall of China outside of Beijing,
THe Forbidden City in Beijing

The Incan Fortress Ollantayntambo outside of Cuzco Peru.

[mth123]

Originally Posted by RichRed

I live 45 minutes from there and have good friends who live there, so I've been all over CW. It's a great spot.

Also, my old college roommate has worked for the Jamestown Foundation for many years, and the fort and ships there are a cool thing to check out.

And in the same vicinity, the Yorktown battlefields. The Williamsburg area is a treasure trove of history.

In addition, for me the York Minster in England was pretty spectacular.

York Minster is pretty neat. Salisbury Cathedral, Bath and Westminster Abbey are good places in the UK.

Italy trumps it though with the Vatican, the Coliseum, the Cathedral in Florence, Pompeii, etc.

IF you like Art, there is a lot of history at the Louvre.

Probably still like the Vatican number 1, but the Louvre is a close second.

In the US, Mount Rushmore, Hoover Dam and Arlington Cemetary are pretty awesome. And of course, given the nature of this sight, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has to be on the list.

[reds1869]

Originally Posted by mth123

York Minster is pretty neat. Salisbury Cathedral, Bath and Westminster Abbey are good places in the UK.

Bath is a magnificent place. So much history and beauty to go along with some killer pubs. Fun fact: the world's first usage of a postage stamp occurred at the Bath post office.

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by Kingspoint

With all that, what's next?

Haven't been to Japan or China. Lots of places in Europe/Asia I want to see.

Angor Wat, Easter Island. It goes on and on...

Got a long bucket list. Lots of places in the US also.

This summer: Iceland and Norway.

[Kingspoint]

Originally Posted by oneupper

This summer: Iceland and Norway.

Are you sure?

When Mt. St. Helens erupted 30 years ago I was an independent writer and our group was making a book about the story. While there was still a 20-mile "red zone" where you'd go straight to jail if you were caught in it, my colleague and I drove within 8 miles of the centerpoint (12 miles inside). The ash on the leaves alone were about an inch-and-a-quarter thick. We turned around when a helicopter went overhead, and my colleague who was driving didn't feel like going to jail (we were driving a Beetle). Got some great pictures of the destruction and damage, but there was no color, as it was all gray. It was weird. Iceland, of course, will be 100% different. Besides, the people of Iceland should be great. There were no people where I went.

[Kingspoint]

Wow.

All of you have been to some fantastic places.

Glad to see so many so interested in history and nature and man.

[Trace's Daddy]

I lived in Williamsburg for a few years. here are my favs:
Shirley Plantation - if I was travelling to Southwest VA, I would always go down Route 5 where all the plantations are.
Jamestowne - the archaeological digs and the relics they have on display are pretty cool. They have remains of a young man with a musket ball lodged into his leg bone
Yorktown - the fireworks for the 4th of July are awesome. I guess they better damn well be awesome at Yorktown hahaa

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by Kingspoint

Are you sure?

We have a saying in Venezuela: "Seguro es el infierno". The only thing that is sure is that you're going to hell (anything better than that is a gamble).

Bought my tickets shortly before the volcano blew. Non-refundable.
In any case, the main tourist attractions are over 100km from the Volcano (upwind). There are nighttime tours that take you as close as 4 km from the eruption.
It should be very interesting.