A question for the non-US X-Markers...

[MacBean]

Colonial Williamsburg; New York City; Chicago for its architecture; Boston for its accent ; Vermont & New Hampshire in the Fall; Grandfather Mountain in a week or so; New Orleans at Mardi Gras; Ohio for the mounds; Wyoming for Yellowstone; South Dakota for the Badlands; prairie enormity; Nevada for the dessert; Arizona for the balloons (and soaring); S California for its culture ; Oregon for its diversity; Washington just because it is there

Rex (t-o-o)

That's a really excellent list. I might amend it slightly from an American perspective? I would suggest the Grand Tetons over Yellowstone and the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tuscon or the Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona as superb desert spots over anything in Nevada. I don't care for Washington, D.C. much either, but art buffs would certainly appreciate the National Gallery and might make that a destination. I appreciate the reason for visiting Chicago and add a recommendation to take an architetural boat tour on the River. Of course, Alaska and Hawaii might make some lists given time and resources.

[ThistleDown]

That's a really excellent list. I might amend it slightly from an American perspective? I would suggest the Grand Tetons over Yellowstone and the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tuscon or the Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona as superb desert spots over anything in Nevada. I don't care for Washington, D.C. much either, but art buffs would certainly appreciate the National Gallery and might make that a destination. I appreciate the reason for visiting Chicago and add a recommendation to take an architetural boat tour on the River. Of course, Alaska and Hawaii might make some lists given time and resources.

doh: Yes, of course, Mark. Thank you. The Desert Museum is superb (although they have a snake house I'll not be going into a second time) and the Botanical Garden provides a sufficient reason to visit Phoenix.

Rex

[ali8780]

That's a really excellent list. I might amend it slightly from an American perspective? I would suggest the Grand Tetons over Yellowstone and the Sonoran Desert Museum in Tuscon or the Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona as superb desert spots over anything in Nevada. I don't care for Washington, D.C. much either, but art buffs would certainly appreciate the National Gallery and might make that a destination. I appreciate the reason for visiting Chicago and add a recommendation to take an architetural boat tour on the River. Of course, Alaska and Hawaii might make some lists given time and resources.

There's a garden in Phoenix?

hmm.. How did I miss that I wonder?


And why do I feel the need to warn everyone against visiting Hollywood? Maybe because it's dirty and disappointing and small, and one may find him or herself wishing they had been able to see it in its heyday in the 1930's

We have wonderful canyons in Utah though-- I'd be happy to lead a tour

[Jock Scot]

Oh well, Ali, if you are leading the tour, then I suppose I could pop along!

[Bugbear]

Fair enough, ThistleDown. I suggest Santa Fe.

[ThistleDown]

Fair enough, ThistleDown. I suggest Santa Fe.

Santa's Fey?

[davedove]

Santa's Fey?

Sure, he's a jolly old elf.

[macwilkin]

It's nice to know what American citizens think should be seen by visitors to the US, and I'm not discounting their recommendations, but that isn't necessarily the same as what a European would want to actually see.

And to further this point: can one European speak for all regarding what they would want to see? I think in this instance, it's really a matter of an individuals interests, not his/her nationality.

T.

[toadinakilt]

Don't forget to See Rock City...

[ThistleDown]

There's a garden in Phoenix?

hmm.. How did I miss that I wonder?


And why do I feel the need to warn everyone against visiting Hollywood? Maybe because it's dirty and disappointing and small, and one may find him or herself wishing they had been able to see it in its heyday in the 1930's

We have wonderful canyons in Utah though-- I'd be happy to lead a tour

You missed something really worthwhile, Ali. The garden covers about 15-20 ha, I believe, and has some superb collections of cacti, in particular. I'm not a fan of desert plants, but this garden was a delight for other reasons.

In a tour of gardens of America the Lan Su classical Chinese garden in Portland, Oregon, would in itself be reason enough to visit that city (but only one of a million reasons to visit Oregon, mind you).