1001 Historic Sites You Must See Before You Die

Submitted by bakinakwa on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 13:35
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  1. The Americas:
  2. Dawson City - Dawson City, Canada
  3. Banff Springs Hotel - Banff, Canada
  4. Fort Edmonton Park - Edmonton, Canada
  5. Wanuskewin Heritage Park - Saskatoon, Canada
  6. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy - Regina, Canada
  7. Union Station - Toronto, Canada
  8. Casa Loma - Toronto, Canada
  9. Parliament Buildings - Ottawa, Canada
  10. Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal - Montréal, Canada
  11. Château Ramezay - Montréal, Canada
  12. La Citadelle - Québec City, Canada
  13. Green Gables House - Cavendish, Canada
  14. L'Anse aux Meadows - Newfoundland, Canada
  15. Signal Hill - St. John's, Canada
  16. Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park - Skagway, AK & Seattle, WA, USA
  17. Little Bighorn Battlefield - Bighorn, MT, USA
  18. Fort Laramie - Goshen County, WY, USA
  19. Mount Rushmore - Keystone, SD, USA
  20. Crazy Horse Memorial - Black Hills, SD, USA
  21. Wounded Knee Monument - Pine Ridge, SD, USA
  22. Deadwood Historic Trail - Deadwood, SD, USA
  23. Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL, USA
  24. Biograph Theater - Chicago, IL, USA
  25. Frank Lloyd Wright's House - Oak Park, IL, USA
  26. Cahokia Mounds - Collinsville, IL, USA
  27. Harpers Ferry - Jefferson County, WV, USA
  28. Monticello - Charlottesville, VA, USA
  29. Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon, VA, USA
  30. Antietam Battlefield - Sharpsburg, MD, USA
  31. Flag House - Baltimore, MD, USA
  32. USS Constellation - Baltimore, MD, USA
  33. United States Supreme Court - Washington, DC, USA
  34. The White House - Washington, DC, USA
  35. The Capitol - Washington, DC, USA
  36. Washington Monument - Washington, DC, USA
  37. Ford's Theater - Washington, DC, USA
  38. Library of Congress - Washington, DC, USA
  39. Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC, USA
  40. Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, VA, USA
  41. Liberty Bell - Philadelphia, PA, USA
  42. Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, PA, USA
  43. Gettysburg Battlefield - Gettysburg, PA, USA
  44. National Baseball Hall of Fame - Cooperstown, NY, USA
  45. West Point Military Academy - West Point, NY, USA
  46. Stonewall Inn - New York, NY, USA
  47. Empire State Building - New York, NY, USA
  48. Brooklyn Bridge - New York, NY, USA
  49. Grand Central Terminal - New York, NY, USA
  50. Carnegie Hall - New York, NY, USA
  51. Ellis Island - New York, NY, USA
  52. New York Public Library - New York, NY, USA
  53. St. Patrick's Cathedral - New York, NY, USA
  54. Statue of Liberty - New York, NY, USA
  55. Hancock Shaker Village - Pittsfield, MA, USA
  56. Plymouth Rock - Pilgrim Memorial State Park, MA, USA
  57. Old North Bridge - Concord, MA, USA
  58. Sutter's Fort - Sacramento, CA, USA
  59. Alcatraz Prison - San Francisco Bay, CA, USA
  60. Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA, USA
  61. City Lights Bookstore - San Francisco, CA, USA
  62. Mission Dolores - San Francisco, CA, USA
  63. Japanese Internment Camps - Manzanar, CA, USA
  64. Universal Studios - Hollywood, CA, USA
  65. Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA, USA
  66. Disneyland - Anaheim, CA, USA
  67. Forest Lawn Memorial Parks - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  68. Graumann's Chinese Theater - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  69. Union Station - Los Angeles, CA, USA
  70. Hoover Dam - Border of Nevada & Arizona, USA
  71. Virginia City - Storey County, NV, USA
  72. Golden Spike Historic Site - Promontory Summit, UT, USA
  73. Beehive House - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  74. Mormon Temple - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  75. Gateway Arch - St. Louis, MO, USA
  76. Mesa Verde - Montezuma County, CO, USA
  77. Canyon de Chelly - Chinle, AZ, USA
  78. O.K. Corral - Tombstone, AZ, USA
  79. Kit Carson's Home - Taos, NM, USA
  80. Governor's Palace - Santa Fe, NM, USA
  81. Dealey Plaza - Dallas, TX, USA
  82. Alamo Mission - San Antonio, TX, USA
  83. Fort Sill Military Reservation - Fort Sill, OK, USA
  84. Shiloh Battlefield - Savannah, TN, USA
  85. Graceland - Memphis, TN, USA
  86. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthplace - Atlanta, GA, USA
  87. Wright Brothers National Memorial - Kill Devil Hills, NC, USA
  88. Fort Sumter - Charleston Harbor, SC, USA
  89. Ernest Hemingway Home - Key West, FL, USA
  90. Kennedy Space Center - Merritt Island, FL, USA
  91. Pearl Harbor - Oahu, HI, USA
  92. Kalaupapa Historical Park - Molokai, HI, USA
  93. Kawaiahao Church - Honolulu, HI, USA
  94. Pancho Villa's House - Chihuahua, Mexico
  95. Real de Catorce - Matehuala, Mexico
  96. Zacatecas Cathedral - Zacatecas, Mexico
  97. El Edén Mine - Zacatecas, Mexico
  98. Alhóndiga de Granaditas - Guanajuato City, Mexico
  99. Juárez Theater - Guanajuato City, Mexico
  100. Pyramid of Quetzalcóatl - Tula, Mexico
  101. La Valenciana Silver Mine - Guanajuato City, Mexico
  102. Teotihuacán - San Juan, Mexico
  103. Chapultepec Castle - Mexico City, Mexico
  104. Rivera and Kahlo Studio - Mexico City, Mexico
  105. Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Mexico City, Mexico
  106. National Palace - Mexico City, Mexico
  107. Templo Mayor - Mexico City, Mexico
  108. Trotsky's House - Mexico City, Mexico
  109. San Juan de Ulúa - Veracruz, Mexico
  110. El Tajín - Papantla, Mexico
  111. Church of Santa Prisca - Taxco, Mexico
  112. San Diego Fort - Acapulco, Mexico
  113. Benito Juárez's House - Oaxaca City, Mexico
  114. Monte Albán - Oaxaca, Mexico
  115. Palenque - Santo Domingo del Palenque, Mexico
  116. Catedral de San Ildefonso - Mérida, Mexico
  117. Chichén Itzá - Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
  118. Quiriguá Archeological Park - Izabel, Guatemala
  119. Tikal - Flores, Guatemala
  120. Casa Popenoe - Antigua, Guatemala
  121. Church of Our Lady of La Merced - Antigua, Guatemala
  122. Copán - Copán Ruinas, Honduras
  123. Comayagua Cathedral - Comayagua, Honduras
  124. Basilica de Suyapa - Suyapa, Honduras
  125. León Viejo - León, Nicaragua
  126. Granada - Granada, Nicaragua
  127. El Castillo - San Carlos, Nicaragua
  128. Church of Our Lady of the Angels - Cartago, Costa Rica
  129. Panama Canal - Panama City, Panama
  130. Old Panama - Panama City, Panama
  131. Portobelo - Colón, Panama
  132. Castillo de la Real Fuerza - Havana, Cuba
  133. Real Fábricas de Tabaco Partagás - Havana, Cuba
  134. Presidential Palace - Havana, Cuba
  135. Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca del Morro - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
  136. Che Guevara Monument - Santa Clara, Cuba
  137. Port Royal - Port Royal, Jamaica
  138. Citadelle Laferrière - Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
  139. Fortaleza Ozama - Old Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  140. Iglesia de San José - Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
  141. Nelson's Dockyard - English Harbour, Antigua & Barbuda
  142. St. Pierre - St. Pierre, Martinique, France
  143. Monastery of San Francisco - Quito, Ecuador
  144. Cartagena Walls - Cartagena, Colombia
  145. Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino - Sta. Marta, Colombia
  146. Zipaquira Salt Mine - Zipaquira, Colombia
  147. Valley of the Statues - San Agustín, Colombia
  148. National Pantheon - Caracas, Venezuela
  149. Iglesia de San Francisco - Caracas, Venezuela
  150. Fort Zeelandia - Paramaribo, Suriname
  151. Devil's Island - Îles du Salut, French Guiana
  152. Santo Antônio da Barra Fort - Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
  153. Estádio de Maracanã - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  154. Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  155. Paço Imperial - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  156. Statue of Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  157. São Miguel das Missões - São Miguel das Missões, Brazil
  158. Túcume - Chiclayo, Peru
  159. Chan Chan - Trujillo, Peru
  160. Church and Convent of San Francisco - Lima, Peru
  161. Nazca Lines - Nazca, Peru
  162. Machu Picchu - Aguas Calientes, Peru
  163. Sacsayhuamán - Cuzco, Peru
  164. Cuzco Cathedral - Cuzco, Peru
  165. Convento de Santa Catalina - Arequipa, Peru
  166. Isla del Sol - Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
  167. Tiwanaku - La Paz, Bolivia
  168. Casa de la Libertad - Sucre, Bolivia
  169. Casa Real de la Moneda - Potosí, Bolivia
  170. Misión Jesuítica de San José - San José de Chiquitos, Bolivia
  171. Jesuit Ruins - Trinidad, Paraguay
  172. Colonia del Sacramento - Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
  173. Old Government House - Montevideo, Uruguay
  174. Humberstone - Iquique, Chile
  175. Robinson Crusoe Island - Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile
  176. Casa de Isla Negra - Isla Negra, Chile
  177. San Ignacio Miní - San Ignacio, Argentina
  178. Che Guevara's Boyhood Home - Alta Gracia, Argentina
  179. Obelisk of Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  180. Church of San Ignacio de Loyola - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  181. La Recoleta Cemetery - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  182. Metropolitan Cathedral - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  183. Teatro Colón - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  184. University of Córdoba - Córdoba, Argentina
  186. Europe:
  187. Thingvellir - Bláskógabyggo, Iceland
  188. Alta Rock Carvings - Alta, Norway
  189. Urnes Stave Church - Lustrafjorden, Norway
  190. Trondheim Cathedral - Trondheim, Norway
  191. Troldhaugen - Bergen, Norway
  192. Akershus Fortress - Oslo, Norway
  193. Ibsen's Home - Oslo, Norway
  194. Kon-Tiki - Oslo, Norway
  195. Great Copper Mountain - Falun, Sweden
  196. Old Uppsala - Uppsala, Sweden
  197. Birka Viking Settlement - Island of Björkö, Sweden
  198. Strindberg's House - Stockholm, Sweden
  199. Drottningholm - Stockholm, Sweden
  200. Regalskeppet Vasa - Stockholm, Sweden
  201. Vadstena Abbey - Vadstena, Sweden
  202. Visby - Island of Gotland, Sweden
  203. Kalmar Castle - Kalmar, Sweden
  204. Lund Cathedral - Lund, Sweden
  205. Olavinnlinna Castle - Savolinna, Finland
  206. Turku Castle - Turku, Finland
  207. Suomenlinna Fortress - Helsinki, Finland
  208. Jelling Stones - Jelling, Denmark
  209. Ribe Cathedral - Ribe, Denmark
  210. Andersen Museum - Odense, Denmark
  211. Kronborg Castle - Helsingør, Denmark
  212. Frederiksborg Castle - Hillerød, Denmark
  213. Karen Blixen Museum - Rungsted, Denmark
  214. Amalienborg Palace - Copenhagen, Denmark
  215. Assistens Cemetery - Copenhagen, Denmark
  216. Roskilde Cathedral - Roskilde, Denmark
  217. Skuldelev Ships - Roskilde, Denmark
  218. Grave of W.B. Yeats - Drumcliff, Ireland
  219. Hill of Tara - Between Navan & Dunshaughlin, Ireland
  220. Newgrange - Drogheda, Ireland
  221. Clonmacnoise - Athone, Ireland
  222. Old Jameson - Dublin, Ireland
  223. Oscar Wilde's House - Dublin, Ireland
  224. Trinity College - Dublin, Ireland
  225. Guinness Brewery - Dublin, Ireland
  226. Kilmainham Jail - Dublin, Ireland
  227. Prospect Cemetery - Dublin, Ireland
  228. Dublin General Post Office - Dublin, Ireland
  229. Dublin Castle - Dublin, Ireland
  230. Jerpoint Abbey - Thomastown, Ireland
  231. Blarney Castle - Cork, Ireland
  232. Rock of Cashel - Cashel, Ireland
  233. Derry Town Walls - Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  234. Skara Brae - Orkney, Scotland
  235. Glenfinnan Monument - Fort William, Scotland
  236. Culloden Battlefield - Inverness, Scotland
  237. Jarlshof - Isle of Shetland, Scotland
  238. Balmoral Castle - Crathie, Scotland
  239. RRS Discovery - Dundee, Scotland
  240. Glamis Castle - Forfar, Scotland
  241. Iona - Iona, Scotland
  242. Bannockburn Battlefield - Stirling, Scotland
  243. Stirling Castle - Stirling, Scotland
  244. Hampden Park - Glasgow, Scotland
  245. Royal and Ancient Golf Club - St. Andrews, Scotland
  246. Linlithgow Palace - Linlithgow, Scotland
  247. Edinburgh Castle - Edinburgh, Scotland
  248. Palace of Holyroodhouse - Edinburgh, Scotland
  249. Forth Railway Bridge - Edinburgh, Scotland
  250. New Lanark - New Lanark, Scotland
  251. Burns Cottage - Alloway, Scotland
  252. Melrose Abbey - Melrose, Scotland
  253. Abbotsford - Melrose, Scotland
  254. Hermitage - Liddesdale, Scotland
  255. Traquair - Innerleithen, Scotland
  256. Menai Suspension Bridge - Gwynedd-Anglesey, Wales
  257. Caernarfon Castle - Caernarfon, Wales
  258. Dinorwic Slate Quarries - Llanberis, Wales
  259. Cardiff Castle - Cardiff, Wales
  260. National Library of Wales - Aberystwyth, Wales
  261. Caerleon Roman Site - Newport, Wales
  262. Big Pit - Blaenavon, Wales
  263. Lindisfarne Priory - Holy Island, England
  264. Bamburgh Castle - Bamburgh, England
  265. Alnwick Castle - Alnwick, England
  266. Hadrian's Wall - From Wallsend to the Solway Firth, England
  267. Dove Cottage - Grasmere, England
  268. Carlisle Castle - Carlisle, England
  269. Durham Cathedral - Durham, England
  270. Blackpool Tower - Blackpool, England
  271. Haworth Parsonage - Haworth, England
  272. York Minster - York, England
  273. Albert Dock - Liverpool, England
  274. Lincoln Cathedral - Lincoln, England
  275. Boscobel House - Wolverhampton, England
  276. Iron Bridge - Ironbridge, Telford & Wrekin, England
  277. Warwick Castle - Warwick, England
  278. Kenilworth Castle - Kenilworth, England
  279. Shakespeare's Birthplace - Stratford-upon-Avon, England
  280. Althorp - Northampton, England
  281. Ely Cathedral - Ely, England
  282. Berkeley Castle - Berkeley, England
  283. Blenheim Palace - Woodstock, England
  284. Bodleian Library - Oxford, England
  285. Hatfield House - Hatfield, England
  286. Sutton Hoo - Woodbridge, England
  287. SS Great Britain - Bristol, England
  288. Roman Baths - Bath, England
  289. Avebury Stone Circles - Avebury, England
  290. Stonehenge - Salisbury Plain, England
  291. Eton College - Windsor, England
  292. Windsor Castle - Windsor, England
  293. Runnymede - Runnymede, England
  294. Westminster Abbey - London, England
  295. Cabinet War Rooms - London, England
  296. Apsley House - London, England
  297. Banqueting House - London, England
  298. Bank of England - London, England
  299. Tower Bridge - London, England
  300. Buckingham Palace - London, England
  301. Highgate Cemetery - London, England
  302. Cutty Sark - London, England
  303. Charles Dickens's House - London, England
  304. Hampton Court - London, England
  305. Dr. Johnson's House - London, England
  306. Nelson's Column - London, England
  307. Greenwich Observatory - London, England
  308. St. Paul's Cathedral - London, England
  309. Temple Church - London, England
  310. Lord's Cricket Ground - London, England
  311. Royal Hospital - London, England
  312. Kensington Palace - London, England
  313. Tower of London - London, England
  314. Handel's House - London, England
  315. Westminster Palace - London, England
  316. All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club - London, England
  317. Cenotaph - London, England
  318. Westminster Hall - London, England
  319. Statue of Eros - London, England
  320. Down House - Bromley, England
  321. Glastonbury Abbey - Glastonbury, England
  322. Winchester Cathedral - Winchester, England
igotita05/24/2009

I´m new here... wondering where can I find the rest of the list? (I can see just 319 places).

Tks!

bakinakwa05/25/2009

Sorry, I just have to finish typing. It'll be here soon.

skyle10106/04/2009

Hello.

Just wanted to thank you for the effort in putting up this list, and wondering if you're still planning to finish it.

Thanks.

bakinakwa06/10/2009

Yes, I hope to finish it soon.

skyle10106/15/2009

Thanks for your time. I'll wait.