Keep it Up

So Chris and I have a tradition of eating breakfast together on Sunday mornings. Saturdays always tend to be a little fickle because we both run around to workout classes or golfing, hair appointments, yada yada, so Sundays are the mornings I really look forward to. Anyways, this past Sunday we had just sat down with our food and Chris had not even had a minute to take his first bite before I just starting blabbing. I mean going on and on about who knows what. I suddenly had all these life questions and theories. Just out of the blue, for example, I asked Chris what a travel review of the United States would look like. When we go on vacations I always look up the "must sees", the things each town or country is most known for to ensure we really experience the culture of the area we are visiting. So I had proposed the question to Chris, What would America be known for? I really could only come up with a few, Hollywood, Statue of Liberty (or just NYC in general), a Texas ranch, Washington D.C. perhaps? It really just makes our country seem lacking in culture. Chris just laughed. He really had no response. In fact, he just kept eating, enjoying his food wondering what the heck I was theorizing about. So I smiled, nodded, and said, "See, this is why I have a blog....." And finally a response from him, "Good point, keep it up."

Thinking about this question again, I did a little research, putting myself in the shoes of a foreign visitor to the U.S. and here is what they said:
Places so quentissentially part of the USA that everyone should visit at least once, and honorable mention to the entire route of Route 66.

1. The Alamo: San Antonio, Texas
2. Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington, Virginia
3. Boston Harbor: Boston, Massachusetts
4. Brooklyn Bridge: Brooklyn, New York
5. Civil Rights Museum: Memphis, Tennessee
6. Disneyland Park: Anaheim, California
7. Empire State Building: Manhattan, New York
8. Gateway Arch: St. Louis, Missouri
9. Gettysburg National Park and Cemetery: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
10. Golden Gate Bridge: San Francisco, California
11. Graceland: Memphis, Tennessee
12. Grand Canyon: Arizona
13. Hollywood sign: Los Angeles, California
14. Kennedy Space Center: Merritt Island, Florida
15. The Liberty Bell: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
16. The Mall: Washington, D.C.
17. Mount Rushmore National Memorial: South Dakota
18. Niagara Falls: New York State
19. Plymouth Rock: Plymouth, Massachusetts
20. Pearl Harbor: Honolulu, Hawaii
21. Roswell: New Mexico
22. Statue Of Liberty National Monument: Liberty Island, New York
23. Washington Monument: Washington, D.C.
24. White House: Washington, D.C.
25. Yellowstone National Park: Wyoming

In case you are thinking what I am thinking, I am not all that impressed with this list. Seems very shallow as far as I am concerned, and heavily leaning towards government/ battle sites or not really one of a kind. Any thoughts? No wonder all of my top 10 must sees before I die are NOT in the U.S., very sad, yes I admit it.