100 Places to Travel Challenge

I have to admit: I’m a sucker for these travel challenge things.  Interestingly enough, I’ve actually either just been or am about to go to around ten of the places on the list! I’ve italicized the places I’ve been, and emboldened the places I plan to visit in 2012. The real challenge would be for me to dig up pictures of each of these places!

1. Alamo
San Antonio, Texas, USA

2. Alhambra 
Granada, Spain

3. Andros Island
Bahamas

4. Angel Falls
Venezuela

5. Angkor Wat
Angkor, Cambodia

6. Atlantic City Boardwalk
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

7. Ayers Rock
Australia

8. Big Ben 
London, England

9. Bora Bora
Polynesia

10. British Museum 
London, England

11. Canals of Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Netherlands

12. Cathedral of Seville 
Seville, Spain

13. Cave of Crystals
Mexico

14. Christ the Redeemer
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

15. Cinque Terre National Park 
Italy

16. Colosseum 
Rome, Italy

17. Crater Lake National Park 
Oregon, USA

18. Dead Sea 
Israel/Jordan

19. Death Valley National Park 
California, USA

20. Devil’s Tower
Wyoming, USA

21. Dome of the Rock 
Jerusalem, Israel

22. Easter Island Statues
Polynesia

23. Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland

24. Eiffel Tower 
Paris, France

25. Empire State Building 
New York City, New York, USA

26. Forbidden City
Beijing, China

27. French Quarter 
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 

28. Galapagos Islands
Ecuador

29. Gateway Arch
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

30. Gettysburg Battlefield 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

31. Glacier Bay Basin
Alaska, USA

32. Glacier National Park
Montana, USA

33. Glowworm Cave
New Zealand

34. Golden Gate Bridge 
San Francisco, California, USA

35. Grand Canal 
Venice, Italy

36. Grand Canyon 
Arizona, USA

37. Grand Mosque in Mecca 
Saudi Arabia

38. Great Barrier Reef
Queensland, Australia

39. Great Mosque of Córdoba 
Córdoba, Spain

40. Great Wall of China
China

41. Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey

42. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 
Hawaii, USA

43. Hollywood Boulevard 
Hollywood, California, USA

44. Iguazu Falls
Argentina and Brazil

45. Kiyomizu-dera
Kyoto, Japan

46. Kremlin
Moscow, Russia

47. Lake Titicaca
Peru

48. Las Ramblas
Barcelona, Spain

49. Las Vegas Strip 
Las Vegas, Nevada

50. Leaning Tower of Pisa 
Pisa, Italy

51. Louvre Museum 
Paris, France

52. Macchu Picchu
Peru

53. Matterhorn 
Switzerland

54. Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

55. Metropolitan Museum of Art 
New York City, New York, USA

56. Mount Everest
Nepal

57. Mount Fuji
Japan

58. Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania

59. Mount Rushmore
Keystone, South Dakota, USA

60. Napa Valley 
California, USA

61. Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzania

62. Niagara Falls 
New York, USA

63. Notre Dame Cathedral 
Paris, France

64. Pacific Rim National Park
British Columbia, Canada

65. Pebble Beaches of Nice 
Nice, France

66. Petra 
Jordan

67. Petronas Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

68. Portland Head Lighthouse 
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA

69. Puerta Del Sol 
Madrid, Spain

70. Pyramids of Giza 
Egypt

71. Redwood National Park 
California, USA

72. Rock of Gibraltar 
Gibraltar

73. Rocky Mountain National Park 
Colorado, USA 

74. Ruins of Athens
Athens, Greece

75. Ruins of Pompeii 
Pompei, Italy

76. Sagrada Famila
Barcelona, Spain

77. Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) 
Chicago, Illinois, USA

78. Sedlec Ossuary 
Czech Republic

79. Sistine Chapel 
Vatican City, Italy

80. Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D.C., USA

81. Space Needle
Seattle, Washington, USA

82. St. Peter’s Basilica 
Vatican City, Italy

83. Statue of Liberty 
New York City, New York, USA

84. Stonehenge
Wiltshire County, England

85. Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia

86. Taj Mahal
Agra, India

87. Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Kyoto, Japan

88. Teotihuacan
Mexico

89. Tian Tan Buddha
Hong Kong, China

90. Times Square 
New York City, New York, USA

91. Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India

92. Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe

93. Wailing Wall 
Jerusalem, Israel

94. Walt Disney World Resort 
Orlando, Florida

95. Washington Monument 
Washington, D.C., USA

96. White Cliffs of Dover
Dover, England

97. White House 
Washington, D.C., USA

98. Winchester Cathedral
Hampshire, England

99. Yosemite National Park 
California, USA

100. Zion National Park
Utah, USA