What is the most historically significant place you have gone?

[Racerbvd]

I too, have been to more than a few, but Andersonville stands out the most for me, as now a very good friend is buried there

[onlycafe]

since no one has mentioned it yet, the alamo.

[Tobra]

Inside the Alamo is the only place I ever saw a Texas Ranger with their hat off in the ten years I lived in there.

Andersonville, holy crap Byron, who got buried there?

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I too, have been to more than a few, but Andersonville stands out the most for me, as now a very good friend is buried there

Byron, don't know is you saw my post but I've also been to Andersonville, the saddest place I've ever walked through. Do you mind saying who your friend is that's buried there?

[BertBeagle]

The one that moved me the most was the peace park in Hiroshima. I walked all around the place starting at day break in a cold light rain and it was incredible. Took lots of slides. If I had a scanner I'd post a few.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Inside the Alamo is the only place I ever saw a Texas Ranger with their hat off in the ten years I lived in there.

Andersonville, holy crap Byron, who got buried there?

I too have been to the Alamo.

Byron, don't know is you saw my post but I've also been to Andersonville, the saddest place I've ever walked through. Do you mind saying who your friend is that's buried there?

Andersonville, that one was my good friend, & mentor on many things, Floyd English, who cancer took the day before Thanksgiving in 2006
I also have other family from the War of Northern Aggression buried there
Floyd is the one who left me the 76 914 2.0 & 87 924S cheater cars. After my father passed, he became like a father & really helped me when I needed it most.

[id10t]

Lots of places in Washington DC of course, lots of stuff all up and down the east coast. Never really been out of the states, but I think the most historically significant place is St. Augustine, Fl. - more than the Jamestown, etc. someone else listed.

[azasadny]

Mesopotamia (between the Tigris and the Euphrates) near the Persian Gulf, thought by many scholars to be the site of the Garden of Eden. Didn't look like a garden when I saw it (Desert Storm).

[gsmith660]

Lets see:
Been several historically signifigant places I cant talk about, one of the last tasks I did in the navy was in charge of grounds keeping crew for the Arizona memorial and museum I took great pride in polishing the bell myself been to D.C., Gettysburg, Manassas,Independence hall, Betsy Ross house,Kennedy Space center,Daytona, stationed in New York city for a while been to the WTC, Trained at the Nautilus prototype in Idaho, been to Hiroshima, went 4 wheelin up to Opana point, dove on a japanese zero off Oahu. And I went to DIsney World oh and I met Hyman Rickover.

[widgeon13]

not particularly exotic but:

Gettysburg Battlefield (national park),

[Superman]

Jerusalem.

[Eric 951]

The deck of the USS Missouri right next to the spot where the Japanese signed the surrender papers.

[Rich76_911s]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Mesa Verde cliff dwellings in Colorado - If you haven't been, you should go.

If you think Mesa Verde is cool you should check out Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. It is very remote and you get to experience the dwellings much more. You can even find Pot shards if you look, although No Touchy it is against the law to take any. They had line of sight communication between Chaco, Mesa Verde, and another ruin further west in Colorado at Chimney Rock. Also look up the sun dial it is in chaco canyon and very interesting.

One of the most significant historical spots for me is Washington's Square in Philadelphia. Over a 1000 unknown soldiers from the Revolutionary war are buried there. It is only 2 or 3 blocks away from Independence Hall. Which is another fairly significant place.

[rcecale]

Originally Posted by BertBeagle

The one that moved me the most was the peace park in Hiroshima. I walked all around the place starting at day break in a cold light rain and it was incredible. Took lots of slides. If I had a scanner I'd post a few.

+1

This place is really moving. As is the Peace Museum.

Also stood at "ground zero", 1980 feet directly below the point of detonation.

Also been to Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Sugarloaf and several battle locations on Okinawa. Darwin, Australia has several significant WWII locations I've visited, as well.

Randy

[Bill Douglas]

Buckingham palace, Hommers toom, Cecil Rhodes toom, Notra Dame cathedrale, Victoria falls, Niagra falls, Tower of London, top of the world trade centre RIP.

[widgeon13]

Podium on stage in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, New York city. On two occasions I have been chairman of a professional organization and had to make remarks from the stage. It is a very humbling experience when you consider that most modern presidents, other heads of state and other well known people have stood in that same spot and delivered their message. As insignificant as my message might have been, I always felt honored to have that experience.

[John Rogers]

The Golden Fleece Tavern that is on the green in Dover Delaware where the first state ratified the U.S. Constitution.

[kimlangley7]

Omaha Beach , Normandy France ....
Athens Greece - Parthanon
Gettysburg, PA
Korea.. all over the DMZ
Arlington National Cemetary

[450knotOffice]

Rome - amazing city that already had a population of 1,000,000 at the time of Christ. Most amazing and historic city in the world, imo - and I've been to many in my 44 years. It's surreal walking through the Forum (the center of ancient Rome), or standing in the Colosseum, or peering up at the huge dome of the Pantheon, which until the dome at St. Peters was built, was the worlds largest dome. Everywhere you look in and near Rome, you see 2000+ year old structures, artifacts, and ruins. History is literally everywhere.

Pompeii - a city frozen in time and in amazingly good condition.

Athens - Beautiful and surreal.

Istanbul, Turkey - formerly Byzantium, then Constantinople (the eastern seat of the Roman Empire), then finally Istanbul. Another amazing, city with thousands of years of significant history.

Mayan ruins in the jungles of Belize and Guatemala.

Paris - another historic city founded by the Romans a couple thousand years ago. The Louvre (originally a castle almost a thousand years ago, which then became a Royal Palace built literally on top of the old castle, which then became a museum after the Revolution, now filled to the brim with tens of thousands of the world's historic artifacts and famous art - like the Mona Lisa, for example), the prison cell where Marie Antoinette was held before her execution by the French Revolutionaries. I could go on and on with this city because it is filled with so much history.

The USS Arizona Memorial - another place that'll stun you into silence when you realize you are standing right over the top of the ship where 1,700 men died and are still entombed.

Washington DC - becoming a historic city, but it still has a couple thousand years of history to go before it approaches the significance of some of the cities I've mentioned above

Flew on Concorde across the Atlantic - twice. It's historically significant because it is still the only supersonic airliner ever built, and it's now retired. I will never forget those two flights for as long as I live.

All of these places that I have been to have left a lasting impression on me and I consider myself fortunate to seen them. I'm still young, so I plan on seeing many, many more places of significance on this planet before my time is up.