"I've Never Been..."

You are very lucky, and I will be forever jealous! I'd love to see all of those sites, and really enjoy pictures that you post. I've just finished reading Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet about the building of a cathedral. I'll be starting World Without End shortly, which is a continuation. Have you read those? Oklahoma has only been a state for about 100 years, so there isn't anything remotely close to what you have.

I am ashamed to say that most of the guests who come and visit us have seen more of my adopted country than I have. It´s very sad, as there´s nothing I enjoy more than just meandering around, looking and seeing. I´ve visited the two major cities, but only to reach the airports. And the third, and arguably most exciting, I´ve only been to when pregnant and unable to explore as much as I´d have liked. I think that people should only be allowed to go on foreign holidays once they can prove that they´ve explored their own locality, town, county, country first! Have you ever tried just walking around the square mile around your home really looking? We drive past familiar scenes so often that we stop seeing them, let alone the people that inhabit them.

Probably the only place I haven't been in the area is the LBJ Ranch - and I really can't quite say that, but the time I went the President was in residence so we couldn't stop... I could be a tour guide in Austin, but not a BAR tour guide cause I don't do "pub crawls"

I grew up in Los Angeles, and have never been to Huntington Library, San Gabriel Mission or Torrey Pines beach. I'm sure there are lots of places in Sacramento that I haven't been to yet, but I'm working on it.

I have traveled quite a bit and have seen a great many historical old famous areas and places. The only thing which is funny that I have not done and would like to is to visit Las Vegas... I want to be to say some day, that what happened in Vega stayed in Vegas I have flown to a great many domestic and international places, and although I want to visit Vegas, I find that there is some other place that out weighs.. So I guess I can make a goal to do so in 2011.

I'm from Bulgaria and I visit all country in Europe,but I never been at Hawaii, but i realy wont to go.

I didn't think we had such old buildings here since it hasn't been settled by "civilized" people for very long. But I looked it up and we have some Pueblos built by our Native Americans way back around 1000 A.D. and the Governors Palace in New Mexico (one of our states in the Southwest) built in 1610. Also a few houses and churches built in the 1600's. I would definitely head to Stonehenge if I lived in your area and also tour the old churches. I'd like to see these buildings here, too, if I ever travel through those areas. I love old structures, particularly churches. They built for beauty as well as utility when they made those churches and I always feel a sense of wonder when I enter an old church.

once more although I live in the center of Little Saigon I am also in Garden Grove California. these are the boat people who fled Vietnam and came here as the climate was so good

Pike- I've lived in Minnesota for five years now and the hubby has yet to take me out to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum! I so want to go because I grew up on her books and often imagined what was like during those Minnesota winters. Now I know! We also have several forts here that I'd like to visit. There is a fort north of us that from what I've been told keeps things as they are. Heck, we have a little village just down the road from us, we just moved out to this city back in May, that we've yet to visit! It's a historical city with houses from the founding of this town. To think we drive past it quite a bit! And to think we can get a free pass via our library (first come first serve mind you) for the entire family to visit. I'm not sure why we haven't done some of these things to be honest. I think some of it is time. My husband works the grave yard shift and that makes doing anything almost impossible. Though he has seniority at his work he always is the last to get his vacation approved so it's always moved to the "winter" months while everyone else is enjoy summer vacations! Right now we're coming up on his two weeks off in the first two weeks of January! Now tell me what sort of vacation we can enjoy here! (We don't have monies to travel out of state so that's completely out). We're hoping though to possibly, if we can gather enough funds for the two day trip, to drive three hours north to Duluth to enjoy an indoor water park. They've got a nice little deal for Veterans (discount) so we thought two days might be fun. We're expecting a blizzard here this weekend though so we're not truly sure just how this will all play out. Needless to say, maybe this summer we'll be better about taking weekend visits up to some of these places so that our kids are exposed to the great wonders around us. I still want to go see Mount Rushmore which is about a three-six hour drive from us. Namaste-Anora

Hello, Pikey. The old town of Orihuela, which is about 15 miles from us, is wonderful. They have a mediaeval market there each February, and throw straw on the cobbles, and have donkeys and other animals wandering through the streets. It's really authentic, because every other building is a church, convent or monastery, or simply a really old hacienda. We always take visitors there, so we've been several times, and have now seen almost all of the attractions there. Some of them, like the cathedral that dates back over 1000 years, are so lovely we visit every time we go. And unlike in England, almost all the ancient monuments and buildings are free to enter. If you do have to pay, it's something silly like 2 euros (about 1.70 at current rates). We lived in Telford, Shropshire for around 10 years during the 80's, and I never visited the Wrekin (a famous hill that can be seen all over the county) or Blist's Hill Open Air Museums. These are working museums that recreate life in the 18th and 19th centuries. On our first visit from Spain to England to see our son - who lives in Telford - he took us to the Wrekin. On the second visit, we all went to Blists Hill for their Victorian Christmas event. So it took us 20 years and a change of country to visit the great attractions on our doorstep.

Hmmm, my city is full of touristy things to see and do. It is one of the top tourist destinations in Australia. (especially now that one of the other top regions keeps getting hit by natures fury) I have been to all of the theme parks, been to the top of the Southern Hemisphere's tallest residential building, been hiking through all of the rainforests and visited all of the waterfalls, been to all of the beaches, been to the clubs and pubs along the glitter strip. There must be something that I have not done??? Oh yeah! We have a major car racing event here in the streets of Surfers Paradise. (glitter strip) It used to be the Gold Coast Indy. A 300 kilometre (or mile?) race through the high rises along the beach that was part of the American Indy Car Championship. It was held every year for over ten years before it was canned by the Americans after the "Global Financial Crisis". It is now just a local touring car event which is still very popular and a major tourist draw card still, but I have never been to it!

Hiya PKSH, How are you? Are you a guide to take People around those Buildings or have I read it wrong at the top? Never mind. Anyway I was born in Wolverhampton and have got to see quite a few things monuments and Churches like Saint Peters in Queens Square at the top of Lichfield Street. I have been to Ludlow Castle, and Boscobel House too. When I worked in Barnby Moor we were witness to "Ye Olde Bell Inn" that has quite a lot of history including "Lady Jane Grey" that likes to visit the Dining Room in the very early Hours of the Morning. The Hotel itself is full of stories which I found fascinating too. Around Wolverhampton are places that I would have loved to have gone and seen. Like in Wednesfield which was once called Wodensfield a great Battle took place there between the Saxons and the Danes I think it was. Whichever way it is the Church the oldest one there has most of the information about it. Actually "the Mercians" won the Danes and put a stop to them almost for good on that very field. I never got to see The Church inside just from the outside and because I was working there full time as well. That is what happens People work full time and they just don´t have the time to fit everything in. Well having said all that I would love to visit more things yes and I think most People would too. It´s just finding the time and bothering to go out and look out for the History that is around us.

well. i'v never, or maybe not yet. taht was so great. i wonder if i can live in some pace with a great history or great building history.