1,000 Places to See Before You Die
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Timbuktu, Mali, 397
Asia, East
Five Grand Palaces, Seoul, S.Kor., 530
Forbidden City, Beijing, China, 480
Great Wall of China, China, 484–85
Himeji Castle, Hyogo, Jap., 515–16
Hiroshima, Honshu, Jap., 507–8
Hongcun, Anhui, China, 479
Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Honshu, Jap., 508–9
Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu, China, 485
Nara Koen, Nara, Jap., 515
Senso-ji, Tokyo, Honshu, Jap., 519–20
Summer Palace, Beijing, China, 481
Terra-Cotta Warriors of Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, 495–96
Yanaka, Tokyo, Honshu, Jap., 521–22
Asia, South and Central
Bhaktapur, Nep., 563
Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 587–88
Gallipoli, Thrace, Turkey, 585
Ghats of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 553–54
Isfahan, Iran, 557–58
Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul, Turkey, 580
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, 545–46
Khiva, Uzbekistan, 588–89
Osh, Kyrg., 560
Red Fort and Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Delhi, India, 533–34
Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 589
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 589
Asia, Southeast
Bagan, Myanmar, 611
Da Lat, Viet., 632
Hoi An, Viet., 637
The Ifugao Rice Terraces, Cordillera, Luzon, Phil., 614
The Imperial City of Hue, Viet., 638
Melaka, Malay., 607–8
Stadthuys, Melaka, Malay., 607
Suffolk House, Penang, Malay., 609
Canada
Basilica of Notre Dame, Quebec, 938
Haute-Ville, Quebec, 941
The Inner Harbour, British Columbia, 921–22
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 929
Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 927
Sulpician Seminary, Quebec, 938
Vieux-Montreal, 937–38
Vieux-Québec, Quebec, 940
Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda
Calle las Damas, Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep., 1084
La Habana Vieja, Cuba, 1075
La Vigía, Havana, Cuba, 1076
Old San Juan, P.R., 1094–95
Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 1076–77
Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Dom.Rep., 1083–84
Central America
Pacaya, Antigua, Guat., 969
Europe, Eastern
Auschwitz, Pol., 309–10
Bone Church, Kutná Hora, Bohemia, Czech Rep., 289
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 319–20
Maramureş, Rom., 314–15
Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 322–23
Old Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Rep.Ga., 297
Old Vilnius, Vilnius, Lith., 307
Perm-36, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, 328
Pula ampitheater, Istria, Croat., 285
Vardzia, Rep.Ga., 296–97
Wawel Hill, Krakúw, Pol., 311–12
Europe, Western
Amsterdam canals, Amsterdam, Neth., 228
Arc de Triomphe, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 112–13
Armory, Valletta, Malta, 225
Àvila, Castilla y León, Sp., 257–58
Bairro Alfama, Lisbon, Port., 240–43
Bamberg, Bavaria, Ger., 139–40
Barrio de la Judería, Córdoba, Andalusia, Sp., 246
Begijnhof, Amsterdam, Neth., 229
Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Ger., 147
Bordeaux, Aquitaine, Fr., 101–2
Bruges, Belg., 93
Cáceres, Extremadura, Sp., 264–65
Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Sp., 256
Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Fr., 120–21
Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Reims, Champagne-Ardennes, Fr., 107
Cézanne’s Studio, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 124
Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Sp., 260–61
Cologne, Rhineland, Ger., 150–51
Delft, Neth., 233–34
Dinan, Brittany, Fr., 104
Dordogne, Aquitaine, Fr., 102–3
Eiffel Tower, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 113
Ekatontapyliani, Parikia, Páros, Cyclades, Gr., 163
Évora, Alentejo, Port., 238
Ghent, Belg., 97–98
Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, It., 218
Graz, Austria, 83
Hôtel de Crillon, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 116
House of Augustus, Rome, Lazio, It., 185
Il Duomo, Orvieto, Umbria, It., 214–15
Il Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Tuscany, It., 206
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche, Berlin, Ger., 148
Kitzbühel, Arlberg, Austria, 80
La Grand Place, Brussels, Belg., 95–96
La Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Sp., 260
Lac d’Annecy, Rhône-Alpes, Fr., 136
Leaning Tower, Pisa, Tuscany, It., 211
L’Hôtel Nationale des Invalides, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 113–14
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Ger., 154–55
Lucerne, Switz., 278–79
Metéora, Thessaly, Gr., 171–72
Mitte, Berlin, Ger., 149
Monemvassia, Peloponnese, Gr., 169–70
Mont St-Michel, Haute-Normandie, Fr., 110–11
Moustiers-Ste-Marie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 131–32
Mycenae, Peloponnese, Gr., 171
Naples, Campania, It., 178–79
Normandy’s D-day Beaches, Haute-Normandie, Fr., 111–12
Notre Dame, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 114
Óidos, Estremadura, Port., 239–41
Palermo, Sicily, It., 199–200
Perugia, Umbria, It., 215–16
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Lazio, It., 184
Piazza del Campo, Siena, Tuscany, It., 212
Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Lombardy, It., 193–94
Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Veneto, It., 223
Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, It., 218–19
Piazzale Michelangiolo, Florence, Tuscany, It., 206
Place des Vosges, Paris, île-de-France, Fr., 115
Place Stanislas, Nancy, Lorraine, Fr., 121
Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Sp., 268
Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Ger., 153
Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, It., 181–82
Red Light District, Amsterdam, Neth., 228
Regensburg, Bavaria, Ger., 144–45
Reichstag, Berlin, Ger., 148
Rock of Aphrodite, Troodos Mountains, Cyprus, 173
Roman and Imperial Forums, Rome, Lazio, It., 184
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Ger., 145
Rubens Trail, Antwerp, Belg., 91
St-Paul-de-Vence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 132–33
Salamanca Plaza Mayor, Castilla y Leín, Sp., 258–59
Salzburg, Austria, 84–85
San Feliu de Guixols, Catalonia, Sp., 264
Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Sp., 265–66
Seville, Andalusia, Sp., 250–51
Siena, Tuscany, It., 212–13
Spanish Steps, Rome, Lazio, It., 184
Steinerne Brücke, Regensburg, Bavaria, Ger., 145
Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria, 86
Stiftskirche St. Peter, Salzburg, Austria, 84
Strasbourg, Alsace, Fr., 99
The Treasury, Vienna, Austria, 86
Trevi Fountain, Rome, Lazio, It., 184
Valencia, Sp., 271
Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, It., 184–85
Village de Bories, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 130
Weimar, Thuringia, Ger., 156
Great Britain and Ireland
Canterbury, Kent, Eng., 13–14
Chester, Cheshire, Eng., 4
Galway, County Galway, Ire., 65
Irish National Stud, Kildare, County Kildare, Ire., 68
King’s College Chapel, Cambridgeshire, Eng., 3
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Scot., 43–44
Oxford, Eng., 22
St. Columba’s Church, County Sligo, Ire., 72–73
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Eng., 28–29
Trinity College, Dublin, Ire., 61
Winchester, Hampshire, Eng., 11–12
Mexico
Casa de Artesanías de Michoacán, Morelia, Michoacán, 957
Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 960
Coyoacán, Mexico City, 952
El Castillo de Kukulcán, Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, 960
Guanajuato, 948
Oaxaca, 958
San Ildefonso, Mérida, Yucatán, 960
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, 948
Tepoztlán, 956
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 952–53
Zúcalo, Mexico City, 951
Middle East
Acre, Isr., 445–56
Al-Fahidi Fort, Dubai, U.A.E., 472
Bastakiya, Dubai, U.A.E., 472
Caesarea, Isr., 446–47
Damascus, Syr., 469
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Isr., 449
Galilee, Isr., 447–48
Great Mosque of Aleppo, Syr., 468
Historic Jerusalem, Isr., 449–50
Kerak, Jor., 458
King’s Highway, Jor., 458–59
Mada‘in Saleh, S.Arab., 466
Masada, Isr., 452–53
Nizwa and Muscat, Oman, 463–64
Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv–Jaffa, Isr., 453–54
Old Sanaa, Yem., 473–74
West Bank, Palestine, 451–52
New Zealand
Russell, North Island, 667
Pacific Islands
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia, 679
President Coolidge (shipwreck) Vanvatu, 698
Scandinavia
Århus, Midtjylland, Den., 340
Frederiksborg Slot, Hovedstaden, Den., 339
Funen, Syddanmark, Den., 343
Gotland, Swed., 364–65
Kronborg Slot, Helsingør, Hovedstaden, Den., 338–39
Ribe, Syddanmark, Den., 344
Tuomiokirkko, Turku, Fin., 352
South America
Cachi, Arg., 992
Cemetario Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Arg., 980
Cidade Alta, Salvador da Bahia, Braz., 1002–3
Cidade Velha, Belém, Pará, Braz., 1009
Colonia del Sacramento, Uru., 1047–48
Córdoba’s Jesuit Block, Córdoba, Arg., 986–87
Cuzco, Peru, 1040–41
Easter Island, Chile, 1021–22
Lake Titicaca, Bol., 996
Manaus, Amazonas, Braz., 1000–1001
Minas Gerais, Braz., 1008–9
Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa, Peru, 1039–40
Nazca Lines, Nazca, Peru, 1045–46
Ollanta, Urubamba Valley, Peru, 1041
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Braz., 1017
Plaza San Martín, Córdoba, Arg., 987
Quito, Ecua., 1036–37
Sucre, Bol., 998–99
Terreiro de Jesus, Salvador da Bahia, Braz., 1003
Valparaíso, Chile, 1027–28
United States
The Alamo, Texas, 879
Alcatraz Island, California, 727
Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D.C., 897
Beacon Hill, Mass., 805
Betsy Ross House, Pennsylvania, 861
Biltmore, North Carolina, 850
Black Heritage Trail, Mass., 805
Cable cars, California, 730
Cape May, New Jersey, 827
Carpenters Hall, Pennsylvania, 861
Castine, Maine, 802
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 803–4
City Tavern, Pennsylvania, 862
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 893–94
Congress Hall, Pennsylvania, 861
Du Pont Trail, Delaware, 745
Ellis Island, New York, 843
Essex, Connecticut, 741
Federal Hill, Kentucky, 794
Fernandina Beach, Florida, 745–46
Franklin Court, Pennsylvania, 861
The Freedom Trail, Mass., 805
The French Quarter, Louisiana, 796
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, 859–60
Graceland, Tennessee, 872–73
Grafton, Vermont, 884–85
Grand Central Terminal, New York, 845
Greenbrier River Trail, West Virginia, 903
Harvard Yard, Mass., 806
The Heart of Charleston, South Carolina, 867–68
Hildene, Vermont, 887
Historic Georgetown, Washington, D.C., 894
Hudson Valley, New York, 839
Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch, Idaho, 783
Independence Hall, Pennsylvania, 861
Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, 861–62
Inn at Little Washington, Virginia, 892–93
Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Hawaii, 775
Lahaina, Hawaii, 771
Lewisburg, West Virginia, 903
Lincoln Depot, Illinois, 790–91
Lincoln Trail, Illinois, 790–91
Maker’s Mark distillery, Kentucky, 794
Manchester, Vermont, 886–87
Mark Twain House, Connecticut, 741–42
Monticello, Virginia, 890–91
Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C., 897
Nantucket, Mass., 813–14
The National Mall, Washington, D.C., 895
New Salem State Historic Site, Illinois, 791
Newport Mansions and the Cliff Walk, Rhode Island, 865–66
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Illinois, 791
Old State Capitol, Illinois, 790
Old Sturbridge Village, Mass., 809
Old Town Alexandria, Washington, D.C., 898
Palace of the Governors, New Mexico, 833
Penn Center, South Carolina, 866
Pennsylvania Dutch Colony, Pennsylvania, 860
Plimouth Plantation, Massachusetts, 814
Preservation Hall, Louisiana, 798
Presidio, California, 727–28
Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park, Hawaii, 761
Roswell, New Mexico, 830–31
Saratoga National Historical Park, New York, 849
Savannah, Georgia, 757–58
Shelburne Farms, Vermont, 888–89
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 891–92
Shipshewana, Indiana, 791–92
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, New York, 843
Union Station, Washington, D.C., 897
USS Arizona, Hawaii, 775–76
USS Bowfin, Hawaii, 776
USS Missouri, Hawaii, 776
Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Hawaii, 776
Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, 869
Yankee Stadium, New York, 845
Roadways, Railways, and Waterways
Scenic Drives
Africa
Tizi n’Test road, Mor., 389
Asia, East
Karakoram Highway, China, 500
The Road to Shangri-La, Yunnan, China, 501–2
Asia, South and Central
Khardung La Pass, Ladakh, India, 537
Pamir Highway, Tajikistan, 571–72
Asia, Southeast
Bali, Indon., 594
Sapa, Viet., 641
Australia
Great Ocean Road, Victoria, 662
Canada
Cabot Trail, Nova Scotia, 926
Fundy Coastal Drive, New Brunswick, 924
Icefields Parkway, Alberta, 911
Sea-to-Sky Highway, British Columbia, 922
Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda
El Yunque National Forest, P.R., 1096
La Ruta Panoramica, P.R., 1093–94
Route de La Traversée, Basse-Terre, Guad., 1086
Route de Rhum, Mar
t., 1092
Route de Trace, Mart., 1093
Europe, Eastern
Julian Alps, Gorenjska Province, Slovenia, 330
Europe, Western
Alpenstrasse, Bavaria, Ger., 142–43
Alsace Wine Road, Alsace, Fr., 99–100
Amalfi Drive, Campania, It., 175
Bulb Route, Neth., 232
Castle Road, Baden-Württemberg, Ger., 139
Costa Rocosa, Mallorca, Sp., 251
Dolomite Drive, Trentino-Alto Adige, It., 202–3
Grossglockner Road, Austria, 82
Lac d’Annecy, Rhône-Alpes, Fr., 136
Madeira, Port., 243
Picos de Europa, Cantabria/Asturias, Sp., 255–56
Rhine River, Rhineland, Ger., 151
Road of the Glaciers, Austria, 82
Romantic Road, Bavaria, Ger., 145–46
Route des Cretes, Gorges du Verdon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fr., 132
Route des Grandes Alpes, Rhône-Alpes, Fr., 135
Route des Grands Crus, Bourgogne, Fr., 106
Route du Champagne, Champagne-Ardennes, Fr., 108
Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos, Andalusia, Sp., 249
Schwartzwald Hochstrasse, Baden-Württemberg, Ger., 138
Unter den Linden, Berlin, Ger., 149
Via Chiantigiana, Tuscany, It., 209
Great Britain and Ireland
Argyll Highlands, Scot., 39
Causeway Coast, County Antrim, N.Ire., 77–78
Dingle Peninsula, Dingle, County Kerry, Ire., 66–67
Foyers, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scot., 41
Inis Eoghain 100, County Donegal, Ire., 58
Malt Whisky Trail, Speyside, Highlands, Scot., 42
Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ire., 67–68
Sky Road, Connemara, County Galway, Ire., 64
Middle East
King’s Highway, Jor., 458–59
New Zealand
Cape Palliser, North Island, 670
Pacific Islands
Moorea Island, Fr.Poly., 689–90
Scandinavia
King’s Road, Fin., 352
Norway in a Nutshell tour, Nor., 355
Ørnevegen, Nor., 356
Ring Road, Iceland, 354
Trollstigen, Nor., 356
South America
Ruta 40, Arg., 989
United States
Arches National Park, Utah, 881
Badlands Loop, South Dakota, 869
Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia,, 891
Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, Delaware, 745
Bryce National Park, Utah, 884
Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway, New York, 838
Colonial Parkway, Virginia, 893
Columbia River Highway, Oregon, 855
Crater Rim Drive, Hawaii, 759
Fredericksburg Wine Road, Texas, 880
Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana, 821
Golden Gate Bridge, California, 727–28
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 908
Hamakua Coast, Hawaii, 760
Hana Highway, Hawaii, 770–71
Heritage Trail, Indiana, 791–92
High Peaks Scenic Byway, New York, 836