What are 20 significant places in America?

Question

It can be a large city, a national park, or a famous sight
(no amusement parks)

Answer 1

*New Orleans, Louisiana--Hurricane Katrina (though it DID NOT take the direct hit as the MS Gulf Coast did!)
*New York, NY--twin towers
*Tunica, MS (second to Las Vegas in the gambling industry)
*Biloxi, MS (Keesler Air Force Base)
*Pensacola, FL--"Cradle of Naval Aviation"
*Gulf Shores, AL--In September 1979, Gulf Shores received the full fury of Hurricane Frederic and the entire beachfront of the city was destroyed. The spirit of the coast prevailed and hotels, homes, restaurants and shops were rebuilt. Again in September 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated the area.
*Dallas, TX--Dallas Cowboys!!
*Hot Springs, AR--home of Bill Clinton
*Nashville, TN--where the wannabe country stars go
*Topeka, KS--Brown vs. Board of Education
*Charlottesville, VA--home of Thomas Jefferson
*Mount Vernon was the home of the American Revolutionary War hero and president George Washington
*Memphis, TN--where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot
*Montgomery, AL--Rosa Parks
*Mansfield, MO--where Laura Ingalls Wilder's Rocky Ridge Farm
*Los Angeles, CA--the race riots
*Arlington National Cemetery--The Shuttle Challenger Memorial
*Cape Canaveral, Fla. Jan. 28, 1986 -- The space shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire shortly after it left the launching pad, and all seven astronauts on board were lost.
*New York--Stock Exchange
*Wichita, KS--First Pizza Hut
*Boston Latin School in Boston, Mass. is the oldest public school in America.

Answer 2

These are in no particular order-
1) All of Washington, D.C. because there are so many places to visit there
2) Sanibel Island, Florida
3) Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, specifically Bird in Hand, to see the Amish
4) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
5) Mount Washington, New Hampshire
6) Mount Rushmore
7) Yellowstone National Park
8) Pearl Harbor
9) Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
10) Grand Canyon
11) Arches National Park
12) Everglades National Park
13) Death Valley
14) Denali National Park
15) Gates Of The Arctic National Park
16) The four Corners
17) The Hoover Dam
18) Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory
19) Hershey's Chocolate Factory (not really an ammusment park, but there is one near the factory)
20) Nashville, Tennessee

Answer 3

The Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
The White House
Gettysberg
Mount Rushmore
Grand Canyon
Royal Gorge
Hoover Dam
Alcatraz Island
Mt. Kilauea
The Citadel
Fort Sumter
Death Valley
Cape Canaveral
Stone Mountain
French Quarter, New Orleans
The Strand, Galveston
NASA Space Center, Houston
Pikes Peak
Yellowstone

Answer 4

My opinion, no particular order:
Times Square
White house
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Independence Mall (Liberty bell)
Start of the Boston Marathon
Sears Tower
Most Lakes in Maine
The Alamo
The Badlands
Hollywood
Any Presidential Debate
Pearl Harbor 7/12/41 Never Forget
Ground Zero 9/11/01 Never Forget
Statue of Liberty
Rosewell, NM
Kitty Hawk, NC
The Capitol Building

Answer 5

New York City
A Beach in SO CAL
Yosemite
Yellow Stone
San Fran
Orlando Florida
Hearst castle
White House
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Air and Space Museum
Jamestown
New Orleans
some mountain in Alaska
some volcano Hawaii
on a prairie in the middle of no where
a ranch in Texas
a grocery store

those are the places that show American culture

Answer 6

Any of the battlefields of the American Civil war or the American Revolution.

Any of the National Cemeteries (where many of these men are buried as well as many who fought in any of the wars since)

The place where you were born

The place where your loved ones were born

And Becca - What is wrong with Wisconsin? Miller Brewing, the headquarters for Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, the place where the typewriter was perfected (which leads to the computer keyboard), frozen custard, cheese, home to more than a few civil rights lawyers and activists, more than a few inventors that have made your life easier, even if you don't realize it.

Me, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Answer 7

Not listed in any order of significance, just as I happen to think of them -

1 Washington, D.C. - the Capital bldg, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, etc.

2 Mt. Rushmore - if you haven't seen it, you ought to

3 Yellowstone National Park - The oldest Natn'l Park and still one of the best

4 New York City - lots of Americana, sights and sounds, things to do

5 Boston - lots of history

6 Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts

7 Gettysburg National Memorial, Gettysburg PA

8 Ellis Island - my grandparents and great grandparents came through here

9 Stature of Liberty, New York Harbor

10 Chicago, IL and it's ethnic neighborhoods and ethnic eating places, Lakeshore Dr. etc.

11 Wrigley Field, Chicago - one of the last "original" big-league ballparks left, had night lighting installed only recently

12 Yosemite National Park

13 Rocky Mountain National Park

14 Cape Canaveral, FL - focal point of Americas space program

15 San Fransisco, CA & Golden Gate Bridge

16 Grand Teton National Park & Jackson Hole, WY

17 Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, VA

18 Pearl Harbor, HI - USS Arizona Memorial

19 Hollywood, CA

20 Nashville, TN "Athens of the South" and focal point of American Country Music

Answer 8

I can't name 20 but I'll name you some that are significant to me.
1. Monument Valley, Utah (the most beautiful place I've ever seen and hope to see again)
2. The Painted Desert
3. The Grand Canyon
4. The Holocaust Memorial
5. Salem, Mass. (a black eye on the country)

Answer 9

The largest or second largest cross in the western hemisphere is in Groom, TX.

The crater in Arizona(I think).

The four corners.

Las Vegas

The Grand Canyon

Redwood Forest in California

Washington, DC

Memorial in Oklahoma City

Graceland

Arlington National Park

Ford Museum

U.S. Mint

Ellis Island

Ground Zero in New York

The Pentagon (the largest office in the world)

Answer 10

No place near Wisconsin