Man made and natural wonders of the world

Geez, I dunno. I'm someone who thinks seeds are a wonder.

ha, ha, ha,.....very funny, littlek.

I agree with little k, the highest number there is way too low, by thousands or millions. Are you speaking of some printed lists?

The world it's self is a wonder. Compare it to what we are seeing on Mars.

'k, I'm in love with you. Mrs. SealPoet is too!

I'll start the list with seven ancient wonders.

Well, that's easy, I haven' t seen any of those. Just ran across a site with all sorts of endangered archeological sites, but I was looking for another article and didn't bookmark that one.

I may end up making up my own list, but that might take days.

I have seen none of the 7 wonders of the world. Sad. But I have seen the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, Monument Valley, Bandelier National Park, Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde and Canyon Dechelles. That's seven wonders in 4 states.

SP, the feeling is mutual. You 2 rock.

colorbook, "You" have the right idea. We're talking about "wonders" that are usually listed in travel literature. I think I've seen the Grand Canyon listed as one of the "natural" wonders. I saw a list that included the Great Barrier Reef. Any more?

All right. Thinking of my sites/sights seen

Natural sites -
The Alps, french and italian, from an airplane window
The Grand Canyon
The jungle at Tikal, on landing in small plane to see pyramids
Oak covered hills, central coastal area of California
The redwood forest near my home in Humboldt County, CA, in particular the Roosevelt Grove of trees
Yosemite valley

micro level
Looking through an electron microscope at macrophages
Looking through regular Zeiss at hematology slides
Looking through regular mic at bacteria

Man made sites -
The Golden Gate Bridge
Central Park in New York City
Grand Central Station in New York, the first one
The Duomo in Milano
The Pantheon in Rome
two jewelcase Roman churches side by side by Borromini and Bernini, the first is San Carlo Borromeo and the next, San Andrea del Quirinale, for me they beat the Vatican which is listed on some wonder lists.
Ostia Antica, port for ancient Rome
Roman fora
Tikal in Guatemala
Teotehuacan in Mexico


I've been to a lot of other places in my mind. Lascaux, for example, and Angkor Wat. The Taj. I've been to Paris and London in my mind hundreds of times, and to Ireland and all over Brazil, where Craven gave us a tour on an old abuzz travel thread, and to India, where Gautam gave us a tour. Where would I go now, given time and money? Sicily, I want to see Sicily in Spring.

I forgot other wonders I've seen, more modern. The Hoover Dam (damn fine dam). Hnh, that's the only modern, man made wonder I have seen that I would classify as a wonder. I think..

I'll add more wonders I've yet to see, but want to. The Mid Atlantic Rift System where it comes above ground in Iceland, The Oldavai Gorge, Machu Pichu, the temples burried in the jungles of SE asia....

Although, The Colossus of Rhodes was never listed in any travel literature, I sure would like to have seen it before it fell.

Just to let you know, I don't do much traveling, but it's interesting looking at history.

I just discovered I have seen one of the natural wonders of the world: The Northern Lights!

I paid a visit to Niagra Falls last year, just to see what all the fuss was about, and came away a bit disappointed. Admittedly it was a wondrous sight but the commercialism was such a distraction that one couldn't fully appreciate the beauty of the Falls.

I've done a lot of hiking and have come across a multitude of waterfalls hidden in the middle of nowhere. I'll take that variety anytime. Lay back, bask in the sun, read a book, and listen to the water.

Beats the hell out of screaming mobs, clicking cameras, cheezy tourist shops, and so on and so on.

gustav, I remember seeing Victoria Falls on the list of natural wonders. I agree wtih you about Niagara Falls - too commercial, although having dinner on top of the needle looking down at the falls is a good treat.

I considered that, c.i., but then my frugality got the best of me.

Where the Rio Negro meets the Rio Amazonas. One river is black and one river is tan. The two rivers form a larger river, distinctly half black and half tan, for miles and miles. My recall it is some twenty miles before they blend.

Niagra Falls

There are two sides to Niagra Falls.

The American side and the Canadian side.

I think you experienced the American side.

billy, I think most people who visit Niagara Falls visit both sides, because most visitors go from the left side to the right side of the falls - from the American side to the Canadian side. At least that's how I remember it.

The survey doesn't list the option but I think there's exactly one wonder of the world, and that's "Everything".

If in doubt, just look closer at it.