See America 2008

Rank

Jacob (11)

Kimberly (14)

Cathy (43)

Dave (44)

1

Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY [The actual Hall of Plaques]

Water Country USA

LDS Church History Sites [Sharon VT, Palmyra NY, Kirtland OH, Nauvoo IL, Carthage IL]

Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY [The Museum]

2

Water Country USA

Cedar Point

Rural Drives [NH, VT, Upstate NY, IL, WV, VA]

Boston [Freedom Trail and the baseball vibe]

3

Cedar Point [Mean Streak]

Boston [USS Constitution]

Boston [Freedom Trail; Red Sox/Yankees weekend atmosphere]

Washington DC [Arlington Cemetery, Korean War Memorial]

4

Washington DC [Monuments and Tomb of the Unknowns]

Nauvoo, IL

Washington DC [Lincoln Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Korean War Memorial, Smithsonian]

Sharon, Vermont [Solitude and the sense of history; beautiful Green Mountains]

5

Boston [USS Constitution]

St. Louis

Appomattox National Historical Park [Living history ranger talk]

The smell of corn growing – thick in the air in Dubuque, Iowa

6

Niagara Falls

Washington DC [Monuments and Mall]

Chicago [Sears Tower, colorful cabbie, walk through downtown]

Water Country USA

7

Field of Dreams, Dyersville, IA

Washington DC [Tomb of the Unknowns]

Baseball Hall of Fame [Museum, Buck O’Neil, Tribute to great fans, no-hitter balls, Abbot and Costello Who’s on First

Chicago [The urban experience]

8

Sears Tower, Chicago

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

The Acela Express DC-Boston run on AMTRAK

9

Nauvoo, IL [Hitting a home run in stick ball game]

Field of Dreams, Dyersville, IA

St. Louis [Gateway Arch]

Field of Dreams movie site

10

St. Louis [Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Route 66]

Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY

Field of Dreams movie location

Nauvoo, IL [The Nauvoo Pageant]