As a suplement to the 'biggest tourist attraction' thread.
There are 2 museums in our relatively small town - I have only visited one.
The husband of a friend of my mother worked in sight of the Tower of London for 20 years and only visited it after he retired.

I haven't been to Navy Pier in Chicago. Many of the attractions there can be seen elsewhere in the city -- Shakespeare plays, the tall ships -- but the place is said to be a lot of fun for children. I don't have children, so I haven't been inspired to go.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Pier

The nearest big attraction is Alton Towers theme park - but as not into scary rides, never visited.

I'm close to Graceland, but never took the tour. I am not an Elvis fan and not really interested in seeing very tacky 1960's interior decor. I've had friends from out of town who wanted to see it, so I used to drive them there and drop them off. lol. I always enjoyed there comments when I picked them up.

When I lived in New York City, I saw a lot of the attractions, but never got to the Statue of Liberty, the Chrysler building, or (regrettably) the World Trade Center.

Well, the nearest attaction to my house would be the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead. Known as the Little House On the Prairie. They have an old cabin, a one room school from that time and a post office. I've never been.

We also have Big Brutus fairly close by. A really humongous excavator now used as a museum.

Big Brutus put the oooohs and aaahs in the backyard of the Heartlands!!! Miles before you reach this retired giant — you can see it on the horizon south of West Mineral, Kansas. Standing beside it makes one aware of how fragile he or she is.

The statistics give the hard cold picture —

*Bucyrus Erie model 1850B
*second largest electric shovel in the world
*16 stories tall (160 feet)
*weight 11 million pounds
*boom 150 feet long
*dipper capacity 90 cu. yds (by heaping, 150 tons
— enough to fill three railroad cars.)
*maximum speed .22 MPH
*cost $6.5 million (in 1962)

There is more to Big Brutus than cold steel and long shadows falling across the Mined Land Wildlife Area. Big Brutus is not just a symbol of the past, but an eternal tribute to the mining heritage of Southeast Kansas and to miners all across this nation who toiled to support their families.

I've seen it of course, as it's impossible to miss but I've never gone up by it or anything.

I went out to the Wilder homestead once, on the way home from Colorado. You have to be a die hard fan, I guess, to really get much out of it- a pretty low key attraction. The original cabin is long gone, and due to the real site being on private property about 1/4 acre away, they had to build the replica next door.
There's certainly nothing wrong with it, but I don't think I would drive up especially to see it unless one really
has a passion for Laura Ingalls Wilder. [Lots of people do- I did when I was about ten.]

Well, since I love machinery, (I know strange ), I had to look up *Big Brutus*. Wow! Here is a link to an amazing photo of it and you can guage the size by the people standing near it. That thing is humongous!

http://tinyurl.com/53c4lf

Wow... now that is BIG.

There is fantastic 'whale watching' at Alert Bay up the island and I have never gone there. I booked a trip for this July, finally, after living here 30 years, but I had to cancel it for medical reasons . I hope it's not another 30 years before I get the chance to go there again.

Big Brutus is only the SECOND biggest ELECTRICAL shovel - what on earth is bigger?

I haven't been to the Maritime Museum, nor to see the Liberation Tapestry which is next door, There is no real excuse not to go to see them, I can get into both for free as a local OAP.

Old Age Pensioner.

Thanks Ren. You don't look it.

Oops, I meant to say Sue!

The Andy Warhol Museum. Yes, he's a native son of Pittsburgh and I do think some of his art was kind of interesting and who doesn't love that phrase...15 minutes of fame? Still, I've not gone to see the museum.

The vineyards in Newcastle. Its what were famous for.

I hadn't even given a thought to the wonderful Hamptonne, an old farm with delightful buildings which is a country life museum. It was used in the filming of Under the Greenwood Tree.

I visited it for the first time when denni19 was staying here in May.

This island is one of a group of islands and I have only visited two of the other islands, I really ought to visit some of the others.

I still haven't been to see the tapestry nor the Maritime Museumn.

<a href="http://www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to-visit/hamptonne-country-life-museum" target="_blank">http://www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to-visit/hamptonne-country-life-museum</a>

About the only thing I can think of is the US Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota. This is not to be confused with the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, two different museums.

I've been to most things in the Twin Cities that I can think of.

I've lived near Vancouver for a little more than a year, and still haven't been to Stanley Park

At the Hanford, California Carnegie Museum there is an exhibit of an Amelia Earhart dress and other items. Mary Packwood was a student and friend of Amelia and donated the items. Many people are unaware that Amelia designed clothes and was a social worker in Missouri before she was a pilot.

Living in Tourist Trap, Netherlands, makes for a long list. Every visitor climbs the Nieuwe Kerk, I still haven't. I probably should also visit the Porceleyne Fles delftware factory sometime, busloads of Japanese and Italians come here especially for it.