Josh Reisner

Photo: Bernard Oh

Lately I’ve become obsessed with a Facebook app called The Travel List Challenge.

Now I don’t agree with their choices at all, but, that notwithstanding, did you know how poorly-traveled I am compared to my friends? Jill Diamond wins with 36 places, followed by Minu Aghevli with 34 places, and Maryka Baillie with 33. I, on the other hand, have a comparatively pathetic 18 39.

I’m even below “Average User” who has 23.

There are a few near misses, for example:

• The Eiffel Tower: Yes, I went to Paris with Buxton AES, but not to the Eiffel Tower.
• The Sears Tower: Noah, Dorothea, Megan, Irwin, Tony and I played hooky from school one day and went to the top of the Prudential Tower in Chicago a la Ferris Bueller, but no, it wasn’t the Sears Tower.
• The Statue of Liberty: Have I seen it 100 times? Have I sailed past it on my way to Ellis Island? Sure. But no, I haven’t been to the Statue of Liberty.

There’s only one thing to be done about this sad state of affairs!

At the jump is the complete list.

United States

1. Alamo San Antonio, Texas
2. Atlantic City Boardwalk Atlantic City, New Jersey
3. Crater Lake National Park Oregon
4. Death Valley National Park California
5. Devil’s Tower Wyoming
6. Empire State Building New York City, New York
7. French Quarter New Orleans, Louisiana
8. Gateway Arch St. Louis, Missouri
9. Gettysburg Battlefield Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
10. Glacier Bay Basin Alaska
11. Glacier National Park Montana
12. Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California
13. Grand Canyon Arizona
14. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hawaii
15. Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, Califonia
16. Las Vegas Strip Las Vegas, Nevada
17. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, New York
18. Mount Rushmore Keystone, South Dakota
19. Napa Valley California
20. Niagara Falls New York
21. Portland Head Lighthouse Portland, Maine
22. Redwood National Park California
23. Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado
24. Sears Tower Chicago, Illlinois
25. Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
26. Space Needle Seattle, Washington
27. Statue of Liberty New York City, New York
28. Times Square New York City, New York
29. White House Washington, D.C.
30. Walt Disney World Resort Orlando, Florida
31. Washington Monument Washington, D.C.
32. Yosemite National Park California
33. Zion National Park Utah

Americas

1. Andros Island Bahamas
2. Angel Falls Venezuela
3. Cave of Crystals Mexico
4. Christ the Redeemer Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
5. Galapagos Islands Ecuador
6. Iguazu Falls Argentina and Brazil
7. Lake Titicaca Peru
8. Macchu Picchu Peru
9. Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
10. Pacific Rim National Park British Columbia, Canada
11. Teotihuacan Mexico

Europe

1. Alhambra Granada, Spain
2. Big Ben London, England
3. British Museum London, England
4. Canals of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
5. Cathedral of Seville Seville, Spain
6. Cinque Terre National Park Italy
7. Colosseum Rome, Italy
8. Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh, Scotland
9. Eiffel Tower Paris, France
10. Grand Canal Venice, Italy
11. Great Mosque of Córdoba Córdoba, Spain
12. Las Ramblas Barcelona, Spain
13. Leaning Tower of Pisa Pisa, Italy
14. Louvre Museum Paris, France
15. Matterhorn Switzerland
16. Notre Dame Cathedral Paris, France
17. Pebble Beaches of Nice Nice, France
18. Puerta Del Sol Madrid, Spain
19. Rock of Gibraltar Gibraltar
20. Ruins of Athens Athens, Greece
21. Ruins of Pompeii Pompei, Italy
22. Sagrada Famila Barcelona, Spain
23. Sedlec Ossuary Czech Republic
24. Sistine Chapel Vatican City, Italy
25. St. Peter’s Basilica Vatican City, Italy
26. Stonehenge Wiltshire County, England
27. White Cliffs of Dover Dover, England
28. Winchester Cathedral Hampshire, England

Middle East

1. Dead Sea Israel/Jordan
2. Dome of the Rock Jerusalem, Israel
3. Grand Mosque in Mecca Saudi Arabia
4. Hagia Sophia Istanbul, Turkey
5. Petra Jordan
6. Wailing Wall Jerusalem, Israel

Africa

1. Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania
2. Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania
3. Pyramids of Giza Egypt
4. Victoria Falls Zimbabwe

Asia / Pacific

1. Angkor Wat Angkor, Cambodia
2. Ayers Rock Australia
3. Bora Bora Polynesia
4. Easter Island Statues Polynesia
5. Forbidden City Beijing, China
6. Glowworm Cave New Zealand
7. Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia
8. Great Wall of China China
9. Kiyomizu-dera Kyoto, Japan
10. Kremlin Moscow, Russia
11. Mount Everest Nepal
12. Mount Fuji Japan
13. Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14. Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia
15. Taj Mahal Agra, India
16. Temple of the Golden Pavilion Kyoto, Japan
17. Tian Tan Buddha Hong Kong, China
18. Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, India

Update 4/3 My father tells me that I’ve been inside the White House age 7.

Update 4/14 Phil Dunn reminds me that I’ve been to Teotihuacan on the Buxton all-school trip.