"Disneyland. Went there last year and the amount of people made me dizzy. Everything is overwhelming for me. I honestly prefer Universal Studios."
Trackhivered
"Mount Rushmore. It’s really far away from the viewing area"
AliceJW
"Plymouth Rock stinks. Just go to the Lobster Pot and get the fried plate and that will make your day a whole lot better."
GodonX1r
"Berlin wall. Like, I got a fragment of it in a souvenir shop, but it doesn’t feel special at all. Just some chunk of concrete. With how important it was, you’d think you’d feel something when you stand less than 5 meters away from where it used to be. But, nope."
Kartoffelkamm
"Mona Lisa"
Samcon1999
"The Four Corners in the US. It’s just a concrete circle in the desert. Like, idk what else I expected, but I was disappointed."
Grimfey
"The Las Vegas welcome sign. I thought it would be a lot taller."
Redditor_2017
"The Eiffel Tower. Sure, it was cool to sit under it and have lunch, but holy f@#k the amount of people there, the homeless people begging and the insane amount of trash littered all around it was so off-putting."
Rexasaurus1024
"I live in San Antonio and everytime I walk or drive by the Alamo its pretty wack."
Oftene
"Hollywood walk of fame. Such a dirty place full of homeless people, weirdos and rappers trying to sell you their CD. Really doesn’t live up to the hype."
Brooke7366
"The Sistine Chapel. I thought all the paintings would be much bigger. However, Saint Peter’s Basilica caught me off guard and blew me away."
Bamaboy858
"Stonehenge. Rocks behind a rope. Fun times."
ChickenSaysBawk
"Space needle. It was $40 per person to go up. If you’ve been in a skyscraper, you’ve seen the same view."
Trekbette
"The leaning tower of Pisa"
Halfpintlc
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The separation and re-unification are part of my childhood and I consider them an essential part of German history. Finding almost no remnants of the wall felt horrible.
After a few visits and 15 years later, I have changed my mind. I understand that for Berliners, a constant reminder of their decade-long separation must be saddening – therefore, they removed nearly all of it. Everyone else (including myself) should respect that. We don't have to live there. :)
as someone from East Germany, I feel like your initial statement. There are many memorials all around the world that remind and warn us of bad times and Berlin would have had the space to keep some of it fully intact incl. the death strips. But everything had to go away. The copper strip does not give the right view of the oppression of the people who were told that the wall protects them.
There are some memorials scattered around the city. You just have to go look for it.
The Space Needle in Seattle is a pretty big rip off anymore. it used to be cheaper once upon a time. A much better & higher view of the city and on a clear day the mountains can be had from the Columbia Tower (we call it the darth vader building) for half the price and your 72 floors up although it is not open air. I haven't been up to Seattle since the lockdowns but I worry that this has pretty much killed off all the neat little shops that used to make up Pike's Place Market. Forget a harbor tour and hop a ferry to save money too!
Disneyland is much better in the middle of the week and get there early when it opens. You go to a theme park or attraction, expect crowds though. There's better pictures of the Mona Lisa online than you can see or get in person. I've seen the crowds and it's horrible.
Yes Berlin! I was born in Berlin and lived their for 40(!) Years. Now? Nothing more then a multicultural sh#t hole.