What Cool Historical Sites Have You Been To??? - Page 3

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 01:53 PM

Being that i am a serious history buff, i thought it would be interesting to hear about the travels of you Planeteers.

With such a diverse cross-section of people here, there should be a very wide variety of great places.

Civil War battlefields???

The Great Pyramids of Egypt???

Maybe the wonders of Greece or Rome???

South American ruins of the Aztecs & Maya etc.???

My best 2 would have to be the Custer National Battlefield & the Old State Capitol here in Springfield.

On the drive up to live in Montana we went way out of the way to stop at the Custer site, i as a 9 year old boy only had a passing, 9 year olds knowledge of the event yet i was totally blown away by the vibe of that place. Even as a young boy i could feel the "heaviness" in the air on that barren, desolate plain. You almost felt as if it just happened. I have never been to a place that affected me more deeply. I have read a lot of books on it since. The on-site museum is killer as well.

At the Capitol building, it was very interesting to stand in the very spot that Lincoln stood, to look down & think that someone as important as Abe stood right where you are. There are actually a ton of places like that here in Springfield, Lincolns New Salem outside of town in Petersburg, Ill is a great place & still looks just like it did in the old days. They have festivals where actors dress up in period costume & give demonstrations on everything from how to make homemade butter to how to fish using old time technology. If you ever come to this area i recommend it. A very cool place for a romantic date.

So anyway, thats the best i've got, where have you been???

Redrum_69 · 02-12-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

If you want to go way back, we visited these cliff dwellings outside Colorado Springs a couple years ago.

Another interesting place was Deadwood, South Dakota. That's a good place to get a taste of the wild west. They'd have re-enactments of shoot-outs in the streets every evening (see attached photo), and we also saw a re-enactment of the trial of Jack McCall, the man who shot "Wild Bill" Hickock.

I was there last June. South Dakota is full of great sites. The midnight star casino is badass in deadwood. Full of movie props from Kevin Costners movies. Thats the same casino that he owns.

GO visit the cemetary and see all the legendary figures of deadwood.

also, this badass museum..

http://adamsmuseumandhouse.org/answers/jackmccall.html

Along the interstate coming from the east, you'll pass alot of old towns worth stopping by. Also...lots of national parks to visit there as well.

THeres also the chance to visit with one of the horses that was in Dances with Wolves at one of the off road attractions.

By the way...if you are ever in the desert...and you stop by a gas station and some old timer says to take a shortcut through the desert...dont listen to him. I hear the desert is full of radioactive people that will attack you...

patteeu · 02-12-2007, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Redrum_69

Africa..

Costa Rica

Brazil

the amazon

Russia

Australia

Japan

greenland

Burchesgarten

austria

Holland

Spain

Italy

France

Canaduh

and about 13 hours north of Anchorage

I've been to all these places...in the videogames I played.

The most exotic place I visited would have to be Azeroth....

Are you a big Carmen San Diego fan or something?

Redrum_69 · 02-12-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

Are you a big Carmen San Diego fan or something?

Nah...its called Call of Duty 2, and 3

medal of Honor

Wolfenstein

and then some Cabelas hunting games and dangerous hunt games etc

Frazod · 02-12-2007, 02:43 PM

Some of the highlights, that I can think of off the top of my head:

Various places in Rome (Colliseum, Forum, Vatican, etc.)
Boston
Lexington & Concord
New York (USS Intrepid, Battery Park, cemetary near Wall Street where Hamilton is buried)
Williamsburg
Washington, D.C.
Charleston/Fort Sumter
Deadwood/Devil's Tower/various places in the Black Hills
Yellowstone
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Jesse James House

I know I've been to more places than that, but I'm drawing a blank right now.

I deeply regret not seeing more historical sites in Europe during my Navy days, but back then I pretty much spent what little extra cash I had on beer. I should have visited far more places than I actually have.

And I've planned trips to Gettysburg on three separate occasions, but something always screws them up at the last minute. I'm starting to think I'm not meant to go there.

**OnTheWarpath15** · 02-12-2007, 02:46 PM

Compared to some of these, mine's kinda lame....unless you're like me and have studied the subject endlessly....

Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas.

Site of the assassination of JFK.

The Texas Book Depository has been turned into a museum about November 22, 1963.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Compared to some of these, mine's kinda lame....unless you're like me and have studied the subject endlessly....

Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas.

Site of the assassination of JFK.

The Texas Book Depository has been turned into a museum about November 22, 1963.

I forgot to add this one, its a subject of intense interest for me too. I didnt exactly go there, but the train i took to LA did a very slow crossing on that overpass & i got a real good look at all of the points of interest. Possibly the ugliest incident in American history.

**BigRedChief** · 02-12-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Compared to some of these, mine's kinda lame....unless you're like me and have studied the subject endlessly....

Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas.

Site of the assassination of JFK.

The Texas Book Depository has been turned into a museum about November 22, 1963.

So was it one bullet that did all the damage? One shooter?

Stewie · 02-12-2007, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ndbbm

Fallingwater (by far the most awesome house ever)

Did they get the cantilevered part of the house fixed? I thought I read they were working on it.

The Rick · 02-12-2007, 02:54 PM

I too liked the site of the JFK assassination. Very surreal when there's all of these people around, some talking about the conspiracy theories and pointing out various landmarks, etc. By far the creepiest thing though is the "X marks the spot" landmark on the street.

Also cool to visit was the site of the Oklahoma City bombing. Lots of interesting stuff there including a nearby building that was damaged (slightly) from the blast and not repaired.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

So was it one bullet that did all the damage? One shooter?

Impossible.

**Bugeater** · 02-12-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Redrum_69

I was there last June. South Dakota is full of great sites. The midnight star casino is badass in deadwood. Full of movie props from Kevin Costners movies. Thats the same casino that he owns.

GO visit the cemetary and see all the legendary figures of deadwood.

also, this badass museum..

http://adamsmuseumandhouse.org/answers/jackmccall.html

Along the interstate coming from the east, you'll pass alot of old towns worth stopping by. Also...lots of national parks to visit there as well.

THeres also the chance to visit with one of the horses that was in Dances with Wolves at one of the off road attractions.

By the way...if you are ever in the desert...and you stop by a gas station and some old timer says to take a shortcut through the desert...dont listen to him. I hear the desert is full of radioactive people that will attack you...

Yeah, there's almost too much to list for that area. The only bad thing about Deadwood is that it's so far from everything else up there. One other thing we saw that was cool up there was an bank in Deadwood (see photo) that my wife has a business connection with. It's fully restored to the old west era right down to the bars on the teller windows, and in the basement there were these blocked off entrances to a bunch of underground tunnels that apparently chinese slaves lived in back in the gold rush days. Strange.

This pic didn't scan very well but here it is anyway.

crazycoffey · 02-12-2007, 03:00 PM

I've been to many sites with historical significance, but probably the most interesting to me, in lines with this thread topic; Sarajevo, and stood on the corner where Archduke Ferdinand was killed.

SBK · 02-12-2007, 03:04 PM

For historical sites I'd have to say my trip to Israel would be the tops for me.

Jerusalem is really cool, walking through the old gates is a neat experience that you just can't get here in the US. The city has been overbuilt though, the crusades brought temples and cathedrals to every site of record.

My favorite parts of the trip were the collesium at Tiberias, where Paul pleaded for his life. Huge arena that overlooked the Mediaterrian.

I also liked the Sea of Galilee, took a boat ride across that. I'd have to tell you it's more of a lake though, not all that big. It's gorgeous out there though.

I also floated in the Dead Sea, which is fun but burns those "sensitive" areas of skin that you have.

When I was in Israel I also went to the Holocost museum there. I've never been so moved by a museum before. On the top floor there was a room with floor to ceiling books, with the names of those killed. I saw men weeping over those books, and thumbing through them pointing out family members to their children. The stories that are in there that have never been heard are amazing.

Let me add that I have never felt as safe walking around a city as I did in Jerusalem. Something about police everywhere with machine guns does that for you!

crazycoffey · 02-12-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SBK

For historical sites I'd have to say my trip to Israel would be the tops for me.

The church my wife and I attended in Dallas was planning a trip there just as we started to prepare for our move to MO. I was bummed, it is a trip I would like to make someday.

**BigRedChief** · 02-12-2007, 03:10 PM

My comments in bold.

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Originally Posted by SBK

I also liked the Sea of Galilee, took a boat ride across that. I'd have to tell you it's more of a lake though, not all that big. It's gorgeous out there though.
I parasailed on that lake. You can see Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Syria at the same time while you parasail.

I also floated in the Dead Sea, which is fun but burns those "sensitive" areas of skin that you have.
n00b.

Let me add that I have never felt as safe walking around a city as I did in Jerusalem. Something about police everywhere with machine guns does that for you!
Thats what I told people when I was living in Jerusalem. I felt really safe....well until a suicide bomber blew up a bus I was going to get on but me andmy buddy were running late.

02-12-2007, 01:53 PM
Easy 6 pie is never free Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the drivers seat Casino cash: $3717775	What Cool Historical Sites Have You Been To??? Being that i am a serious history buff, i thought it would be interesting to hear about the travels of you Planeteers. With such a diverse cross-section of people here, there should be a very wide variety of great places. Civil War battlefields??? The Great Pyramids of Egypt??? Maybe the wonders of Greece or Rome??? South American ruins of the Aztecs & Maya etc.??? My best 2 would have to be the Custer National Battlefield & the Old State Capitol here in Springfield. On the drive up to live in Montana we went way out of the way to stop at the Custer site, i as a 9 year old boy only had a passing, 9 year olds knowledge of the event yet i was totally blown away by the vibe of that place. Even as a young boy i could feel the "heaviness" in the air on that barren, desolate plain. You almost felt as if it just happened. I have never been to a place that affected me more deeply. I have read a lot of books on it since. The on-site museum is killer as well. At the Capitol building, it was very interesting to stand in the very spot that Lincoln stood, to look down & think that someone as important as Abe stood right where you are. There are actually a ton of places like that here in Springfield, Lincolns New Salem outside of town in Petersburg, Ill is a great place & still looks just like it did in the old days. They have festivals where actors dress up in period costume & give demonstrations on everything from how to make homemade butter to how to fish using old time technology. If you ever come to this area i recommend it. A very cool place for a romantic date. So anyway, thats the best i've got, where have you been???
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02-12-2007, 02:43 PM	#34
Frazod WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $3115085	Some of the highlights, that I can think of off the top of my head: Various places in Rome (Colliseum, Forum, Vatican, etc.) Boston Lexington & Concord New York (USS Intrepid, Battery Park, cemetary near Wall Street where Hamilton is buried) Williamsburg Washington, D.C. Charleston/Fort Sumter Deadwood/Devil's Tower/various places in the Black Hills Yellowstone Little Bighorn Battlefield Jesse James House I know I've been to more places than that, but I'm drawing a blank right now. I deeply regret not seeing more historical sites in Europe during my Navy days, but back then I pretty much spent what little extra cash I had on beer. I should have visited far more places than I actually have. And I've planned trips to Gettysburg on three separate occasions, but something always screws them up at the last minute. I'm starting to think I'm not meant to go there.
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02-12-2007, 02:46 PM	#35
OnTheWarpath15 MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Casino cash: $4901115	Compared to some of these, mine's kinda lame....unless you're like me and have studied the subject endlessly.... Dealey Plaza, Dallas Texas. Site of the assassination of JFK. The Texas Book Depository has been turned into a museum about November 22, 1963. Attached Thumbnails
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02-12-2007, 02:54 PM	#39
The Rick Veteran Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Milwaukee, WI Casino cash: $7591320	I too liked the site of the JFK assassination. Very surreal when there's all of these people around, some talking about the conspiracy theories and pointing out various landmarks, etc. By far the creepiest thing though is the "X marks the spot" landmark on the street. Also cool to visit was the site of the Oklahoma City bombing. Lots of interesting stuff there including a nearby building that was damaged (slightly) from the blast and not repaired.
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02-12-2007, 03:00 PM	#42
crazycoffey .......... Join Date: Dec 2006 Casino cash: $5187901	I've been to many sites with historical significance, but probably the most interesting to me, in lines with this thread topic; Sarajevo, and stood on the corner where Archduke Ferdinand was killed.
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02-12-2007, 03:04 PM	#43
SBK Curry is the pick??? Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Casino cash: $10004900	For historical sites I'd have to say my trip to Israel would be the tops for me. Jerusalem is really cool, walking through the old gates is a neat experience that you just can't get here in the US. The city has been overbuilt though, the crusades brought temples and cathedrals to every site of record. My favorite parts of the trip were the collesium at Tiberias, where Paul pleaded for his life. Huge arena that overlooked the Mediaterrian. I also liked the Sea of Galilee, took a boat ride across that. I'd have to tell you it's more of a lake though, not all that big. It's gorgeous out there though. I also floated in the Dead Sea, which is fun but burns those "sensitive" areas of skin that you have. When I was in Israel I also went to the Holocost museum there. I've never been so moved by a museum before. On the top floor there was a room with floor to ceiling books, with the names of those killed. I saw men weeping over those books, and thumbing through them pointing out family members to their children. The stories that are in there that have never been heard are amazing. Let me add that I have never felt as safe walking around a city as I did in Jerusalem. Something about police everywhere with machine guns does that for you!
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