Arthur Frommer Online: Can you guess what the 7 Great Wonders of America are? (They provide good suggestions for your own next vacation trip)

Jun 4, 2008

Can you guess what the 7 Great Wonders of America are? (They provide good suggestions for your own next vacation trip)

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Recently, on "Good Morning America," a panel of museum administrators, travel writers (Pauline Frommer, Patricia Schultz, Michael Robers), and a noted photographer for National Geographic, were called upon to choose the 7 Great Wonders of the United States -- a list that suggests, among other things, vacation trips you might consider making at some point of your life. Though each participant arrived with a longer, individually-prepared list that seemed self-evident, they soon found themselves in a heated, contentious, four-hour debate. As Pauline put it:

When I went in with my list of 10 wonders (we all chose 10 in advance), I felt that they were so obvious, there'd be almost no discussion. But as the four-hour long panel started, we realized that there had been almost no overlap between all our lists. Places I considered shoo-ins weren't even mentioned by the other panelists. And I have to say, the panelists were all very passionate about their choices. It was quite an intense, fascinating discussion.

We decided to create a list that not only honored the Natural Wonders of the U.S., but also man's greatest accomplishments. And that possibly said something about what it meant to be an American.

The final list? Here it is (and are there others that ought to replace the 7 winners?)

(Incidentally, viewers of the show picked one more wonder: Yellowstone National Park.)
Any wonders that, inexcusably, were left out? Would love to learn your own picks.

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