going, going, gone

a while back i made a list of the places i want to go and things i want to see before i die. of course i lost it. so here it is again. this time i can't lose it.

the following list is a work in progress. it will be updated as new places/things are brought to my attention and/or i check others off the list. (bolded = visited)

suggestions greatly appreciated.

easter island
machu picchu
mount fuji
victoria falls
potala palace
hagia sophia
petra
grand canyon
angkor complex
great wall of china
great barrier reef
taj mahal
chichen itza
niagara falls
the great pyramids
maldive islands
old faithful
the himalayas
the galapagos islands
the vatican
amazon jungle
grand palace and the temple of the emerald buddha, bangkok
the guggenheim bilbao
ice hotel, sweden
the wailing wall
stonehenge
hoover dam
the aurora borealis (seen from iceland)
sequoia national park
dead sea
mayan pyramids
rock of gibraltar
red square
namib desert
the alps
ayer’s rock¸ uluru
valley of the kings
terracotta army
french quarter, new orleans
forbidden city
brandenburg gate
lake palace - udaipur, india
parthenon
colosseum
leaning tower of pisa
mont-saint-michel
shwedagon pagoda, myanmar
gateway arch
petronas towers – kuala lumpur, malaysia
cherry blossoms – kyoto, japan
mt. everest
statue of cristo redentor – rio de janeiro
breakers – newport rhode island
plaza mayor – salamanca, spain
pompeii
christianshavn, copenhagen
gammla stan, stockholm
notre dame cathedral, paris
teotihuacan
banaue rice terraces, philippines
borobudur temple, indonesia
iguacu falls,brazil/argentina
eiffel tower
empire state building
queen's day in amsterdam
the fjords of norway
halong bay, vietnam