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About This Quiz
"This land is your land, this land is my land/From California to the Staten New York Island ... " Remember that song? You probably sang it as a kid (we did), and your heart would swell with pride thinking of this land that was "made for you and me."Â
There's a lot of history to be found in this land. From the birthplace of a nation, Philadelphia, to the current capital, Washington, D.C.; from the bright lights of New York City to the vast solitude of the Grand Canyon; from an "arch" to a "needle" to a "crater," a single road trip, properly planned, can take you on highways and byways in and around some of the United States' most notable landmarks.
Music lover? Head to Graceland. Thrill seeker? They'll let you jump off the New River Gorge Bridge (on one particular day, that is)! Equestrian? Churchill Downs will be your speed. And don't forget about the Alamo! (See what we did there?)
The question is, can you identify some of America's most notable sites? Take the clues offered in this quiz and a handy screenshot for an extra hint and identify these road trip hot spots. Who knows, there may even be one or two that aren't accessible by car! So, buckle up, grab some snacks, and set off on the road trip of a lifetime!
Christ the Redeemer
Statue of Liberty
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free ... " You recognize those words from the poet Emma Lazarus, right? They are prominently featured on the pedestal upon which the Statue of Liberty stands.
The Motherland Calls
The Thinker
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Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge's distinctive orange color was actually never meant to be; the orange was intended to be a primer only. Architects intended it to be blue and yellow to help it be more visible, but the color it is, dubbed "international orange," also accomplished that task.
Brooklyn Bridge
Rialto Bridge
Tower Bridge
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Mount Rainier
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore, a landmark that bears the faces of four famous presidents, was started in 1927 by Gutzon Borglum. Unfortunately, he died before the project was done, leaving his son to complete it in 1941.
Mount Whitney
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Guri Dam
Roosevelt Dam
Monticello Dam
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam claimed the lives of 96 people during its construction, including those who perished through drowning, rock slides, falls, truck accidents and injuries sustained after being hit by heavy machinery. Despite the number of deaths there (and plenty of rumors), no one is buried at the site.
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Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch, sometimes referred to as the St. Louis Arch, or just "The Arch," had an interesting construction history. Its two legs were built separately and then joined at the top, which required perfectly precise measurements.
Roosevelt Arch
Delicate Arch
Arc de Triumph
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San Jacinto Monument
The Alamo
Despite the building undergoing numerous renovations in its 275-plus-year history, repairers have not touched the bullet holes on its front. Though weathering has made them more challenging to spot, if you look closely, you'll see them!
Fort Davis
Fredericksburg
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Golden Gate
Deflate Gate
Water Gate
Cloud Gate
Chicago's "The Bean," a nickname derived from the structure's shape, is officially known as Cloud Gate, the work of an Indian-born British artist named Sir Anish Kapoor. Rumor has it that Kapoor initially hated the nickname, but eventually embraced it.
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Tsar Bell
Democracy Bell
Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell, housed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rang for the final time on the anniversary of George Washington's birthday — February 22, 1846. No one is sure when it cracked, but that's how it still appears today.
Republic Bell
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Crater Lake
Oregon's Crater Lake is deep — really deep. At its deepest, it extends 1,943 feet. With One World Trade Center in New York measuring 1,776 feet, you could submerge the entire building in the lake and still have roughly 167 feet to spare.
Great Salt Lake
Lake Tahoe
Lake Ontario
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Trafalgar Square
Old Time Square
Main Market Square
Times Square
New York's Times Square is a bustling expanse of space in an already bustling city. It attracts 50 million visitors annually, including one million on New Year's Eve, making it the United States' most-visited attraction.
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Steamboat Springs
Beehive Geyser
Old Faithful
Yellowstone's Old Faithful is known to erupt roughly 17 times each day ... um, faithfully? Is there really any better name for this geyser? It has been called Old Faithful since 1870.
Old Yeller
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Space Needle
The Space Needle, which was built in 1961 for the following year's World's Fair, got its first professional cleaning in ... 2008. Say what? Hey, it's hard to thoroughly clean a structure that's more than 600 feet tall!
Washington Monument
Willis Tower
The Spirit of Detroit
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Greenland
Disneyland
Graceland
Graceland, the one-time private residence of Elvis Presley, claims that honor. It is considered the second most-visited home in the country each year, with roughly 700,000 people paying it a house call.
Keeneland
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Marine Corps War Memorial
The Marine Corps War Memorial, located in Arlington, Virginia, is more frequently called the Iwo Jima Memorial, thanks to a photograph taken of the second flag-raising on Iwo Jima. That photograph won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945.
U.S. Army War Memorial
Navy War Memorial
Air Force War Memorial
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, located on the banks of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio, was designed by superstar architect I.M. Pei. If you're on the street, it just looks like a pyramid, but if you grab a glance from the air, the property takes on the appearance of a record player.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Modern Art
Field Museum
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Wright Brothers National Memorial
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Vietnam Memorial
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Pearl Harbor National Memorial commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to World War II, "a day that will live in infamy," according to then-President Franklin Roosevelt.
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The Edmund Pettus Bridge
The Edmund Pettus Bridge came to be known as an important landmark in the civil rights movement, when King and others crossed it in a march to Montgomery, Alabama. The bridge was also the site of Bloody Sunday, a confrontation between police and marchers.
Charles Bridge
Old Bridge
Forth Bridge
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Symphony Hall
Lincoln Hall
Carnegie Hall
Independence Hall
Does the Declaration of Independence ring a bell (no Liberty Bell pun, intended)? Independence Hall stands in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a place of historical significance. The U.S. Constitution also collected signatures here.
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Alcatraz Island
We know it as a now-defunct prison island, but Alcatraz actually used to be called, "La Isla de los Alcatraces," or "Island of the Pelicans." Of course, it's better known today for its celebrity inmates, including Al Capone.
Robben Island
Devil's Island
San Quentin State Prison
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Ayers Rock
Aphrodite's Rock
Old Harry Rocks
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock, located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, holds historical significance as the believed landing spot of the Pilgrims who first came to the New World. Today, a piece of the rock is situated under a portico at the site in Plymouth.
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Montpelier
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Monticello, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, was built by Thomas Jefferson, with construction commencing in 1768. In 1800, the dome was added, making it the first home in the United States to have such a feature.
Berkeley Plantation
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Chrysler Building
Willis Tower
Willis Tower, formerly (and better) known as Sears Tower, got its design inspo from a pack of cigarettes ... and we're not blowing smoke! Designers on the project pulled cigarettes out of a pack and held them at different heights, simulating the tubular design of today's tower.
Empire State Building
Bank of America Tower
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Wingspread
Fallingwater
Located in Pennsylvania, Fallingwater is, in fact, built on "falling water," a waterfall to be exact. The Frank Lloyd Wright design, built for Edgar J. Kaufmann, suffers from structural issues today, but it's still super cool to look at!
Ennis House
Taliesin
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery, situated just outside the nation's capital, is somewhat of a tourist stop in its own right. Perhaps its most famous resting place belongs to former President John F. Kennedy, where you can view the Eternal Flame.
Calvary Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery
Oakland Cemetery
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Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon, which occupies 1,900 square miles in Arizona, is four miles wide at its most narrow point and 18 miles wide at its widest. And it's still not the widest canyon out there; you'd have to travel to Tibet to find that.
Copper Canyon
Antelope Canyon
Marble Canyon
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Fort Gaines
Fort Delaware
Fort McHenry
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter, which sits in the Charleston Harbor off of Charleston, South Carolina, has deeper historical significance than just a point of protection. Fort Sumter was host to a battle that essentially started the Civil War.
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Boston Common
Olympic National Park
National Mall
Sorry, shopaholics, the National Mall doesn't have a thing to do with shopping. It is a two-mile-long stretch of park in Washington, D.C., that plays host to sites like the Washington and Lincoln Memorials.
The Meadow
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Washington Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial, built in tribute to the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, portrays the former leader as larger than life — 19 feet tall! In real life, Lincoln was no slouch, coming in at more than 6 feet tall.
Franklin Memorial
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Vanderbilt Estate
Biltmore Estate
The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, houses the United States' most-visited winery. Luckily, if you overindulge, there are 35 bedrooms and 43 bathrooms on the estate to help you out.
Firestone Estate
Ford Estate
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Freedom Trail
Freedom Trail was conceived of by journalist William Schofield, who wanted a walking trail in his city that could connect many of its important historical landmarks. Among its many stops are Paul Revere's house and the Bunker Hill Monument.
Appalachian Trail
Pacific Crest Trail
John Muir Trail
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Effigy Mounds
Taos Pueblo
Taos Pueblo is unusual because it is both a sacred site and a landmark of interest to tourists. Located at 7,200 feet elevation, it is composed entirely of adobe, a mixture of sand, clay sand, grass and straw.
Montezuma Castle
Ocmulgee National Monument
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Mount Whitney
White Mountain Peak
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain? It kind of makes you wonder why they didn't name it Granite Mountain! Situated in Georgia, Stone Mountain holds the distinction of being the largest chunk of exposed granite anywhere in the world.
Mount Evans
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Mount Washington Hotel
The Greenbrier
Today, the Greenbrier is known as a world-class resort, but for years, it could've been the seat of the U.S. government, if necessary. A large underground bunker still exists under the complex today, large enough to house the entire U.S. Congress.
The White House
The Stanley
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Trevi Fountain
Archibald Fountain
Bellagio Fountains
The Bellagio Fountains are a Las Vegas landmark in their own right. More than 1,200 fountains span 1,000 feet delivering choreographed shows set to music and lights. At the highest point, the fountains reach 460 feet in the air.
Fountain of Wealth
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El Morro National Monument
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Crazy Horse Memorial
The Crazy Horse Memorial, located in South Dakota, often takes a backseat to Mount Rushmore, but its significance is just as important — a memorial to the cultures and traditions of Native Americans. It has been under construction since the 1940s!
National Native American Veterans Memorial
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Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple, part of Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, is the largest Mormon temple in the entire world. No wonder it took four decades to complete from start to finish!
White Chapel
Lotus Temple
Westminster Abbey
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Kennedy Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial
The Wright Brothers are typically believed to be the first to coordinate a successful flight, which lasted 12 seconds and spanned 120 feet. In honor of that achievement, the Wright Brothers National Memorial was created at the site of the achievement.
Grimm Brothers National Monument
Marx Brothers National Monument
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Grand Central Station
Whether you call it Grand Central Station or Grand Central Terminal, the result is the same: Thousands and thousands of daily commuters traveling from point A to point B. By some estimates, the number can reach one million daily during the holidays.
New York Penn Station
Fruitvale Station
Jamaica Station
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Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, should hold a special place in the hearts of all patriotic Americans. It is, after all, the site where Francis Scott Key penned the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Fort Independence
Fort Washington
Fort Halifax
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Platform 9 3/4
Radio City Sign
Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign seems like it should've been created for the glitz and glamour of the movie lifestyle, but it actually wasn't. Instead, it was created to be a larger-than-life billboard advertising the Hollywoodland real estate development.
Las Vegas Sign
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