QOTD 6/12

minionlover

If you had guests visiting you that had never been to your area, where would you take them to sight see?

ramstein1027

Probably downtown to walk around monument circle

Then to Mug-n-Bun for a root beer float, onion rings, and a pork tenderloin sandwich (the Indiana trifecta of food) 

Then back to the country where I live for a drive 

Willy1020

The national mall, Arlington cemetery, the white house, the capitol building...

anywhere in DC really

brainybrunette

Well, since I live less than 20 min from DC, there's so many options! I'd probably start at the Smithsonian Metro Exit on the National Mall and then go from there.

kittenwine

Well...the only note worthy thing about my town is the regulation size hockey arena.  Other fascinating landmarks are our numerous quarries, chicken barns and train tracks.

^^^That was sarcasm.  It's not fascinating at all. My town is a very small farming community where people shop at the grocery store still covered in horse poo. True story.  

xxjen015

Wellll we have all sorts of stuff to do. We were just named Outdoor Magazine's top city in the country (go Chattanooga!). So there's all sorts of outdoors stuff to do.

I'd take them to the TN Aquarium, Rock City, and Ruby Falls. We'd go hiking in the mountains. We also have zip lining in the mountains and whitewater rafting. Tons and tons of good food and beer. 

minionlover

I would go to the Walkway over the Hudson.  It's an old railroad bridge that was converted into a pedestrian walkway a few years away.  It's pretty neat. 

We also have Vanderbuilt Mansion, Mills Mansion, the Morse Estate (the guy that invented Morse Code), and FDR's presidential library.  We are pretty historic for such an unknown place.

Then we could always go to a winery.  Some of them are pretty good around here.

mrshall1027

My best friend from Colorado is actually coming to visit for the weekend, so this is a great question!

Downtown Austin, the Capital, Hamilton Pool, The Oasis (restaurant with the best lake view), tons of great local restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries. There's also great shopping spots.

mana8503

Amish country (Lancaster, pa), Philadelphia, inner Harbor Baltimore...

minionlover

@mrshall1027 - I want to go to the Oasis!!! I loved going there. It was so awesome when everyone cheered at sunset. I have gone to a few places here in NY and clapped when the sun went down. Everyone just looked at me like I was crazy. The one thing I did hate about the Oasis was that if you had a few margaritas and needed to use the bathroom, you had a hard time remembering where your table was.

consciousdear88

I'm not sure if I'd willingly take visitors through my hometown/where I live. Most of the "touristy" things in my area are dedicated to sad/tragic events.

Where I live now is a few miles away from the sites of these two events:

Quecreek Mining Accident -- there is supposedly a museum or some sort of site area for this; not 100% sure as I've never been

Shanksville -- the site of the Flight 93 crash on 9/11.

Where I grew up is the home of the Johnstown Flood. There are actually two museums for this one. The one is located near where the dam burst. The second one is downtown and is located in the building that used to house the library where my great grandmother worked.

A recent fun thing that they opened that I actually would not mind seeing myself is the new whitewater rapids area. I went to the park where it is located during spring as part of a class project in college, but they didn't have the boats/tubes out since it was still cold.

There are a few restaurants and bars as well that are a bit interesting too.

PattySmith101

I live in Philadelphia- so there's tons to see and do!

sjs1013

@minionlover The walkway over the Hudson is gorgeous.  I've only driven in the area, but it's on my list of things to check out.

I would take them to Times Square and 5th Ave in NYC.  Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural History also.

In my county, there are a ton of beautiful parks overlooking the Hudson and Long Island Sound.  I would take someone to some of those places also.  There is a ton of NYS History in my county, but I haven't been to many of those places myself to say I would take someone there.  I've always done more NYC exploring than in my county.

goatlady12

the mall of america, no sales tax on clothes in Minnesota! There's also great restaurants and pubs around here. The city a grew up in is a really cool town and was the first mn city. Lots of small breweries to tour. Also I have a nice deck and a blender for margaritas!
If someone wants to visit in the winter I go nowhere, cold is not my friend.

minionlover

@sjs1013 - Let me know when you want to go.  I will meet you. 

sjs1013

Sounds good @minionlover!  I'll add it to my summer agenda