I’m talking about anything within a day trip of your location. That you’ve never been to.
Why have you never gone? What’s keeping you from going now?
Almost went to Stonehenge after visiting family down south. They wanted £60 and wouldn’t let us take the dog in.
You can apparently get in cheaper if you’re a member of English Heritage. So we looked online to see if it was a fair deal and what other sites membership grants you.
Turns out that English Heritage are a bunch of robbing bastards (they literally stole seahenge!) that enclose our historic sites in order to charge money for access to them.
I won’t be visiting if I have to pay them.
If it makes you feel any better, I was on a student ambassador trip to the UK and Ireland in the very early 2000’s. Stonehenge wasn’t on our itinerary, but we were traveling past and wanted to see it. Our local guides warned us that we might be disappointed, but we insisted. I won’t say it wasn’t worth it to see, but we were all pretty underwhelmed. It was still a neat and striking experience to see, but we were kept pretty far away from the stones. They were roped off in a field by the highway, and there wasn’t much in the way of historical exhibits to spend time enjoying.
Off the top of my head, I live less than a hour from the birthplace of Shakespeare, Darwin, Robert Plant, and Moseley Bog (Tolkien’s inspiration for Middle Earth)
I’ve only met Planty, for obvious reasons. Nice bloke but tight with his money.
The site of one of the most interesting historical battles I know of—赤壁之战/Battle of Red Cliffs—is about a 1.5 hour drive away from my home. Despite my fascination with history, and with both the history of and the novel of Three Kingdoms-era China, I haven’t ever been despite having lived within that 1.5 hour drive for over 20 years.
I’m not sure why I haven’t gone. Maybe mostly just not having anybody to go with who’s as interested in it as I am.
The upper peninsula in Michigan. Lived in SE Michigan for 45 years.
Sorry, you mean Canada, right?
Nope. I love our northern (southern) neighbors but the UP is ‘Murica for sure.
Correct. This is but a jab at Fox News. Or maybe we had just sent in some troops from the north, armed with fresh maple Fritters and poutine.
Ahhh ok, I’m an idiot. I get it now! Oh fox.
I’ve always wanted to go up there Island hopping in the summer!
Edit: wow, I was off by a whole state, the below is actually in Minnesota!
I’ve always been a fan of map oddities. Oak Island in Michigan or fort Charles, where the closest land crossing is Canada, they seem so interesting
I spent a whole afternoon using Google maps to go around Jim’s corner
If there is anything of significance I can reach in a day (or even 2), I only haven’t been there because I am completely unaware of its existence. I’ve been pretty much everywhere in California and even the surrounding states and parts of Mexico. From Jupiter down to San Diego. From every trail and POI in Yosemite National Park to the entire old highway along the coast.
I fuckin’ love this state, and I live pretty much right in the middle of it.
I’ve never been to Mersing, small costal town 2 hours from me. It looks nice, it looks like a pleasant drive… I guess I need an excuse to go there, or friends who want to go to the seaside for a day…
Maybe that’s what I’ll do next weekend!
Isle of Man
Is it the kind of place you would like to have visited? But just never had the plan come together?
Yes
Centralia is like a couple hours away from me, and I’ve always wanted to go see it. Mostly what’s stopping me is that I get the impression they don’t really like or want tourists around?
I’ve been there. Totally fun to explore! Don’t be shy. Your money spends just like anyone else’s.
I’ve never been to the local school. A private school quite a bit away? Sure, have attended that, I even have recorded memorabilia from that if that’s looked for. But the public school one can walk to in a few minutes? Never stepped inside there and it actually feels unheard of. Those barbarians.
Painted desert, petrified forest national park, monument valley.
All places off great natural beauty, less than 200 miles away, and in 40 years of living here I’ve just never made the time. Nothing keeping me from going except my own procrastination.
México
I was once, years ago, 90ft from the boarder doing a site visit to a Freezer Warehouse.
My entire family & extended family have been, and my sister even got married there.
Never interested in going and now it’s on an entirely different continent.