from nature’s loveliest landmarks to
incredible man-made marvels america the
beautiful’ has some of the world’s most
popular sightseeing spots welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten United
States landmarks for this list we chose
landmarks that are representative of
America and its culture and tried to
keep the choices spread out through the
country as much as possible
number 10 the Las Vegas Strip from
ornate casinos to death-defying live
shows comedy acts to performances by the
world’s top musicians the Las Vegas
Strip
symbolizes the glitz and glamour of the
American dream welcome to Fabulous Las
Vegas the famous sign declares inviting
guests to enjoy all it has to offer
the Vegas Strip is also appropriately
named topless showgirls debuted there in
the late 50s and still perform today
number nine the Hollywood sign
emblematic of Hollywood’s golden age
this US landmark has been imitated the
world over located in LA’s Hollywood
Hills the sign debuted in 1923 as an
advertisement for the upscale Hollywood
land housing development but it quickly
became an icon it replaced a painted
board overlooking the village that stood
until the Lots
under it were sold after the removal of
the last four letters in 1949 the sign
required constant repairs until it was
completely rebuilt in 1978 number 8 the
USS Arizona Memorial drawing over a
million tourists each year the submerged
USS Arizona remains a reminder of the
December 7th 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
it’s kind of more like sadness and but
honor for those people who lost their
lives from a floating bridge
visitors to the Hawaiian monument can
view the ship’s remains which still leak
oil to this day the memorial pays
tribute to the first of thousands of
Americans who lost their lives during
World War two
number seven the Grand Canyon deemed one
of the seven natural wonders of the
world Arizona’s Grand Canyon is a truly
majestic site at 277 miles long a mile
deep and at times 18 miles wide it’s
among the world’s largest landmarks and
with its array of colors natural
structures flora and fauna it’s
considered among the most beautiful the
canyon is also populated by several
Native American tribes making it an
important part of American culture
number six the Hoover Dam at the time
this gargantuan structure was considered
one of the world’s greatest engineering
feats
today the 726 foot high quarter mile
long Dam is no less impressive spanning
the Colorado River between Arizona and
Nevada it was conceived as a way to
provide power and water to dry regions
in America’s West the concrete arch
gravity structure is open to the public
and draws millions of visitors each year
number five Mount Rushmore South
Dakota’s Black Hills are home to four of
America’s most iconic presidents the
60-foot tall faces of George Washington
Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and
Teddy Roosevelt are carved into Mount
Rushmore a carving of surprising
delicacy fashioned with jackhammers and
dynamite although the project exhausted
its funding before the presidents could
be carved from the waist up more than
450,000 tons of rock were removed to
create their likenesses it’s a massive
monument for passionate Patriots across
America to enjoy number four
Independence Hall it’s the birthplace of
American freedom Philadelphia’s
Independence Hall where 56 men put their
lives and reputations on the line to
defy the king of England and declare
America’s in
the Hall remains arranged and decorated
as it was during the Constitutional
Convention both the Declaration and the
Constitution were signed in Independence
Hall whose famous bell tower once housed
another of America’s national symbols
the Liberty Bell number three the Golden
Gate Bridge this project realized a
century-old dream to span the three mile
long Golden Gate Strait the entrance to
San Francisco Bay from the Pacific built
between 1933 and 37 the stunning bridge
was painted orange vermilion to blend
with the warm landscape and to contrast
the blue waters below billions of cars
across it and millions more admire its
contribution to the San Francisco
skyscape number two the Statue of
Liberty since 1886 Lady Liberty has
greeted immigrants and travelers to New
York City standing tall in times of
prosperity and tragedy the Statue of
Liberty is more than a landmark she
represents a nation’s hopes and dreams
broken shackles at her feet symbolize
freedom from oppression and her tablet
marks the birth of American independence
if there’s one monument that
encapsulates the American dream it’s the
nation’s three hundred and five foot
tall torchbearer number one the National
Mall our number one u.s. landmark houses
the Washington Monument
the Lincoln Memorial the Capitol
building World War two and Vietnam
memorials and more such iconic features
pepper the mall the stage for important
events like the anti Vietnam War rally
estimated at about 50,000 persons was a
loose confederation of some 150 groups
that included adults students even
children Martin Luther King Junior’s I
have a dream speech I have a dream my
poor little children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character and
presidential inaugurations and not what
America will do for you but what
together we
can do for the freedom of man it’s been
called America’s front yard a place for
gathering remembering and looking
forward to the next chapter in America’s
history do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite US landmark for
more interesting and informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com thank you god bless you
and God bless the United States of
America
incredible man-made marvels america the
beautiful’ has some of the world’s most
popular sightseeing spots welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten United
States landmarks for this list we chose
landmarks that are representative of
America and its culture and tried to
keep the choices spread out through the
country as much as possible
number 10 the Las Vegas Strip from
ornate casinos to death-defying live
shows comedy acts to performances by the
world’s top musicians the Las Vegas
Strip
symbolizes the glitz and glamour of the
American dream welcome to Fabulous Las
Vegas the famous sign declares inviting
guests to enjoy all it has to offer
the Vegas Strip is also appropriately
named topless showgirls debuted there in
the late 50s and still perform today
number nine the Hollywood sign
emblematic of Hollywood’s golden age
this US landmark has been imitated the
world over located in LA’s Hollywood
Hills the sign debuted in 1923 as an
advertisement for the upscale Hollywood
land housing development but it quickly
became an icon it replaced a painted
board overlooking the village that stood
until the Lots
under it were sold after the removal of
the last four letters in 1949 the sign
required constant repairs until it was
completely rebuilt in 1978 number 8 the
USS Arizona Memorial drawing over a
million tourists each year the submerged
USS Arizona remains a reminder of the
December 7th 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
it’s kind of more like sadness and but
honor for those people who lost their
lives from a floating bridge
visitors to the Hawaiian monument can
view the ship’s remains which still leak
oil to this day the memorial pays
tribute to the first of thousands of
Americans who lost their lives during
World War two
number seven the Grand Canyon deemed one
of the seven natural wonders of the
world Arizona’s Grand Canyon is a truly
majestic site at 277 miles long a mile
deep and at times 18 miles wide it’s
among the world’s largest landmarks and
with its array of colors natural
structures flora and fauna it’s
considered among the most beautiful the
canyon is also populated by several
Native American tribes making it an
important part of American culture
number six the Hoover Dam at the time
this gargantuan structure was considered
one of the world’s greatest engineering
feats
today the 726 foot high quarter mile
long Dam is no less impressive spanning
the Colorado River between Arizona and
Nevada it was conceived as a way to
provide power and water to dry regions
in America’s West the concrete arch
gravity structure is open to the public
and draws millions of visitors each year
number five Mount Rushmore South
Dakota’s Black Hills are home to four of
America’s most iconic presidents the
60-foot tall faces of George Washington
Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and
Teddy Roosevelt are carved into Mount
Rushmore a carving of surprising
delicacy fashioned with jackhammers and
dynamite although the project exhausted
its funding before the presidents could
be carved from the waist up more than
450,000 tons of rock were removed to
create their likenesses it’s a massive
monument for passionate Patriots across
America to enjoy number four
Independence Hall it’s the birthplace of
American freedom Philadelphia’s
Independence Hall where 56 men put their
lives and reputations on the line to
defy the king of England and declare
America’s in
the Hall remains arranged and decorated
as it was during the Constitutional
Convention both the Declaration and the
Constitution were signed in Independence
Hall whose famous bell tower once housed
another of America’s national symbols
the Liberty Bell number three the Golden
Gate Bridge this project realized a
century-old dream to span the three mile
long Golden Gate Strait the entrance to
San Francisco Bay from the Pacific built
between 1933 and 37 the stunning bridge
was painted orange vermilion to blend
with the warm landscape and to contrast
the blue waters below billions of cars
across it and millions more admire its
contribution to the San Francisco
skyscape number two the Statue of
Liberty since 1886 Lady Liberty has
greeted immigrants and travelers to New
York City standing tall in times of
prosperity and tragedy the Statue of
Liberty is more than a landmark she
represents a nation’s hopes and dreams
broken shackles at her feet symbolize
freedom from oppression and her tablet
marks the birth of American independence
if there’s one monument that
encapsulates the American dream it’s the
nation’s three hundred and five foot
tall torchbearer number one the National
Mall our number one u.s. landmark houses
the Washington Monument
the Lincoln Memorial the Capitol
building World War two and Vietnam
memorials and more such iconic features
pepper the mall the stage for important
events like the anti Vietnam War rally
estimated at about 50,000 persons was a
loose confederation of some 150 groups
that included adults students even
children Martin Luther King Junior’s I
have a dream speech I have a dream my
poor little children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character and
presidential inaugurations and not what
America will do for you but what
together we
can do for the freedom of man it’s been
called America’s front yard a place for
gathering remembering and looking
forward to the next chapter in America’s
history do you agree with our list
what’s your favorite US landmark for
more interesting and informative top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com thank you god bless you
and God bless the United States of
America
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