Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls, NY)
Three beautiful colossal waterfalls running along the Canadian-American border make you think this is a place you’d like to go if it were your last day on Earth. That’s what makes this so difficult. The chance to get soaked under a 167-foot natural flow of water, the highest in the world, seems pretty spectacular, but the surrounding area of the falls takes away from the majesty of its Maid of the Mist. Casinos, low-rate hotels and cheesy gift shops, not to mention the 20-something million annual visitors and the fact you’re far from anything else of decency, makes this place more of a bucket list stop. Of course, the same could probably be said of the Hoover Dam. Yeah, we should’ve made the Hoover Dam our last pick, since Las Vegas is one giant crap tourist trap of a city.
