Is There A Landmark Where You Live That The Locals Are Really Proud Of?

I live right underneath Pike's Peak in Colorado. When I lived in Michigan, I lived near the shoreline of Lake Michigan and in the vicinity of the world's largest weathervane. How's that for a landmark?

I have never been to Blackpool but I have been to stonehenge. It was quite cold during the time that I was there.

Chicago is huge and we are proud of many landmarks. The biggest one is Sears Tower. The view is amazing, especially at night. I love to be in Town during the holidays when we have festival of lights and the view from Sears tower is unforgettable.

Shandi Finnessey grew up in my town.She was a Miss Missouri 2002,Miss Missouri USA 2004,Miss USA 2004. She won Miss USA 2004. There is a landmark stating this as her hometown, and that she was Miss USA 2004. I think some people here have pride in that fact.

I guess the most famous landmark now in my home town of Manchester is the Hilton hotel and apartments because it is so tall and also because of how it becomes wider half way up! However since I grew up going to Blackpool a fair bit I too see that as a symbol of the north west and absolutely love blackpool!! : )

I think the one most people here are proud of is Nidaros Cathedral. It can be seen from most of town. They started building it in 1070 but it'll probably never be quite finished. The acoustics are great, I've heard some really good conserts there.

I have visited Blackpool and have seen the tower. I liked going to Blackpool to see the evening illuminations. I have been to Paris as well. I loved going up the Eiffel Tower and going on the River Seine in a boat. I live in the south west. Weston super Mare has a lovely looking pier but it was burned in a fire in 2008. It is being rebuilt and it has almost been completed. I will be able to visit it in July. I shall be on vacation in late June when it opens. Further up the coast I like the Victorian Clevedon Pier. It is wonderful to spend a sunny afternoon there. Well I hope that the Blackpool Tower won't ever fall down. I have seen photos of the Tower of Pisa. That leans to one side.

I used to live in Blackburn in Lancashire when I was a musician, and I often worked in Blackpool. The site of the Tower as I drove into work would tell me that I didn't have too far to drive. I came home to Cardiff in Wales back in 1976 and the landmark in Cardiff then was Cardiff Castle - now it the Millenium Stadium that towers above everything else. _Derek

Hello Janey! I live in Chicago so we have a couple of landmarks which we are proud of namely the Sears Tower now named the Willis Tower but I'll call it Sears because that's the name of the landmark I grew up with. Ever since 911, a lot of Chicogoans believed the Sears Tower was going to be next. But what good will it do if it had no significance in the economy like trading? Well, even if it would fall, we had Lake Michigan nearby and Lake Shore Drive which would provide a walkway for the arduous antenna-ed building.

I'm going to take a total stab in the dark and guess that you like the Blackpool tower. Do I get a prize? OK wait, if it's designed to fall into the sea, why does it matter who's on the beach? Sorry, bad Dawn.... Landmarks here? Hmm.... Well, Sacramento, in addition to the state capital, has its own tower bridge and a pyramid building right behind it (used to be The Money Store headquarters), that are at least somewhat unique looking: http://www.planetware.com/picture/sacramento-us-ca493.htm And in my "real" hometown, Los Angeles, there's Griffith Observatory: http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/bbigpicture.html That's where we used to take people on a clear day. You could see the oceans and the mountains and downtown and everything in between...

I live in a suburb so there is not much here that is prominent in the community. Our city has a time capsule and I never even knew that until last year, nobody ever talked or talks about it and when I ask other people if they knew we had one they don't. We do have a mansion here called the Dole Mansion which is owned by the park district. The mansion is full of history and said to be haunted. We also have two beaches and that is nice, but that is pretty much it. However, the next suburb over is Woodstock, IL where the movie Ground Hog Day was filmed.

While not landmarks in histroical sense, we do have a Television Tower around 230 Metres in height around our home. We also have a water park in our vicinity, where a lot of people come and enjoy. It is situated near Rithala Metro Station in Rohini, New Delhi.

Hai Janey! good morning..! I am from India. There is a beach near my place. It is very wonderful place for spending time in the evening and morning. The most best thing in our beach is, often there will be film shooting. In many films, our beach came. I feel happy when telling about it to my friends.

I live in a small town. My home town near a mountain so we have cool and fresh air. we have a famous lake, called Sarangan lake. it is located at mountain slope. we can enjoy our time by driving boat around the lake, or riding a horse around the lake side. I'm sure people in my hometown are really proud with this natural gift..thanks..

Wow, that is an awesome old tower. I bet there is a lot of history in that building! We do not have much history n this city as it was only settled a hundred years ago and everything seems to get torn down and replaced here quite regularly. The closest thing that we have to an iconic man made landmark is only a few years old. The Q1 building is the world's tallest residential tower and the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere. It is the second tallest free standing structure in the southern hemisphere, behind Auckland's Sky Tower. It is located 15 minutes from my home on the Gold Coast in Queensland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q1_%28building%29 It is quite impressive when photographed at night and quite often gets struck by lightning as seen in the attached photo.