I enjoyed traveling to different places every year. 

Places that I have visited over the last few years are shown in the following map:

A web site called New7Wonders has asked people to vote for the new 7 wonders of the world from the 21 potential great landmarks. As of July 7, 2007, the results have been announced.  As most people will say that these 21 contenders should all be the winners since every place is unique on its own.

Here are some interesting facts about the newly selected wonders:

1. Great Wall of China - 4,163 miles in length
2. Petra, Jordan - Approximate 9,000 years old, one of the earliest known settlements in the middle East.
3. Taj Mahal, India - Used 1,000 elephants to transport building materials in the 17th century.
4. Machu Picchu, Peru - 7,710 feet in its elevation.
5. Rome's Colosseum, Italy - Dimension: 157.5 x 617 x 512 (height, length, weight in feet).
6. Christ Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 125-foot tall and takes 220 steps up to the viewing areas.
7. Chichen Itza, Mexico - Has 3 sinkholes that provided water on the otherwise arid Yucatan Peninsula, two remains. Established from 10th through the 13th centuries as the center of Mayan society.

For fun and a personal pursuit, I have listed a few of the 21 candidates that I have visited:

 

		The Acropolis, Greece			The Colosseum, Italy
		The Eiffel Tower, France			The Great Wall, China
		Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany (Aug. 2006)			The Statue of Christ Redeemer, Brazil
		The Statue of Liberty, USA			The Sydney Opera House, Australia
		The Taj Mahal, India (Dec. 2006)			The Kiyomizu Temple, Japan (Jun. 2007)
		The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt (Dec. 2007)			Petra, Jordan (Dec. 2007)
		Machu Picchu, Peru (Aug. 2008)			Angkor Wat, Cambodia (Dec. 2008)
		Chichen Itza, Mexico (Apr. 2009)			Easter Island, Chile (Feb. 2010)

The Smithsonian Magazine has listed 28 places to see before you die. Paraphrase from the web site directly,  "Whether you visit only a couple of these destinations or all 28, your life will be enriched by the experience. And if along the way you want to gorge on caviar or get a tattoo, that's entirely up to you."

For your reference, I have copied the list below (ü indicates I have visited the place):

Portals into the Past
Walk the timeless streets and byways of ancient cities on three continents

– Mesa Verde
üPompeii
– Tikal
üPetra

Feats of Engineering
The world's surviving architectural wonders hewed from stone and mortar beckon as ever

ü Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
ü Taj Mahal, India
ü Easter Island
ü The Great Wall, China

A Matter of Timing
Choosing the right year, month or even moment can make all the difference

– Aurora Borealis, anywhere above 60 degrees latitude
– Serengeti, Tanzania & Kenya
– Iguazu Falls, Paraguay, Brazil & Argentina
ü Machu Picchu, Peru

Triumphs of Vision
Come face to face with history's finest works of art and design

ü The Louvre, Paris, France
– Zen Garden of Kyoto, Japan
– Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
– Fallingwater, Pennsylvania, USA

Scale New Heights
Don't just see nature's most spectacular sites—experience them

ü Yangtze River, China
ü Antarctica
– Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
ü Grand Canyon, USA

In the Presence of Gods
Encounter temples so magnificent then could only have been built by divine inspiration

– Pagan, Myanmar
üParthenon, Greece
üAngkor Wat, Cambodia
– Ephesus, Turkey

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Visit these deteriorating or threatened destinations before they disappear

ü Venice, Italy
– Amazon Rain Forest
ü Great Barrier Reef, Australia
ü Galápagos Islands

Wow, life is truly short when we have so many great places to visit in a lifetime!