St. Peters Basilica

The wall.

Me too Maggie. :D

St. Peter's Basilica.

A hard one to call. but someone's got to do it - so why not a Brit?

St Peter's Basilica

(The Wall IS great, but St Peter's is just, well, greater...)

Woooooooo in your face Qin Shi Huangdi!

how would the mongols vote?

St Peter's Basilica wins, and will take on the winner of...

Grand Canyon (5)
vs
Mount Rushmore (4)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Grand Canyon. I can't imagine how anyone who has been to both would ever vote for Mount Rushmore.

grand canyon. the only way you vote for rushmore, is if you just want the grand canyon to lose so stonehenge will have weaker competition in the final round. what? look what happened to the great wall. i mean, please....you can see it from space for chrissakes.

The Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon wins, no voting fraud evident

The Parthenon (11)
vs
Leaning Tower of Pisa (3)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Parthenon

Leaning Tower.

parthenon

Pisa. Pisa. Pisa. That's fun to say. Pisa.

BUMP . . . oops!

I meant to say < insert option 1 or 2 >

...because bump threads are bad!

LET ME AT HIM LET ME AT HIM, IM GONNA KILL HIM!!!


parth i say. pisa is just lucky

The Parthenon wins

The Sphinx (7)
vs
Statue of Liberty (2)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Sphinx!

Don't forget the Hanging Vines and Natural Bridge... Wait, world landmarks - does that include natural wonders?

Sphinx

sphinx. the statue of liberty is small and boring.

Sphinx too easily defeats a #2 seed!

Four games to finish the West and the Sweet 16 is set.

Eiffel Tower (1)
vs
Yellowstone Natl Pk (Old Faithful) (9)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

ive been to the eiffel tower and loved it but i havent been to yellowstone. i have seen heaps of docco's though and i just wanted to say, im staying out of this one

Yellowstone. :D

Yellowstone wins. I would not have thought it! Another #1 seed falls.

Niagara Falls (5)
vs
Machu Picchu (4)

machu picchu. the falls are natural and nature is always good. something man made and still as wonderous just has that extra something

Machu Picchu.

The falls are cool, although the Canadians did end up with the better set. The falls, however, represent an accident of water, while Machu Picchu is another one of those amazing feats of spiritual engineering created by guys that hadn't really figured out concepts like pants or shoes.

Niagara Falls

We certainly did, although there are usually more New Yorkers on the Canadian side and vice versa.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/AO/...hu-gilbert.jpg
or
http://www.raphaelk.co.uk/web%20pics...RA%20FALLS.JPG

Machu Picchu

Falls

Machu Picchu wins.

The Lincoln Memorial (11)
vs
Hoover Dam (3)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Lincoln Memorial

Did you know there are some pretty big stalactites in the Lincoln Memorial? It's true.

I vote Hoover Dam.

Are you sure there not stalagmites?

Lincoln Memorial (when Lake Mead silts up and Bould, I mean Hoover Dam becomes a big waterfall, then I might reconsider.)

Lincoln Memorial!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dam

Lincoln Memorial wins. And the final match of round 2,

El Capitan (7)
vs
The Forbidden City (15)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Forbidden City.

Near as I can tell from 5 minutes with Google Image Search, El Capitan is just a rock. Okay, bigass granite upthrust, but it's still a rock.

el capitan

my favorite ansel adams print tho
http://www.afterimagegallery.com/ada...3elcapitan.jpg

Forbidden City.

I was never that impressed with El Capitan. Half Dome is much cooler looking.

El Capitan.

Forbidden City - for same reason as before

Forbidden City wins, this 15th seed giant-killer goes to the sweet 16!

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

We continue with the best-of-5, repeat voting allowed, for round 3.

St. Peter's Basilica (9)
vs
Grand Canyon (5)

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon

Canyon puts 'em in the hole!

Taj Mahal (3)
vs
Millau Viaduct (10)

The awesome historical versus the awesome modern.

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal - always awe-inspiring whereas the bridge really needs clouds to make a mgical statement

Taj Mahal.

Taj, wins, a strong player.

Yellowstone Natl Pk (Old Faithful) (9)
vs
Machu Picchu (4)

http://cellar.org/fieldof64/64.php?field=landmarks

Machu Picchu

Hmmm,

I'm going Machu Picchu, although I love Yellowstone.

Machu picchu

Machu Picchu wins.

Stonehenge (1)
vs
Buckingham Palace (5)