Stonehenge

I believe Stone hedge wins.

The rest of you have obviously never seen the VLA. It is NOT that impressive. Its just a bunch of satellite receivers strung out along the desert in New Mexico. If you're ever down that way, I recommend the Socorro Wildlife Refuge instead which is most cool. They have whooping cranes and everything!

If you're a geek, which you are not, the VLA is the stuff of dreams.

I accept that you don't get it.

Stonehenge wins.

Mt Kilimanjaro (8)
vs
Mesa Verde (9)

Mesa Verde

Just pretend we're the Russian and East German judges...

Mesa Verde

Oh, I love the CONCEPT of the VLA, but to just go look at it is rather disappointing.

Mesa Verde wins.

Buckingham Palace (5)
vs
Sears Tower (12)

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

Buckingham Palace

Sears Tower

Buckingham Palace. Sears Tower isn't even the tallest building anymore.

But it's still cool, man.

Not that I'm biased or anything but Buckingham Palace has a status that cannot be bettered. It isn't just the main building, there are the stables for horses and carriages (including the famous gold coronation carriage) , the Queen's Gallery which displays all manner of art works (Faberge Imperial Russian jewel-encrusted eggs last year) and a wonderful walled garden. Sears Tower doesn't come close even to the Chrysler Building and I would still vote Buck House ahead of that. Well, OK, maybe I am a teensy weensy bit biased...

Yeah, but at least a commoner can set foot in the Sears Tower instead of looking at it from 100 yeards away through a wrought iron fence.

(But I would have voted for Buckingham Palace myself, because the Sears Tower looks like a couple big shoe boxes stacked next to one another.)

Edit: a "yeard" is also known as a "ye olde yard," an English measurement equal to 3 Queen's heads, measured from bloody neck stump to top of crown.

I don't recall seeing the Changing of the Guard at the Sears Tower.