I do not make a habit of reading USA Today. In fact, I never read it unless I’m on vacation and have no other option. That being said, I could not resist clicking on a banner for USAToday.com that was advertising the top Travel stories of this past week. The story that really called out to me was “Vanishing Treasures: 5 places to see before they are gone”. According to this paper, here are the top 5 cultural treasures that are in danger of going bye-bye:
- The snows of Kilimanjaro
- Polar bears on Hudson Bay
- Ancient Egyptian archaeological sites
- Gullah/Geechee culture
- Monarch butterflies’ annual migration
I’ll have to check my calendar but odds are I’m not seeing any of these in ’06. Hopefully they will still be around in ’07…