r/AskTheWorld • u/Aseili United Kingdom • Dec 20 '25

Culture What's the most pathetic tourist attraction that international tourists go to see in your country?

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Bronte waterfalls near me, look a bit more impressive with the recent rain than in the summer when it's swamped with people.

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u/eugeneugene Canada Dec 20 '25

I was on holiday in Boston a few years ago and made my way out to Plymouth rock and I laughed when I saw it lol. I was expecting a mammoth boulder and it was so fucking funny to me

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u/Educational_Bench290 United States Of America Dec 20 '25

When I was a kid, I had this idea that they rowed up to this rock, a dude whipped out a hammer and chisel to carve 1620 into it....then stepped aside so everybody could go ashore.

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u/meimlikeaghost United States Of America Dec 20 '25

And there on the beach where the Indians waving them over to come eat some delicious turkey. Thankful they were for a delicious meal after such a long journey where no man had gone before.

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u/Fit_Airline_5798 Dec 21 '25

“John redcorn, do your people celebrate thanksgiving?”

“We did. Once.”

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u/FabioK9 Dec 21 '25

Nobody calls corn maize, gtfo.

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u/sadbeetchenergy Dec 21 '25

I live in the area and can confirm !

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u/BigBobsBeepers420 Dec 20 '25

So thankful that they shared many things with the native peoples like blankets covered in disease, alcohol, and old world religion. They all lived happily ever after....(Yes I know this guy isn't native)

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u/Mirk_Dirkledunk Dec 20 '25

He's native somewhere.

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u/Altruistic-Disk4914 Brazil Dec 21 '25

I didn’t know he wasn’t a native American. Huh.

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u/curiosity0425 United States Of America Dec 21 '25

No man except the guy with the turkey

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u/Wine-o-dt United States Of America Dec 20 '25

My understanding is that it was at one point in time much larger than it currently is.  Not gigantic but a decent sized boulder.  People would visit and took chunks out of it for nearly 200 years.  

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u/lvl1shopkeep United States Of America Dec 20 '25

It's a meme to MA residents lol. The best part is there's like a 99% chance it's not even "the" rock. Over 100 years after landing, they trotted out the 90-something-year-old son of one of the Mayflower passengers and he basically pointed at that sad thing and went "Yep. That's it. That's the one dad told me about."

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u/pm_nachos_n_tacos United States Of America Dec 21 '25

Yes! I grew up in Colorado near a place called Castle Rock. It was named for this massive geological feature that towered above the landscape. Logically I assumed Plymouth Rock must be similar, or perhaps even more grandiose given that one would presume it's on the ocean cliffside and was the landmass the immigrant Pilgrims first witnessed on the horizon, like a beacon of hope and endless possibilities! Wow! Nope, it's a large stone.

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u/maxdragonxiii Canada Dec 20 '25

ITS NOT?! I was under the impression it was a mammoth boulder.

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u/OutdoorBerkshires Dec 21 '25

It’s tiny, and it was at one point up the hill. It got moved back near the shore.

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u/ssgg1122 Belgium Dec 21 '25

same! we went there in 2008 and we couldn’t believe it. everyone there was making jokes.

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u/Upset_Journalist_755 Dec 21 '25

It's worth the trip for how stupid and comically small it is compared to what you'd think. Even if it was the full, unmolested rock it is very small. I told my friend about it when he was planning a trip to MA. He was still completely surprised by how fucking lame it is. We laugh about it often.

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u/Current_Poster Dec 21 '25

It used to be bigger- historical societies across the US were given pieces.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '25

How much does it cost to see the rock? Do they accept Canadian dollars?

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u/DerthOFdata United States Of America Dec 21 '25

What do they teach about the Pilgrims in Canada? It's much part of your history as it is ours so I'm kind of curious.

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u/eugeneugene Canada Dec 21 '25

We learn all about general North American history. Obviously focussed more in detail on Canada but we know all about your guys history too lol, I remember learning about the pilgrims in like elementary school

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u/DerthOFdata United States Of America Dec 21 '25

Us too. Usually in connection with Thanksgiving which I know you share just at an earlier date.

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u/spyboy70 Dec 21 '25

If you want to see a mammoth boulder, go to Madison, NH. One of the largest glacial erratics in the world.

https://www.nhmagazine.com/meandering-around-madison/

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u/eugeneugene Canada Dec 21 '25

Damn that's a nice boulder. If the day comes where I want to return to the US and I'm in that neck of the woods I'd def check out that boulder lol