Best Non-U.S. Cities: Stockholm, Paris,
Copenhagen,
Victoria, Prague
Best Countries: New Zealand, Canada,
Norway,
Denmark, United States
Best Small Towns: Cooperstown (N. Y.),
Camden
(Me.), Grand Marais (Mn.), Mendocino (Ca.), Hanover (NH.)
Best States: Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Washington,
Oregon, Vermont
Best Campus Towns: Bozeman, Madison,
Boulder,
Lawrence, Ithaca
Best Singer-Songerwriters: Bob Dylan,
Lucinda
Williams, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison
Best National Parks: Yellowstone, Glacier,
Zion, Isle Royale, Denali
Best Places to Take Kids: Yellowstone
(off
season), San Diego, Sanibel Island, Minnesota's North Shore,
Orlando
Best Sporting Events: NCAA Final Four,
World
Series, Masters, Rose Bowl, Wimbledon Final
Best Holidays: Thanksgiving, May Day,
Fourth
of July, Memorial Day, Halloween
Best Movies: Annie Hall, An Affair to
Remember,
Tender Mercies, Hoop Dreams, Dr. Zhivago
Best Artists: Cezanne, Pollock,
Kandinsky, Johns,
Hockney
Best Television Shows: CBS Sunday
Morning,
M*A*S*H, Northern Exposure, Wonder Years, Simpsons
Best 20th Century American Novels: Rabbit
is
Rich (Updike), Angle of Repose (Stegner), The Great Gatsby
(Fitzgerald),
Sometimes a Great
Notion (Kesey), A River Runs Through
It (Maclean)
Best Trees: Sugar Maple, White Pine,
Paper
Birch, Dogwood, American Elm
Best Presidents: Lincoln, Washington,
Theodore
Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Cleveland
Best Smells: Orange blossoms, vanilla,
pine
trees, burning leaves in the fall, wet grass after a rain
Best Art Museums: Louisiana (outside
Copenhagen),
MOMA, The Louve, Guggenheim, Rodin Sculpture Garden (Paris)
Best Baseball Stadiums: Target Field
(Minneapolis), Royals Stadium (K.
C.), Camden Yards (Balt.), Wrigley Field (Chicago), Fenway Park
(Boston)
Best Songs Since 1950: Me and Bobby McGee
(Joplin), Love Minus Zero\No Limit (Dylan), Into the Mystic (Van
Morrison), Ripple (Grateful Dead), Lake Charles
(Lucinda
Williams)
Best Children's Books: Charlotte's Web,
The
B. F. G., Stuart Little, Matilda, The Little Princess
Best Supreme Court Justices: John
Marshall,
John Harlan (II), Louis Brandeis, Robert Jackson, Oliver Wendell
Holmes
Best Tasting Berries: Thimbleberries,
Lingonberries,
Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries
Best Animals to Observe in a Zoo:
Chimpanzees,
Polar Bears, Otters, Dolphins, Walruses