Best Non-U.S. Cities: Stockholm, Paris,
Copenhagen,
Victoria, Prague
Best Countries: New Zealand, Canada, Norway,
Iceland, United States
Best Small Towns: Cooperstown (N. Y.), Camden
(Me.), Grand Marais (Mn.), Mendicino (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, Kentucky Derby
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, Marc, Kandinsky, Johns,
Hockney
Best Television Shows: CBS Sunday Morning,
M*A*S*H, Northern Exposure, Wonder Years, Simpsons
Best 20th Century American Novels: Run,
Rabbit,
Run (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: Royals Stadium (K.
C.), Camden Yards (Balt.), Wrigley Field (Chicago), Fenway Park
(Boston), Yankee Stadium (N. Y.)
Best Songs Since 1950: Me and Bobby McGee
(Joplin), Love Minus Zero\No Limit (Dylan), Into the Mystic (Van
Morrison), Folsom Prison Blues (Cash),
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, William Brennan, Oliver Wendell
Holmes
Best Tasting Berries: Thimbleberries,
Lingonberries,
Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries
Best U. S. Senators in Recent Decades:
Moynihan,
Lugar, Gruening, McCain, Wellstone
Best Animals to Observe in a Zoo: Chimpanzees,
Polar Bears, Otters, Dolphins, Walruses