TOP 50 Places of a Lifetime by National Geographic
-top destinations of the world-

Amsterdam
Athens
Atlanta
Bangkok
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Boston
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cape Town
Chicago
Dallas
Delhi
Dubai
Dublin
Florence
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Las Vegas
London
Los Angeles
Madrid
Mexico City
Miami
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
New York
Paris
Philadelphia
Prague
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Venice
Vienna
Washington D.C.

11/50.. okay la.. im 1/5 there at the age of 21.

anyway here's whats described by NG for Montreal, where i am now :)

"Je me souviens" (I remember) is Quebec’s provincial motto, and history is present everywhere in Montreal, a city teeming with architecture and culture from the past three centuries. Canada’s second largest, third oldest, and most cosmopolitan city is also a hub for technological innovation and avant-garde art—there’s an ultramodern, global sensibility here that coexists with a sense of the past. Similarly, French and English, once considered the “two solitudes,” have intermingled to make a culture of easy bilingualism that is now a fait accompli for most Montrealers. Montreal is, at once, consummately European and also grounded in New World enthusiasm. It’s also known as the “city of festivals,” with year-round celebrations of food, film, music, and culture. “We’re a bread and circuses kind of town, and we contain multitudes,” says Bill Brownstein, city columnist, the Gazette, the city’s only English daily.