Influential Places
- Sequoia National Park
- Silicon Valley
- The Grand Canyon
- Sutter's Mill
- Central Park
- Wall Street
- New York City
- Cape Canaveral
- Iguaçu National Park, Brazil
- Vatican Museums, Vatican City
- Stonehenge, Britain
- Dublin
- Mainz, Germany
- Waterloo
- The Galápagos Rift
- The Louvre
- The Bastille
- European Central Bank, Frankfurt
- Athens
- Western Wall, Jerusalem
- Calvary Hill, Jerusalem
- Istanbul
- Mecca
- Damascus
- Ethiopia
- Africa
- The Great Pyramid and Sphinx, Giza
- Timbuktu
- Simien National Park, Ethiopia
- Taj Mahal, India
- Mahabodhi Temple, India
- Angkor, Cambodia
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- Sydney Opera House
- Fukushima, Japan
- Koshima
- The North Pole
- The Moon
The Most Influential Places in History
They are buildings, cities and natural wonders. They house the heights of cultural achievement and offer backdrops for our best ideas. Asked to name the most influential place in history, previous and present TIME 100 honorees reflect on locations that have seen and in some cases helped bring about some of the most transformative moments in human experience.