There are a few historical sights/sites that stand above the rest (in my limited travels).
The Lincoln Memorial for its power
The Taj Mahal for its precision/magnificence/enduring beauty
The ceiling in Grand Central for its ability to transport you back to another time and hear the millions of voices that have made their way through this hub
The Daibutsu in Kamakura for its serenity and even more for the reverence of very large crouds
My second favorite bio-history spot is the Clinton Museum in Little Rock. One part for the window into the day to day life of a president, one part for the stunning reminder of how much happened in that eight year period that was so shocking and “now everything is different” that no one gives a crap about today, and one part that they share the land with the Heifer Project, so there is a goat grazing out front.
My top spot goes to the King Center in Atlanta. An incredibly ego-less curation team must have put this together, because there is ZERO COMMENTARY. The only information provided by the museum is times and dates of images, video and artifacts. The rest is just MLK’s words in text and voice. It’s moving to spend two hours in the museum and really the only voice you hear is his. I found it by happenstance about 90 minutes before close and ended up pushing my flight back a day so that I could return.