There is something wrong about a British guy going to see the Lincoln memorial, when I live not far from it (about an hour drive or so) and I have never been there to see the memorial.,(reply>), @Aurelia Hi I live in a central European country and my country's history has never interested me or never have I given a damn even when I had to go with school on trips to see certain important things, yet other countries' cultural histories are more interesting to me. There's just that sort of thing where if you know about something from young age and are being constantly told about it, it loses any sort of special feel, yet I have never seen something like the Lincoln Monument in person and getting to it is way more difficult since it's overseas, but it sure as hell looks way more interesting.,(reply>), @Thread Bomb even the Romans commented on that. We really don't ever change,(reply>), It's normal for people to not bother seeing the sights near where they live.,(reply>), @Aurelia That's just humans, you angry internet stranger you. It's been lamented by historians for thousands of years. You can find Roman writers complaining about people not being educated about their own culture or visiting their local cultural sites. And admitting that just like us they've gone on holiday to see things far away but never actually see what's near them.,(reply>), americans in a nutshell... don't care about any countries cultures or histories, not even their own.