26 Amazing U.S. Sights You Should Visit Before You Die

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11. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (New York)

Budget Travel / Lonely Planet

Ranking: 144

The national monument was a gift from France, representing the promise of freedom and democracy in the U.S., and Ellis Island — now the home of a museum of the island’s history — was the gateway through which more than 12 million immigrants entered.