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

Grand Canyon AZ

6. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

Lonely Planet / Getty Images

Ranking: 80

The Met is the largest art museum in the U.S., and one of the largest in the world, housing more than 2 million pieces of art in its main building and its more northern location — The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park (pictured above), where medieval art is on display.