The world’s most visited tourist attractions stretch from San Francisco to Paris to Beijing . And there's a lot of theme parks.The list is full of favorites make the top 50, including several you've probably been to — or else have on your bucket list. But as anyone knows, the world's most popular attractions are always the most enjoyable to visit.
 Museum of Natural History (USA)The National Museum of Natural History is a natural-history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It has free admission and is open 364 days a year. Taken together, the NMNH collections form the largest, most comprehensive natural history collection in the world. |  The Louvre, Paris (France)The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is now open as a museum and is a very popular tourist attraction.It was expanded by Louis XIV beginning in 1669. |  Nagashima Spa Land (Japan)Nagashima Spa Land is a major amusement park in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It features several roller coasters, thrill rides, and kid rides, a giant Ferris wheel, and a water park. |
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 Lincoln Memorial, Washington (USA)The Lincoln Memorial is an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument. The Lincoln Memorial includes 36 columns of Colorado marble, one for each state in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death in 1865; each column stands 44 feet. |  Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (USA)The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially "the Met," is located in New York City, and is the largest art museum in the United States.The Met's collection of photographs, numbering more than 25,000 in total, is centered on five major collections plus additional acquisitions by the museum. |  Las Vegas Strip (USA)Lined with upscale casino hotels, the neon-soaked Strip is quintessential Las Vegas. As well as gambling floors, the vast hotel complexes house a variety of shops, restaurants, and performance venues for music, comedy and circus-style acts. Attractions like the soaring, choreographed Fountains of Bellagio and the High Roller observation wheel draw crowds. If you only see one thing in Las Vegas, it should be the Fountains of Bellagio. |
 Lake Mead (USA)Lake Mead is a lake on the Colorado River, about 24 mi from the Las Vegas Strip, southeast of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. It is the largest reservoir in the United States in terms of water capacity.The lake was created by the completion of Hoover Dam in 1935. |  Islands of Adventure, Orlando (USA)Universal's Islands of Adventure is a theme park in Orlando, Florida. It opened on May 28, 1999, along with CityWalk, as part of an expansion that converted Universal Studios Florida into the Universal Orlando Resort.When you're solely looking at rides, and setting aside theming and nostalgia, Islands of Adventure is one of the two best theme parks in Orlando today. |  Disneyland, Hong Kong (China)Hong Kong Disneyland is a theme park located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island. It is located inside the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and it is owned and managed by Hong Kong International Theme Parks. |
 Great Smoky Mountains,Tenessee (USA)The Great Smoky Mountains are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. |
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