Fodor's recommends doing the Statue of Liberty tour pretty early in the day, since lines get very long and unforgiving as the day progresses. Lady Liberty was incredibly massive and surely deserves her iconic status! I was so pumped to get to strike an item off my bucket list--visiting a UNESCO World Heritage site--booyah! We also breezed through Ellis Island (at my nagging) despite being on the verge of collapsing from a sleep attack. Factoring in ZERO sleep into an equation filled with a lot of standing and waiting, we were more than ready to rest our heads on the nearest set of pillows. However I couldn't pass up the opportunity to visit an important cornerstone of American history, especially since I'm an immigrant myself. The great hall pictured below is the Registry Room, where immigrants queued to be interrogated and verified by an official.
Also featured on the photos below are the Manhattan skyline and the One World Trade Center. It may not look it but the latter is dubbed to be the tallest skyscraper in the Western hemisphere!
