While traveling through England and Wales during the final stretch of America's presidential election, I expected to have some controversial conversations.

I got them. But the recurring topic wasn't politics. It was Stonehenge.

My wife, Amanda, and I went to Stonehenge with low expectations. We're glad we did it. It's probably the part of our two-week trip we've discussed the most. It turns out that many other travelers hate Stonehenge – like, one-star review hatred – and curse the day they wasted time visiting that dumb pile of rocks.

I'm sympathetic to the abhorrence of touristy rocks. I often think about the time we visited Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts only to read about how its significance is entirely a myth – and the rock itself wasn't even interesting to look at. If you take nothing else from this column, remember this: Plymouth Rock sucks. Never visit.

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Unlike Plymouth Rock, though, Stonehenge is actually good. As with anything, your mileage may........

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