Going to Egypt makes my list of things to do.

Egypt. Land of the Pharaohs. One of the cradles of civilization... a center of learning and human development.
I love watching anything about Egypt on the History channel.... any movie, anything. With a world in turmoil, I had always thought that travel to Egypt would be unwise. TV news and general ignorance make such areas seem malevolent... unreachable.
I performed a google search for "safe to travel in Egypt". And the one search result I read said that it was decidedly safe (feeling as safe as any other U.S. city), people were friendly, and the trip was incredible (over the span of 5 weeks).
I will go to Egypt and see the past greatness of man's ingenuity. That's what I loved about Italy... I felt as though I had seen much of our Western culture's greatest artistic accomplishments. Modern design is impressive, but doesn't capture my imagination like the great things that have come before. Egypt is the other place that I absolutely must see. Italy, and now Egypt. Then I think I will be able to say, "I've seen what I have wanted to see." I'll be able to tell my children, "I was there." And they will say, "Yeah Dad, you've told us like a hundred times." And then I'll continue to tell them regardless.
I want to walk through the temples. Check out the Nile. Go in a tomb. I'd climb the pyramids, but apparently you're not supposed to do that, and I don't need to break my neck.
Napoleon was a real tool for shooting the nose off the Sphinx. You see this giant old thing out in the desert, and you just have to shoot your cannon at it. Idiot.