Post by x on Apr 13, 2010 20:57:52 GMT -5
About a year ago, I posed these queries:
What do YOU consider to be "should see" areas/places in your home state?
What would you tell travelers to check out, if they have the time, as they drive through your state?
What "obscure" and "out of the way" places in your home state come to mind?
August 2009...I posted the answers received.
January 2010...I posted a second version of the list, after receiving additional suggestions.
NOW ... I've received MORE replies. Thus, below is the NEWEST compilation of answers. As before, this is not a "complete" list and may not be 100% accurate; however, it is an excellent start to planning a vacation...especially since "Road Trip Season" is here ... ENJOY!
ALABAMA
Battleship Alabama
Huntsville ... NASA site
Tennessee River
ALASKA
Denali National Park
Eklutna Lake/Thunderbird Falls
Flattop Mountain
Hatchers Pass/Independance Mine
McHugh Creek Hiking Trail
Native Heritage Center
Portage & Matanuska Glaciers
Seward Highway
Wildlife Conservation Center
ARIZONA
89A ... drive between Flagstaff and Sedona
Ash Fork
Barringer Meteor Crater
CasinoArizona
Crown King
Grand Canyon (especially North Rim)
Hackberry
Holbrook ... WigWam
Hoover Dam (Colorado River)
Humphreys Peak, NW of Flagstaff
Kingman
Lake Havasu ... London Bridge
Monument Valley
Oatman
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
Painted Desert
Parks
Sedona
Seligman
Supai ... Part 1 starts on Route 66, runs 60 miles through some of the most pristine country in AZ and ends in a parking lot perched high on a bluff overlooking a stunning series of colorful canyons
Supai ... Part 2 requires a hike of 8 miles, a rented horse or wild helicopter ride
Williams
Winslow ... Standing On The Corner
ARKANSAS
Arkansas 123
Air/Military Museum
Blanchard Springs Caverns
Devil's Den
Dig for diamonds
Eureka Springs ... Crescent Hotel
Fayetteville ... thingyson Street
Greers Ferry Lake
Hardy-Spring River
Heber Springs
HotSprings
Petit Jean Mountain ... auto museum
Pig Trail Scenic Byway
CALIFORNIA
17-Mile Drive
6 Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia
Alcatraz
Ano Nuevo
Autry National Center of the American West
Barstow
Beverly Hills
Big Sur / Bixby Bridge
Bishop ... Lone Pine ... Mono Lake (Owens Valley)
Bodie (preserved ghost town)
Bodie Lake
Bridge To Nowhere
Bristol St
CA SR Highway 1
Calistoga Hot Springs
Coastline
Coloma
Crenshaw Blvd
Death Valley
Disneyland
GGNRA Nike Missle Site
Golden Gate Bridge
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Park
Hearst Castle
Hollywood
Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Huntington Beach / Surf City USA
Joshua Trees
Knotts Berry Farm
La Brea Tar Pits
LA Chinatown
Lake Tahoe
Magic Mountain
MLK Hospital
Mono Lake
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterrey Bay Kelp Forest
Monterrey Peninsula
Morro Bay
Mt Lassen
Mt Shasta
Napa Valley
Needles
Nevada City ... Malakoff diggins
Palos Verdes
Pebble Beach
Pinnacles National Park
Point Lobos
Point Reyes
Portuguese Bend, PV Peninsula
Queen Mary / Long Beach
Raging Waters
Redwood Highway, 101 North
Redwood National Park
Rialto / San Bernardino ... WigWam
Ronald Reagan Museum
Sacramento ... state railroad museum
San Diego ... Balboa Park
San Diego ... Sea World / Zoo
San Fernando Valley, Roscoe and Ventura Blvds
San Francisco ... 49 Mile Scenic Drive
San Francisco ... Academy of Sciences
San Francisco ... Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco ... Golden Gate Park/Bridge
San Jose ... Winchester Mystery House
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz ... Mystery Spot
Santa Monica Mountains, Mulholland Dr
Santa Monica Pier
Sequoia National Park
Silver Dollar Speedway
Sonoma Wine Country
Sunnyvale ... Frys Electronics
Tulare Thunderbowl
Universal Studios
Venice Beach
Victorville
White Mountains (oldest single living beings)
Wild Rivers
Yosemite / Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
COLORADO
Amanda's Fonda, Old Colorado City and/or Las Margaritas, Denver
Aspen
Casa Bonita
Cave of the Winds
Colorado Springs
Coors Brewery
Denver ... 16th Street Mall, Denver Mint
Eldorado Canyon
Flatirons (W of Boulder)
Garden of the Gods
Glenwood Hot Springs
Golden ... Lookout Mountain
Great Sand Dunes
Manitou ... cliff dwellings
mountain escapes
Mt Evans Rd (highest peak in CO and highest paved road in North America)
Pike's Peak Cogwheel Train
Pikes Peak Highway
Rocky Mtn National Park
Royal Gorge
Sangre de Cristo Mts (Southern CO)
skiing
CONNECTICUT
Aquarium
Bartlett Arboretum
Bloomfield ... Thomas Hooker Brewery
East Haddam ... Goodspeed Opera House
Foxwoods
Hartford ... Mark Twain House
Mohegan Sun
Mystic Seaport
St Eustice Island ... Evans Cottage
St Eustice Island ... Griswold/Collinsport Inn
St Eustice Island ... old house/monastary
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Stafford Speedway
Thompson Speedway
DELAWARE
Cape Henlopen
Dover ... Air Mobility Command Museum
Lewes
Lewes/Cape May Ferry (Well run operation and nice boat ride)
Rehobeth Beach
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Air & Space Museum
Dumbarton Oaks (Embassy Row, Georgetown)
Smithsonian
FLORIDA
Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico beaches
Bok Tower Gardens
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cape Canaveral (NASA)
Caverns, near Marianna
Cypress Gardens
Daytona International Speedway
Everglades
Key West
Lakeland Motorsports Dragway
Miami ... Greynolds Park
Overseas Highway (HW 1)
Panama City Beach
Pensacola ... Naval Aviation Museum
Ringling Museum
Sarasota ... Amish restaurants
Silver Springs
Spook Hill
St Augustine's Fort
sugarcane fields
Tampa ... Skyway Bridge
Tenoroc Mine, state park
Universal Orlando Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
GEORGIA
Amicalola Falls
Appalachian Trail ... Blood Mountain
Chatooga ... white water rafting
Dahlonega
Fort Gordon
Fort Jackson
Fort Pulaski
Georgia Aquarium
Hampton ... Atlanta Motor Speedway
Helen
Lake Lanier
Lula Lake falls
N Georgia Mtns
Okefenokee Swamp
Savannah's river front area
Stone Mtn Park
Underground Atlanta
US Highway 41 (MI to FL)
White ... Old Car City USA
World of Coke
HAWAII
Haleakala Volcano
Hana Road
Lava Flows
Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona
Waikiki
IDAHO
Craters of the moon
Hell's Half Acre
Shoshone Falls ("Niagra of the West"; taller than Niagra Falls, though not as wide or as much water volume)
Yellowstone
ILLINOIS
Atlanta ... Paul Bunyan statue
Auburn ... Becky's Barn & Ratfink Garage
Cave in Rock State Park
Dixon ... arch
Elgin ... Observatory (formerly owned by the Elgin National Watch Co)
Franklin Grove ... Lincoln Highway National Headquarters
Funks Grove ... maple syrup
Galena
Garden of the Gods
Goose Island Brew Pub
Intersection of Lincoln Highway & Route 66
Litchfield ... Ariston Cafe
Meadowdale International Raceway Park
Pontiac ... Route 66 Association of IL Hall of Fame and Museum
Route 20
Route 66
Schaumburg ... LEGOLAND
Southern IL Wine Tour
Southern tip ... Hardin County, Route 1
Springfield ... Cozy Dog
Staunton ... Henry's Ra66it Ranch
Union ... IL Railroad Museum
Volo Auto Museum
Wrigley Field
INDIANA
Dunes
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Indians
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Lucas Oil Stadium
Manchester College
O'Reilly Raceway Park
South Bend ... College Football Hall of Fame
South Bend ... University of Notre Dame
IOWA
Bridges of Madison County / Winterset
Burlington
Cedar Rapids ... Czech Village
Cedar Rapids ... Quaker Oats largest cereal plant in world
Davenport Sky Bridge
Des Moines ... Central Library
Des Moines ... Central Park
Des Moines ... East Village
Des Moines ... Grays Lake Park
Des Moines ... Living History Farms
Des Moines ... Principal Riverwalk/pedestrian bridge
Des Moines ... Robert D Ray Asian Gardens
Des Moines ... State Capitol complex
Dubuque ... barges
Dyersville ... Field Of Dreams
Effegy Mounds National Monument
Elk Horn ... Danish Windmill & Museum
Field House
fishing
Grinnell ... Merchant's Bank by Louis Sullivan
Guttenburg
Herbert Hoover Library
Iowa City ... ped mall area/downtown
Iowa City ... U of I campus/architecture
Iowa State Fair
Kalona ... Amish
Kinnick Stadium
Knoxville
Marquette
Mason City ... Frank Lloyd Wright homes, Park Hotel
McGregor
Orange City
Parkersburg EF-5 tornado (leaving some things untouched)
Pella
Quad Cities ... Figge Art Museum
Snake Alley
Walcott ... world's largest truck stop (I-80)
Winterset ... John Wayne's birthplace
KANSAS
Baxter Springs ... Cafe On The Route
Dodge City
Galena ... 4 Women On The Route
Giant prairie dog, near Goodland
Hutchinson ... Cosmosphere
KENTUCKY
25E down through Cumberland Gap
Bardstown ... dinner train
Bardstown ... Makers Mark facility
Beech Bend Raceway
Boonesboro
Bowling Green ... Corvette Museum
Carter Caves
caves (western)
Churchill Downs
horses
Kentucky Motor Speedway
Lakes/state parks
Lincoln Birthplace
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Muhammed Ali Center
Paducah riverfront murals
Swope Auto Museum
LOUISIANA
D-Day Museum
False River
Festival international de Louisiane
French Quarter
Layton Castle
Mardi Gras ... Eunice, New Orleans, Mamou, New Roads, Baton Rouge, Lafayette
Myrtles Plantation
State Capitol
MAINE
Acadia
Highth of the land
Mt Desert Island
Old Orchard Beach
Portland ... art museum
Portland ... Old Port
Route 1 ... all the way to Key West
MARYLAND
Annapolis ... US Naval Academy
Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg)
Assateague State Park (Eastern shore)
Baltimore
Baltimore ... Fort McHenry
Camden Yards
Chesapeake Bay
Continental Divide
Fort Federick
Garber facility (Suitland)
Garrett County, state parks
Glen Echo Park (with working carosel from 1923)
Hagerstown ... 1/2 mile dirt track
M&T Bank Stadium
Mason Dixon Dragway
MD International Raceway (Budds Creek)
Monocacey Battlefield
National Aquarium, Inner Harbor
Route 50 (originating in Ocean City) ... ends in CA
USS Constellation, Inner Harbor
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston ... Samuel Adams Brewery
Concord ... old North Bridge
Fenway Park
Salem
Springfield ... Basketball Hall of Fame
USS Constitution, Boston Harbor
MICHIGAN
8 Mile Road
Ann Arbor
Automotive Hall of Fame
Beaver Island
Castle Rock
Coldwater ... Capri Drive-In
Cross Village, on M119 "Tunnel of Trees" drive
Davison Freeway
Detroit ... The National Automotive Historic Collection
Detroit institute of Arts
Detroit Science Center
E Grand Rapids ... Yesterdog (restaurant)
Frankenmuth
Flint ... US 23 Drive-in
GM Ren Cen
Grand Haven ... Coast Guard Festival (August)
Green Field Village
Henry Ford Museum
Hickory Corners ... Gilmore Car Museum
Holland ... Tulip Festival
Kalamazoo ... Air Zoo at W MI University
Lansing
Legs Inn
Leelanau Peninsula
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac City
Mackinac Island
Maritime Museum
Marquette ... Peter White Library
Marquette ... Presque Isle
Muskegon ... Getty Drive-in
Petosky
Rockford
Rothbury ... Double J Ranch
Shoreline Drive ... Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Ludington, Traverse City, Petosky, Mackinaw City
Silver Lake Dunes / Mears, MI
Soo Sault St Marie boat locks tour
St. Ignace (car show)
Tahquamenon Falls
Traverse City ... MI Cherry Festival
Upper Peninsula
Woodward Avenue (first paved mile of roadway in the US)
Ypsilanti ... home of the Orphan Car Show and last Hudson Dealership (now museum)
MINNESOTA
Alexandria ... Kensington Runestone
Darwin ... bit ball of twine
Highway 61, North shore
Lake Superior Circle Drive
Vining ... metal statues (in a park next to a gas station) made by the father of NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg
MISSISSIPPI
Battle grounds
Clarksdale ... Ground Zero Blues Club, owned by Morgan Freeman
Cruzin' The Coast
Delta Blues Museum
Elvis' birthplace
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Home of Jefferson Davis
Left Field Lounge
Mardis Gras
NASA
Natchez Trace Parkway
Nortrup/Grumman navy shipyard
Oil Rigs
Old Plantations
Ole Miss ... The Grove
Oxford ... Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner
Oxford ... Town Square
Starkville ... Cotton District
Tuncia River Park
Tupelo ... Auto Museum
Tupelo ... Buffalo Park
MISSOURI
Jesse James Museum
Ozark Scenic driving
Route 66 Motors & Nostalgia Gift Shop
St Louis ... Arch
St Louis ... Museum
St Louis ... Zoo
Tower Rock
MONTANA
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Bozeman ... Museum of the Rockies
Dinosaur digs
Essex
Garnet ghost town
Glacier National Park
Great Falls ... Charlie Russel Museum
Little Big Horn Battlefield
Lolo Hot Springs
Lost Trail Ski Area (no-frills skiier's mountain. US 93 at the Idaho line)
Moeise Buffalo Range
Museums
National Bison Range
Old mining sites
Welcome Creek Wilderness Area
Yellowstone National Park
NEBRASKA
Chimney Rock
Eagle Raceway
Lincoln Monument (I-80)
Pioneer museums
Platte River
Sand hills (central)
Scottsbluff
Timberline / Beaver Dam
NEVADA
Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hampton Beach
Laconia ... American Classic Arcade Museum
Star Speedway
NEW JERSEY
Appalachian Mountains
Atco Raceway (south)
Atlantic City
Barnaget Light House
Ben Franklin Bridge
Camden
Clinton ... Red Mill
Delaware Gap
High Point
Hoboken
Island Beach State Park
Island Dragway (north)
Jersey Shore beach towns
NJ Motorsports Park
NJ State Aquarium
Raceway Park (central)
Ringwood State Park
Six Flags Great Adventure
Skiing areas
Statue of Liberty
Thomas Edison Museum
Wall Stadium
Wildwood boardwalk
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque ... Balloon Festival
Albuquerque ... Kimo Theatre
Albuquerque ... old-fashioned diner on Central
Carlsbad Caverns
Sandia Peak Tramway
Santa Fe ... Plaza Cafe
Santa Rosa ... Route 66 museum
Tucumcari ... Blue Swallow Motel
White Sands
NEW YORK
1000 Islands
Bronx Zoo
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Bridge
Albany Caverns ... Howe Caverns
Central Park
Coney Island
Cooperstown ... Baseball Hall of Fame
Ellis Island
Empire State Building
falls
Fonday Speedway
Fort Fort Ticondergoa
Fort Wadsworth
Glens Falls
Ground Zero
Hamptons
Harold Square
Indian reservation
Ithaca ... Cornell University
Jericho Turnpike
Jones Beach
Kings Point ... Sands Point Castle
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Lake Ontario if you've never seen a Great Lake before
Lake Placid
Lebanon Valley
Letchworth-Grand Canyon of the east
Long Island
Long Island beaches
Manhattan ... 106 Spring Street, first pizza place still in business since 1906
Manhattan skyline
Meadowbrook
Montauk Point
Museums
New York City
Niagara Falls
North Fork
Ocean Parkway
Old Bethpage restoration
Orient Point
Oswego Speedway
Prospect Mountain, Adirondack's
Raynham Hall
Richmond Town
Robert Moses Beach
Rockefeller Center
Rolling Wheels Speedway
Sag Harbor
Sagamore Hill
Saratoga Battle Field
Saratoga Springs Horse Race Track
Shawangunks, "The Gunks"
Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
Stock Exchange
Sunrise Highway
Syracuse ... Labor Day State Fair
Syracuse ... Super DIRT week
Tahawus/Adirondak/Mount Mercy
The Rock (Observatory deck)
Times Square
Union Square
Varrazano Narrows Bridge
Wall Street
Watkins Glen
Whiteface Mt ... Olympic Training Center
wineries
N CAROLINA
7 light houses
Asheville ... Flat Iron Building / Sky Bar
Asheville ... Grove Arcade
Asheville ... Grove Park Inn
Asheville ... Helens Bridge
Asheville ... Mt Mitchell
Asheville ... Seely Castle
beaches
Biltmore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cape Hattaras
Chapel Hill ... Carolina Basketball Museum
Charlotte ... Billy Graham Library
Charlotte ... Dale Trail
Charlotte ... Motor Speedway
Charlotte ... Museum of Aviation
Charlotte ... NC Transportation Museum
Charlotte ... Reeds Gold Mine
Crystal Coast
Currituck Beach ... lighthouse
Dale Earnhardt Museum
Edenton ... lighthouse
Grandfather Mountain
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad
Kill Devil Hills
Kitty Hawk
Linville Falls and Caverns
Lost Colony
Manteo ... lighthouse
Mooresville "Race City USA"
Raleigh
RCR Museum
Richard Petty Museum
Rockingham
Wilmington ... USS N Carolina Battleship Museum
Winston-Salem ... Bowman Gray Stadium
Wright Brothers Memorial
N DAKOTA
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
OHIO
7 presidential birthplaces
Amish country
Canton ... Football Hall of Fame
Carrollin Park
Cedar Point
Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati Union Terminal Museum Center
Cincinnati Zoo
Cleveland ... Crawford Auto Museum
Cleveland ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland ... University Circle
Cleveland Zoo
Columbus Zoo
Dayton Air Force Museum
Erie Canal
Kelley's Island
Kilkare Dragway
King's Island
Leesville Lake
Mentor ... President Garfield's home
Mt Adams
Ohio Caverns
Ohio Stadium
Put-in-Bay
Riverboat ride
Serpent Mound, Adams County
Sidney ... Eldora Speedway
Toledo Zoo
Youngstown ... Mill Creek Park
OKLAHOMA
Afton Station
Arcadia ... Big Red Round Barn
Arcadia ... POPS
Bricktown
Catoosa ... Blue Whale
Chandler ... Route 66 center
Clinton ... Route 66 museum
Edmond ... Boulevard Steak House
Elk City ... Route 66 museum
Erick ... SandHills Curiosity Shop
Indian Unmarked Grave
Midwest City ... Napoleon Deli
Norman ... Sam Noble Natural History Museum
Oklahoma City ... Nonna's
Oklahoma City ... Western Heritage Museum
Shoe Tree
Stroud ... Rock Cafe
Talequah
Tulsa ... Aquarium
Wichita Mountains Wild Life Preserve
OREGON
Astoria ... Fort Stevens
Astoria Column
Caves National Monument
Columbia River Gorge
Crater Lake National Park
Crooked River Gorge
Evergreen Air Museum
Forest Grove Concourse D'elegance
Hells Canyon
Lava Fields
Lewis & Clark Fort Clatsop
McMinville Airport
McMinnville ... Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Museum
Metolius River
Mt Hood
Oregon Coast
Oregon Trail Rally
Painted Hills
Portland International Raceway
Rogue River
Rose Cup
Seaside
Silver Falls State Park
Smith Rock State Park
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Cheese Factory
Trillum Lake
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum
Andy Warhol Museum
Battleship Olympia
Boat House Row
Citizens Bank Park
Dorney Park
Erie ... Niagara
Falling Waters
Flight 93 Memorial
Fort Ligonier
Frank Lloyd Wright's house
Franklin Institute
Gettysburg National Park
Heinz Field
Hershey Park
Horseshoe Curve
Idlewild Park
Inclines
Independence Hall
Johnstown Flood Memorial
Kennywood
Kinzua Bridge
Lancaster County Amish country
Lernerville Speedway
Ligonier
Lincoln Highway
Museum of Sports
National Constitution Center
Ohiopyle State Park
Penn's Caves
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Zoo
Pine Creek Gorge
Pittsburgh ... Mt Washington
Pittsburgh ... Ride the Incline
PNC Park
Pottsville ... Yuengling Brewery
Presque Isle State Park
Primanti's
Railroad Museum of PA
SS United States
Steamtown National Historic Site
Strasburg Railroad
The Franklin
US 6
US Mint
Valley Forge National Park
RHODE ISLAND
400 miles of coastline
Hasbro Headquarters
Newport ... mansions
Providence
S CAROLINA
Anderson
Belton
Charleston
Cooker's Chateau
Fort Jackson
Fort Sumter
fun country roads
Hilton Head
Kings Mountain
Morris Island
Myrtle Beach
Pendleton
S DAKOTA
Badlands
Crazy Horse Monument
Custer State Park
Deadwood
Mitchell Corn Palace
Mt. Rushmore
Sturgis
The Engalls Homestead (Little House On The Prairie)
Wall Drug Store
TENNESSEE
Bristol Motor Speedway
Cades Cove
Chattanooga ... TN Aquarium
Clingmans Dome
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Gatlinburg
Graceland
Grand Ole Opry
Great Smokey Mountains National Park
Highway 11E
Highway 25W
Jackson
Lake City ... Cove Lake State Park
Lookout Mountain
Lynchburg ... Jack Daniels Distillery
Maryville ... Foothills Fall Festival
Memphis
Memphis ... National Civil Rights Museum
Music Row
Nashville
Opryland Hotel (especially around Christmas)
Reelfoot Lake
Rock City
Ruby Falls
Ryman Auditorium
Sevierville ... Floyd Garretts Muscle Car Museum
Sweethingyer ... The Lost Sea
Tombigbee Waterway
Townsend ... Tuckalechee Caverns
US 411 (Newport to Anniston AL)
US 441 (Gatlinburg to Cherokee)
US 70 (parallel to I-40, Knoxville to Nashville)
TEXAS
Adrian ... MidPoint Cafe
Alamo
Amarillo ... Big Texan
Amarillo ... Cadillac Ranch
Austin
Bandera ... Cowboy Capital of the world
Battleship Texas
Big Bend
Caddo Lake
Cavalla
College Station
Corpus Christi ... USS Lexington
Dyer's Barbecue
Enchanted Rock
Ferry ride (Galveston to Boliver)
Fredericksburg
Galveston
Gruene Hall, oldest dancehall
Guadalupe River
Hill Country ... driving, up Highway 16
Houston ... Kemah Boardwalk
Houston ... Lone Star Light Museum
Houston ... Space Center
Kerrville
Lubbock ... Canyon Lakes
McLean ... Devil's Rope/Rt 66 Museum
Medina Lake
Palo Duro Canyon
Pampa ... Woody Guthrie's home
Pelican Island
PINS ... beautiful beaches and clear water when you get a few miles down
Route 66
San Antonio
San Jacinto Monument and Battleground
San Marcos
Ship Channel
Six Flags Over Texas (the first Six Flags park)
South Padre Island
Waco
UTAH
Arches National Park
Bend in The Road
Big Cottonwood Canyon, picnic at Storm Mountain
Boulder (eat at Hell's Backbone Grill)
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
City Creek Canyon (lovely drive) ... breakfast at Ruth's diner midway up the canyon
Fruita (neat historic town-site)
Hidden Peak (via Snowbird tram)
HW 6 ... Spanish Fork to Green River with a stop in Helper to check out the outdoor museum of train stuff
HW 12
HW 24
HW 89
HW 95
Land's End
Moab
Moqui Dugway
Natural Bridges National Monument
Park City, Alpine Slide
Rainbrow Bridge
Salt Flats, during Speed Week
Salt Lake City downtown library
Snowbird
Stoneground Pizza, SLC
Timpanonos Cave
Truckstop, Exit 2, I-80, Utah
Valley Of The Gods
Wendover
Zion Canyon
VERMONT
Addison County Field Days
Appalachian Trail
Ben & Jerry's Factory
Bondville mud drags/truck pull
Brandon
Devil's Bowl Speeday
dirt roads with old-fashioned covered bridges
Dorset Playhouse
farms with dairy cows and sugar houses for making maple syrup
Green Mountain Railroad scenic train rides
Killington Ski and Summer Resort
Lake Champlain
Long Trail
Maple Sugar Museum
Middlebury
Norman Rockwell Museum
Orvis Outdoor Products HQ
Rutland ... Rave car show
scenic drives
Shelburne Museum
small, out-of-the-way hikes with gorgeous views
Smugglers Notch Ski Resort
Stowe ... British Invasion car show
Thunder Road Speedway
Tunbridge World's Fair
villages with craft stores
Weston Playhouse
Wilson Castle
VIRGINIA
Appomattox surrender grounds
Arlington Cemetery
Bedford ... WWII Memorial
Blue Ridge Parkway
Busch Gardens
Charlottsville ... Monticello
Chincoteague Island
Great Falls Park
Hunters Head Inn
Lee's retreat Richmond to Appomattox
Luray Caverns
Lynchburg ... Poplar Forest
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Natural Bridge
Peaks of Otter (on Blue Ridge Parkway)
Petersburg crater
Shenandoah Valley
Skyline Drive
wineries
WASHINGTON
Boring Lava Fields
Bruce Lee's grave
Chuckanut Drive
Columbia River Gorge
Deception Pass
Dry Falls
Dunes Wilderness
Experience Music Project
Friday Harbor
George
Grand Coulee Dam
HIghway 101
Hoh Rain Forest
Kettle River (flows backwards)
Leavenworth
Mt Rainier
Mt St Helens
N Cascades Highway
Olympic Mountains/Rain Forest
Olympic Peninsula Loop
Seattle ... Pike Place Market
Snake River Canyon
Space Needle
Tacoma Glass Museum
Takhlakh Lake
W VIRGINIA
Tri-Point Stone ... WV, PA & MD meet along the Mason Dixon Line
WISCONSIN
Beloit College Campus ... Logan Museum of Anthropology
Beloit College Campus ... Poetry Garden
Beloit College Campus ... Turtle Mounds
Beloit College Campus ... Wright Museum of Art
Door County
EAA AirVenture Museum
Eagle River
Helenville ... castle house
High Cliff Sate Park
Horicon Marsh
House On The Rock
Jelly Belly Factory
Jefferson Swap Meet
La Crosse ... bluffs
Lake Geneva
Lambeau Field
Madison ... Capitol Building
Madison ... State St
Marquette University Campus ... St Joan Of Arc's Chapel
Marquette University Library archives ... LOTR manuscripts, other Tolkein items
Miller Brewery
Milwaukee ... Brady St
Milwaukee ... Lakefront Festival Grounds (Summerfest, etc.)
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Domes
Minocqua
natural beauty
New Glarus Brewery
Northwoods
Rhinelander
Rib Mountain
Road America
Rome
WI Dells
WYOMING
Aspen Alley
Big Horn Mountains
Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis
Centennial/Snowy Range
Cheyenne
Chimney Rock
Devils Gate
Devils Tower
Flaming Gorge
Grand Tetons
Green River
Independence Rock
Jackson Hole
Laramie
Shirley Basin
Sybille Canyon
The Summit (E of Laramie, beautiful stretch of I-80)
US 16 through Buffalo, over Big Horns, to Yellowstone
Vedauwoo
Wind River Range
Yellowstone
CANADA
Alaska Highway
Banff
Blairemore
Butterfly Conservatory
Calgary
Clifton Hill
Coleman
Dakota Plane Crash
Drumheller ... Dinosaur Museum, badlands
Edmonton
Fort Erie
Fort George
Frank's slider
HW 1 ... Kamloops to Hope (the "old" highway)
HW 8 ... between Merritt & Spence's Bridge
HW 40 ... Kananaskis Highway, only open in the summer/fall
HW 93 ... south from Banff to Radium
Icefields Parkway (#93) between Lake Louise & Jasper
Jasper
Kingston
Lake Louise
Lethbridge High Level Bridge
Maid of the Mist
Niagara Falls
Niagara Gorge
Niagara River Parkway
Nova Scotia
Ontario - Hamilton ... Webster's Falls
Oshawa ... GM complex and Canadian Automotive Museum
Point Pelee
Queenston
Red Deer ... Donut Mill
Sandbanks Provincial Park
St Lawrence Seaway
The Rideau
Toronto ... Wonderland
Totem Pole Forest, Watson Lake
Trent Canal hydraulic lift lock
Trent/Severn Waterways
Vulcan ... The Enterprise
Welland Canal
Wetaskiwin ... Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Wolfe Island
POLAND
Warsaw ... Prozna Street
Krakow ... birth house of Helena Rubinstein
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"So i'll drive" ... Zac Brown Band ... 'Highway 20 Ride'
What do YOU consider to be "should see" areas/places in your home state?
What would you tell travelers to check out, if they have the time, as they drive through your state?
What "obscure" and "out of the way" places in your home state come to mind?
August 2009...I posted the answers received.
January 2010...I posted a second version of the list, after receiving additional suggestions.
NOW ... I've received MORE replies. Thus, below is the NEWEST compilation of answers. As before, this is not a "complete" list and may not be 100% accurate; however, it is an excellent start to planning a vacation...especially since "Road Trip Season" is here ... ENJOY!
ALABAMA
Battleship Alabama
Huntsville ... NASA site
Tennessee River
ALASKA
Denali National Park
Eklutna Lake/Thunderbird Falls
Flattop Mountain
Hatchers Pass/Independance Mine
McHugh Creek Hiking Trail
Native Heritage Center
Portage & Matanuska Glaciers
Seward Highway
Wildlife Conservation Center
ARIZONA
89A ... drive between Flagstaff and Sedona
Ash Fork
Barringer Meteor Crater
CasinoArizona
Crown King
Grand Canyon (especially North Rim)
Hackberry
Holbrook ... WigWam
Hoover Dam (Colorado River)
Humphreys Peak, NW of Flagstaff
Kingman
Lake Havasu ... London Bridge
Monument Valley
Oatman
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
Painted Desert
Parks
Sedona
Seligman
Supai ... Part 1 starts on Route 66, runs 60 miles through some of the most pristine country in AZ and ends in a parking lot perched high on a bluff overlooking a stunning series of colorful canyons
Supai ... Part 2 requires a hike of 8 miles, a rented horse or wild helicopter ride
Williams
Winslow ... Standing On The Corner
ARKANSAS
Arkansas 123
Air/Military Museum
Blanchard Springs Caverns
Devil's Den
Dig for diamonds
Eureka Springs ... Crescent Hotel
Fayetteville ... thingyson Street
Greers Ferry Lake
Hardy-Spring River
Heber Springs
HotSprings
Petit Jean Mountain ... auto museum
Pig Trail Scenic Byway
CALIFORNIA
17-Mile Drive
6 Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia
Alcatraz
Ano Nuevo
Autry National Center of the American West
Barstow
Beverly Hills
Big Sur / Bixby Bridge
Bishop ... Lone Pine ... Mono Lake (Owens Valley)
Bodie (preserved ghost town)
Bodie Lake
Bridge To Nowhere
Bristol St
CA SR Highway 1
Calistoga Hot Springs
Coastline
Coloma
Crenshaw Blvd
Death Valley
Disneyland
GGNRA Nike Missle Site
Golden Gate Bridge
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Park
Hearst Castle
Hollywood
Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Huntington Beach / Surf City USA
Joshua Trees
Knotts Berry Farm
La Brea Tar Pits
LA Chinatown
Lake Tahoe
Magic Mountain
MLK Hospital
Mono Lake
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterrey Bay Kelp Forest
Monterrey Peninsula
Morro Bay
Mt Lassen
Mt Shasta
Napa Valley
Needles
Nevada City ... Malakoff diggins
Palos Verdes
Pebble Beach
Pinnacles National Park
Point Lobos
Point Reyes
Portuguese Bend, PV Peninsula
Queen Mary / Long Beach
Raging Waters
Redwood Highway, 101 North
Redwood National Park
Rialto / San Bernardino ... WigWam
Ronald Reagan Museum
Sacramento ... state railroad museum
San Diego ... Balboa Park
San Diego ... Sea World / Zoo
San Fernando Valley, Roscoe and Ventura Blvds
San Francisco ... 49 Mile Scenic Drive
San Francisco ... Academy of Sciences
San Francisco ... Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco ... Golden Gate Park/Bridge
San Jose ... Winchester Mystery House
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Santa Cruz ... Mystery Spot
Santa Monica Mountains, Mulholland Dr
Santa Monica Pier
Sequoia National Park
Silver Dollar Speedway
Sonoma Wine Country
Sunnyvale ... Frys Electronics
Tulare Thunderbowl
Universal Studios
Venice Beach
Victorville
White Mountains (oldest single living beings)
Wild Rivers
Yosemite / Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
COLORADO
Amanda's Fonda, Old Colorado City and/or Las Margaritas, Denver
Aspen
Casa Bonita
Cave of the Winds
Colorado Springs
Coors Brewery
Denver ... 16th Street Mall, Denver Mint
Eldorado Canyon
Flatirons (W of Boulder)
Garden of the Gods
Glenwood Hot Springs
Golden ... Lookout Mountain
Great Sand Dunes
Manitou ... cliff dwellings
mountain escapes
Mt Evans Rd (highest peak in CO and highest paved road in North America)
Pike's Peak Cogwheel Train
Pikes Peak Highway
Rocky Mtn National Park
Royal Gorge
Sangre de Cristo Mts (Southern CO)
skiing
CONNECTICUT
Aquarium
Bartlett Arboretum
Bloomfield ... Thomas Hooker Brewery
East Haddam ... Goodspeed Opera House
Foxwoods
Hartford ... Mark Twain House
Mohegan Sun
Mystic Seaport
St Eustice Island ... Evans Cottage
St Eustice Island ... Griswold/Collinsport Inn
St Eustice Island ... old house/monastary
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Stafford Speedway
Thompson Speedway
DELAWARE
Cape Henlopen
Dover ... Air Mobility Command Museum
Lewes
Lewes/Cape May Ferry (Well run operation and nice boat ride)
Rehobeth Beach
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Air & Space Museum
Dumbarton Oaks (Embassy Row, Georgetown)
Smithsonian
FLORIDA
Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico beaches
Bok Tower Gardens
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cape Canaveral (NASA)
Caverns, near Marianna
Cypress Gardens
Daytona International Speedway
Everglades
Key West
Lakeland Motorsports Dragway
Miami ... Greynolds Park
Overseas Highway (HW 1)
Panama City Beach
Pensacola ... Naval Aviation Museum
Ringling Museum
Sarasota ... Amish restaurants
Silver Springs
Spook Hill
St Augustine's Fort
sugarcane fields
Tampa ... Skyway Bridge
Tenoroc Mine, state park
Universal Orlando Resort
Walt Disney World Resort
GEORGIA
Amicalola Falls
Appalachian Trail ... Blood Mountain
Chatooga ... white water rafting
Dahlonega
Fort Gordon
Fort Jackson
Fort Pulaski
Georgia Aquarium
Hampton ... Atlanta Motor Speedway
Helen
Lake Lanier
Lula Lake falls
N Georgia Mtns
Okefenokee Swamp
Savannah's river front area
Stone Mtn Park
Underground Atlanta
US Highway 41 (MI to FL)
White ... Old Car City USA
World of Coke
HAWAII
Haleakala Volcano
Hana Road
Lava Flows
Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona
Waikiki
IDAHO
Craters of the moon
Hell's Half Acre
Shoshone Falls ("Niagra of the West"; taller than Niagra Falls, though not as wide or as much water volume)
Yellowstone
ILLINOIS
Atlanta ... Paul Bunyan statue
Auburn ... Becky's Barn & Ratfink Garage
Cave in Rock State Park
Dixon ... arch
Elgin ... Observatory (formerly owned by the Elgin National Watch Co)
Franklin Grove ... Lincoln Highway National Headquarters
Funks Grove ... maple syrup
Galena
Garden of the Gods
Goose Island Brew Pub
Intersection of Lincoln Highway & Route 66
Litchfield ... Ariston Cafe
Meadowdale International Raceway Park
Pontiac ... Route 66 Association of IL Hall of Fame and Museum
Route 20
Route 66
Schaumburg ... LEGOLAND
Southern IL Wine Tour
Southern tip ... Hardin County, Route 1
Springfield ... Cozy Dog
Staunton ... Henry's Ra66it Ranch
Union ... IL Railroad Museum
Volo Auto Museum
Wrigley Field
INDIANA
Dunes
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Indians
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Lucas Oil Stadium
Manchester College
O'Reilly Raceway Park
South Bend ... College Football Hall of Fame
South Bend ... University of Notre Dame
IOWA
Bridges of Madison County / Winterset
Burlington
Cedar Rapids ... Czech Village
Cedar Rapids ... Quaker Oats largest cereal plant in world
Davenport Sky Bridge
Des Moines ... Central Library
Des Moines ... Central Park
Des Moines ... East Village
Des Moines ... Grays Lake Park
Des Moines ... Living History Farms
Des Moines ... Principal Riverwalk/pedestrian bridge
Des Moines ... Robert D Ray Asian Gardens
Des Moines ... State Capitol complex
Dubuque ... barges
Dyersville ... Field Of Dreams
Effegy Mounds National Monument
Elk Horn ... Danish Windmill & Museum
Field House
fishing
Grinnell ... Merchant's Bank by Louis Sullivan
Guttenburg
Herbert Hoover Library
Iowa City ... ped mall area/downtown
Iowa City ... U of I campus/architecture
Iowa State Fair
Kalona ... Amish
Kinnick Stadium
Knoxville
Marquette
Mason City ... Frank Lloyd Wright homes, Park Hotel
McGregor
Orange City
Parkersburg EF-5 tornado (leaving some things untouched)
Pella
Quad Cities ... Figge Art Museum
Snake Alley
Walcott ... world's largest truck stop (I-80)
Winterset ... John Wayne's birthplace
KANSAS
Baxter Springs ... Cafe On The Route
Dodge City
Galena ... 4 Women On The Route
Giant prairie dog, near Goodland
Hutchinson ... Cosmosphere
KENTUCKY
25E down through Cumberland Gap
Bardstown ... dinner train
Bardstown ... Makers Mark facility
Beech Bend Raceway
Boonesboro
Bowling Green ... Corvette Museum
Carter Caves
caves (western)
Churchill Downs
horses
Kentucky Motor Speedway
Lakes/state parks
Lincoln Birthplace
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory
Muhammed Ali Center
Paducah riverfront murals
Swope Auto Museum
LOUISIANA
D-Day Museum
False River
Festival international de Louisiane
French Quarter
Layton Castle
Mardi Gras ... Eunice, New Orleans, Mamou, New Roads, Baton Rouge, Lafayette
Myrtles Plantation
State Capitol
MAINE
Acadia
Highth of the land
Mt Desert Island
Old Orchard Beach
Portland ... art museum
Portland ... Old Port
Route 1 ... all the way to Key West
MARYLAND
Annapolis ... US Naval Academy
Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg)
Assateague State Park (Eastern shore)
Baltimore
Baltimore ... Fort McHenry
Camden Yards
Chesapeake Bay
Continental Divide
Fort Federick
Garber facility (Suitland)
Garrett County, state parks
Glen Echo Park (with working carosel from 1923)
Hagerstown ... 1/2 mile dirt track
M&T Bank Stadium
Mason Dixon Dragway
MD International Raceway (Budds Creek)
Monocacey Battlefield
National Aquarium, Inner Harbor
Route 50 (originating in Ocean City) ... ends in CA
USS Constellation, Inner Harbor
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston ... Samuel Adams Brewery
Concord ... old North Bridge
Fenway Park
Salem
Springfield ... Basketball Hall of Fame
USS Constitution, Boston Harbor
MICHIGAN
8 Mile Road
Ann Arbor
Automotive Hall of Fame
Beaver Island
Castle Rock
Coldwater ... Capri Drive-In
Cross Village, on M119 "Tunnel of Trees" drive
Davison Freeway
Detroit ... The National Automotive Historic Collection
Detroit institute of Arts
Detroit Science Center
E Grand Rapids ... Yesterdog (restaurant)
Frankenmuth
Flint ... US 23 Drive-in
GM Ren Cen
Grand Haven ... Coast Guard Festival (August)
Green Field Village
Henry Ford Museum
Hickory Corners ... Gilmore Car Museum
Holland ... Tulip Festival
Kalamazoo ... Air Zoo at W MI University
Lansing
Legs Inn
Leelanau Peninsula
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac City
Mackinac Island
Maritime Museum
Marquette ... Peter White Library
Marquette ... Presque Isle
Muskegon ... Getty Drive-in
Petosky
Rockford
Rothbury ... Double J Ranch
Shoreline Drive ... Holland, Grand Haven, Muskegon, Ludington, Traverse City, Petosky, Mackinaw City
Silver Lake Dunes / Mears, MI
Soo Sault St Marie boat locks tour
St. Ignace (car show)
Tahquamenon Falls
Traverse City ... MI Cherry Festival
Upper Peninsula
Woodward Avenue (first paved mile of roadway in the US)
Ypsilanti ... home of the Orphan Car Show and last Hudson Dealership (now museum)
MINNESOTA
Alexandria ... Kensington Runestone
Darwin ... bit ball of twine
Highway 61, North shore
Lake Superior Circle Drive
Vining ... metal statues (in a park next to a gas station) made by the father of NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg
MISSISSIPPI
Battle grounds
Clarksdale ... Ground Zero Blues Club, owned by Morgan Freeman
Cruzin' The Coast
Delta Blues Museum
Elvis' birthplace
Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Home of Jefferson Davis
Left Field Lounge
Mardis Gras
NASA
Natchez Trace Parkway
Nortrup/Grumman navy shipyard
Oil Rigs
Old Plantations
Ole Miss ... The Grove
Oxford ... Rowan Oak, home of William Faulkner
Oxford ... Town Square
Starkville ... Cotton District
Tuncia River Park
Tupelo ... Auto Museum
Tupelo ... Buffalo Park
MISSOURI
Jesse James Museum
Ozark Scenic driving
Route 66 Motors & Nostalgia Gift Shop
St Louis ... Arch
St Louis ... Museum
St Louis ... Zoo
Tower Rock
MONTANA
Bob Marshall Wilderness
Bozeman ... Museum of the Rockies
Dinosaur digs
Essex
Garnet ghost town
Glacier National Park
Great Falls ... Charlie Russel Museum
Little Big Horn Battlefield
Lolo Hot Springs
Lost Trail Ski Area (no-frills skiier's mountain. US 93 at the Idaho line)
Moeise Buffalo Range
Museums
National Bison Range
Old mining sites
Welcome Creek Wilderness Area
Yellowstone National Park
NEBRASKA
Chimney Rock
Eagle Raceway
Lincoln Monument (I-80)
Pioneer museums
Platte River
Sand hills (central)
Scottsbluff
Timberline / Beaver Dam
NEVADA
Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hampton Beach
Laconia ... American Classic Arcade Museum
Star Speedway
NEW JERSEY
Appalachian Mountains
Atco Raceway (south)
Atlantic City
Barnaget Light House
Ben Franklin Bridge
Camden
Clinton ... Red Mill
Delaware Gap
High Point
Hoboken
Island Beach State Park
Island Dragway (north)
Jersey Shore beach towns
NJ Motorsports Park
NJ State Aquarium
Raceway Park (central)
Ringwood State Park
Six Flags Great Adventure
Skiing areas
Statue of Liberty
Thomas Edison Museum
Wall Stadium
Wildwood boardwalk
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque ... Balloon Festival
Albuquerque ... Kimo Theatre
Albuquerque ... old-fashioned diner on Central
Carlsbad Caverns
Sandia Peak Tramway
Santa Fe ... Plaza Cafe
Santa Rosa ... Route 66 museum
Tucumcari ... Blue Swallow Motel
White Sands
NEW YORK
1000 Islands
Bronx Zoo
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Bridge
Albany Caverns ... Howe Caverns
Central Park
Coney Island
Cooperstown ... Baseball Hall of Fame
Ellis Island
Empire State Building
falls
Fonday Speedway
Fort Fort Ticondergoa
Fort Wadsworth
Glens Falls
Ground Zero
Hamptons
Harold Square
Indian reservation
Ithaca ... Cornell University
Jericho Turnpike
Jones Beach
Kings Point ... Sands Point Castle
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Lake Ontario if you've never seen a Great Lake before
Lake Placid
Lebanon Valley
Letchworth-Grand Canyon of the east
Long Island
Long Island beaches
Manhattan ... 106 Spring Street, first pizza place still in business since 1906
Manhattan skyline
Meadowbrook
Montauk Point
Museums
New York City
Niagara Falls
North Fork
Ocean Parkway
Old Bethpage restoration
Orient Point
Oswego Speedway
Prospect Mountain, Adirondack's
Raynham Hall
Richmond Town
Robert Moses Beach
Rockefeller Center
Rolling Wheels Speedway
Sag Harbor
Sagamore Hill
Saratoga Battle Field
Saratoga Springs Horse Race Track
Shawangunks, "The Gunks"
Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
Stock Exchange
Sunrise Highway
Syracuse ... Labor Day State Fair
Syracuse ... Super DIRT week
Tahawus/Adirondak/Mount Mercy
The Rock (Observatory deck)
Times Square
Union Square
Varrazano Narrows Bridge
Wall Street
Watkins Glen
Whiteface Mt ... Olympic Training Center
wineries
N CAROLINA
7 light houses
Asheville ... Flat Iron Building / Sky Bar
Asheville ... Grove Arcade
Asheville ... Grove Park Inn
Asheville ... Helens Bridge
Asheville ... Mt Mitchell
Asheville ... Seely Castle
beaches
Biltmore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway
Cape Hattaras
Chapel Hill ... Carolina Basketball Museum
Charlotte ... Billy Graham Library
Charlotte ... Dale Trail
Charlotte ... Motor Speedway
Charlotte ... Museum of Aviation
Charlotte ... NC Transportation Museum
Charlotte ... Reeds Gold Mine
Crystal Coast
Currituck Beach ... lighthouse
Dale Earnhardt Museum
Edenton ... lighthouse
Grandfather Mountain
Great Smokey Mountain Railroad
Kill Devil Hills
Kitty Hawk
Linville Falls and Caverns
Lost Colony
Manteo ... lighthouse
Mooresville "Race City USA"
Raleigh
RCR Museum
Richard Petty Museum
Rockingham
Wilmington ... USS N Carolina Battleship Museum
Winston-Salem ... Bowman Gray Stadium
Wright Brothers Memorial
N DAKOTA
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
OHIO
7 presidential birthplaces
Amish country
Canton ... Football Hall of Fame
Carrollin Park
Cedar Point
Cincinnati Music Hall
Cincinnati Union Terminal Museum Center
Cincinnati Zoo
Cleveland ... Crawford Auto Museum
Cleveland ... Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland ... University Circle
Cleveland Zoo
Columbus Zoo
Dayton Air Force Museum
Erie Canal
Kelley's Island
Kilkare Dragway
King's Island
Leesville Lake
Mentor ... President Garfield's home
Mt Adams
Ohio Caverns
Ohio Stadium
Put-in-Bay
Riverboat ride
Serpent Mound, Adams County
Sidney ... Eldora Speedway
Toledo Zoo
Youngstown ... Mill Creek Park
OKLAHOMA
Afton Station
Arcadia ... Big Red Round Barn
Arcadia ... POPS
Bricktown
Catoosa ... Blue Whale
Chandler ... Route 66 center
Clinton ... Route 66 museum
Edmond ... Boulevard Steak House
Elk City ... Route 66 museum
Erick ... SandHills Curiosity Shop
Indian Unmarked Grave
Midwest City ... Napoleon Deli
Norman ... Sam Noble Natural History Museum
Oklahoma City ... Nonna's
Oklahoma City ... Western Heritage Museum
Shoe Tree
Stroud ... Rock Cafe
Talequah
Tulsa ... Aquarium
Wichita Mountains Wild Life Preserve
OREGON
Astoria ... Fort Stevens
Astoria Column
Caves National Monument
Columbia River Gorge
Crater Lake National Park
Crooked River Gorge
Evergreen Air Museum
Forest Grove Concourse D'elegance
Hells Canyon
Lava Fields
Lewis & Clark Fort Clatsop
McMinville Airport
McMinnville ... Spruce Goose at the Evergreen Museum
Metolius River
Mt Hood
Oregon Coast
Oregon Trail Rally
Painted Hills
Portland International Raceway
Rogue River
Rose Cup
Seaside
Silver Falls State Park
Smith Rock State Park
Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Cheese Factory
Trillum Lake
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum
Andy Warhol Museum
Battleship Olympia
Boat House Row
Citizens Bank Park
Dorney Park
Erie ... Niagara
Falling Waters
Flight 93 Memorial
Fort Ligonier
Frank Lloyd Wright's house
Franklin Institute
Gettysburg National Park
Heinz Field
Hershey Park
Horseshoe Curve
Idlewild Park
Inclines
Independence Hall
Johnstown Flood Memorial
Kennywood
Kinzua Bridge
Lancaster County Amish country
Lernerville Speedway
Ligonier
Lincoln Highway
Museum of Sports
National Constitution Center
Ohiopyle State Park
Penn's Caves
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Zoo
Pine Creek Gorge
Pittsburgh ... Mt Washington
Pittsburgh ... Ride the Incline
PNC Park
Pottsville ... Yuengling Brewery
Presque Isle State Park
Primanti's
Railroad Museum of PA
SS United States
Steamtown National Historic Site
Strasburg Railroad
The Franklin
US 6
US Mint
Valley Forge National Park
RHODE ISLAND
400 miles of coastline
Hasbro Headquarters
Newport ... mansions
Providence
S CAROLINA
Anderson
Belton
Charleston
Cooker's Chateau
Fort Jackson
Fort Sumter
fun country roads
Hilton Head
Kings Mountain
Morris Island
Myrtle Beach
Pendleton
S DAKOTA
Badlands
Crazy Horse Monument
Custer State Park
Deadwood
Mitchell Corn Palace
Mt. Rushmore
Sturgis
The Engalls Homestead (Little House On The Prairie)
Wall Drug Store
TENNESSEE
Bristol Motor Speedway
Cades Cove
Chattanooga ... TN Aquarium
Clingmans Dome
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Gatlinburg
Graceland
Grand Ole Opry
Great Smokey Mountains National Park
Highway 11E
Highway 25W
Jackson
Lake City ... Cove Lake State Park
Lookout Mountain
Lynchburg ... Jack Daniels Distillery
Maryville ... Foothills Fall Festival
Memphis
Memphis ... National Civil Rights Museum
Music Row
Nashville
Opryland Hotel (especially around Christmas)
Reelfoot Lake
Rock City
Ruby Falls
Ryman Auditorium
Sevierville ... Floyd Garretts Muscle Car Museum
Sweethingyer ... The Lost Sea
Tombigbee Waterway
Townsend ... Tuckalechee Caverns
US 411 (Newport to Anniston AL)
US 441 (Gatlinburg to Cherokee)
US 70 (parallel to I-40, Knoxville to Nashville)
TEXAS
Adrian ... MidPoint Cafe
Alamo
Amarillo ... Big Texan
Amarillo ... Cadillac Ranch
Austin
Bandera ... Cowboy Capital of the world
Battleship Texas
Big Bend
Caddo Lake
Cavalla
College Station
Corpus Christi ... USS Lexington
Dyer's Barbecue
Enchanted Rock
Ferry ride (Galveston to Boliver)
Fredericksburg
Galveston
Gruene Hall, oldest dancehall
Guadalupe River
Hill Country ... driving, up Highway 16
Houston ... Kemah Boardwalk
Houston ... Lone Star Light Museum
Houston ... Space Center
Kerrville
Lubbock ... Canyon Lakes
McLean ... Devil's Rope/Rt 66 Museum
Medina Lake
Palo Duro Canyon
Pampa ... Woody Guthrie's home
Pelican Island
PINS ... beautiful beaches and clear water when you get a few miles down
Route 66
San Antonio
San Jacinto Monument and Battleground
San Marcos
Ship Channel
Six Flags Over Texas (the first Six Flags park)
South Padre Island
Waco
UTAH
Arches National Park
Bend in The Road
Big Cottonwood Canyon, picnic at Storm Mountain
Boulder (eat at Hell's Backbone Grill)
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
City Creek Canyon (lovely drive) ... breakfast at Ruth's diner midway up the canyon
Fruita (neat historic town-site)
Hidden Peak (via Snowbird tram)
HW 6 ... Spanish Fork to Green River with a stop in Helper to check out the outdoor museum of train stuff
HW 12
HW 24
HW 89
HW 95
Land's End
Moab
Moqui Dugway
Natural Bridges National Monument
Park City, Alpine Slide
Rainbrow Bridge
Salt Flats, during Speed Week
Salt Lake City downtown library
Snowbird
Stoneground Pizza, SLC
Timpanonos Cave
Truckstop, Exit 2, I-80, Utah
Valley Of The Gods
Wendover
Zion Canyon
VERMONT
Addison County Field Days
Appalachian Trail
Ben & Jerry's Factory
Bondville mud drags/truck pull
Brandon
Devil's Bowl Speeday
dirt roads with old-fashioned covered bridges
Dorset Playhouse
farms with dairy cows and sugar houses for making maple syrup
Green Mountain Railroad scenic train rides
Killington Ski and Summer Resort
Lake Champlain
Long Trail
Maple Sugar Museum
Middlebury
Norman Rockwell Museum
Orvis Outdoor Products HQ
Rutland ... Rave car show
scenic drives
Shelburne Museum
small, out-of-the-way hikes with gorgeous views
Smugglers Notch Ski Resort
Stowe ... British Invasion car show
Thunder Road Speedway
Tunbridge World's Fair
villages with craft stores
Weston Playhouse
Wilson Castle
VIRGINIA
Appomattox surrender grounds
Arlington Cemetery
Bedford ... WWII Memorial
Blue Ridge Parkway
Busch Gardens
Charlottsville ... Monticello
Chincoteague Island
Great Falls Park
Hunters Head Inn
Lee's retreat Richmond to Appomattox
Luray Caverns
Lynchburg ... Poplar Forest
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Natural Bridge
Peaks of Otter (on Blue Ridge Parkway)
Petersburg crater
Shenandoah Valley
Skyline Drive
wineries
WASHINGTON
Boring Lava Fields
Bruce Lee's grave
Chuckanut Drive
Columbia River Gorge
Deception Pass
Dry Falls
Dunes Wilderness
Experience Music Project
Friday Harbor
George
Grand Coulee Dam
HIghway 101
Hoh Rain Forest
Kettle River (flows backwards)
Leavenworth
Mt Rainier
Mt St Helens
N Cascades Highway
Olympic Mountains/Rain Forest
Olympic Peninsula Loop
Seattle ... Pike Place Market
Snake River Canyon
Space Needle
Tacoma Glass Museum
Takhlakh Lake
W VIRGINIA
Tri-Point Stone ... WV, PA & MD meet along the Mason Dixon Line
WISCONSIN
Beloit College Campus ... Logan Museum of Anthropology
Beloit College Campus ... Poetry Garden
Beloit College Campus ... Turtle Mounds
Beloit College Campus ... Wright Museum of Art
Door County
EAA AirVenture Museum
Eagle River
Helenville ... castle house
High Cliff Sate Park
Horicon Marsh
House On The Rock
Jelly Belly Factory
Jefferson Swap Meet
La Crosse ... bluffs
Lake Geneva
Lambeau Field
Madison ... Capitol Building
Madison ... State St
Marquette University Campus ... St Joan Of Arc's Chapel
Marquette University Library archives ... LOTR manuscripts, other Tolkein items
Miller Brewery
Milwaukee ... Brady St
Milwaukee ... Lakefront Festival Grounds (Summerfest, etc.)
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Domes
Minocqua
natural beauty
New Glarus Brewery
Northwoods
Rhinelander
Rib Mountain
Road America
Rome
WI Dells
WYOMING
Aspen Alley
Big Horn Mountains
Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis
Centennial/Snowy Range
Cheyenne
Chimney Rock
Devils Gate
Devils Tower
Flaming Gorge
Grand Tetons
Green River
Independence Rock
Jackson Hole
Laramie
Shirley Basin
Sybille Canyon
The Summit (E of Laramie, beautiful stretch of I-80)
US 16 through Buffalo, over Big Horns, to Yellowstone
Vedauwoo
Wind River Range
Yellowstone
CANADA
Alaska Highway
Banff
Blairemore
Butterfly Conservatory
Calgary
Clifton Hill
Coleman
Dakota Plane Crash
Drumheller ... Dinosaur Museum, badlands
Edmonton
Fort Erie
Fort George
Frank's slider
HW 1 ... Kamloops to Hope (the "old" highway)
HW 8 ... between Merritt & Spence's Bridge
HW 40 ... Kananaskis Highway, only open in the summer/fall
HW 93 ... south from Banff to Radium
Icefields Parkway (#93) between Lake Louise & Jasper
Jasper
Kingston
Lake Louise
Lethbridge High Level Bridge
Maid of the Mist
Niagara Falls
Niagara Gorge
Niagara River Parkway
Nova Scotia
Ontario - Hamilton ... Webster's Falls
Oshawa ... GM complex and Canadian Automotive Museum
Point Pelee
Queenston
Red Deer ... Donut Mill
Sandbanks Provincial Park
St Lawrence Seaway
The Rideau
Toronto ... Wonderland
Totem Pole Forest, Watson Lake
Trent Canal hydraulic lift lock
Trent/Severn Waterways
Vulcan ... The Enterprise
Welland Canal
Wetaskiwin ... Reynolds-Alberta Museum
Wolfe Island
POLAND
Warsaw ... Prozna Street
Krakow ... birth house of Helena Rubinstein
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