50 States Bucket List

I found this blog post today. This has always been a dream of mine also.

50 States Bucket List

It is a dream/goal of mine to visit each of the 50 states Here is the list I have so far. If it's crossed out, that means I've been there done that.

What's one thing you consider a "must" in your state or a "must" that you've done in another state?

• Alabama
  • Mobile: Visit USS Alabama
  • Dothan: Peanut Festival

Alaska

• Denali: see the Aurora Borealis, visit Denali national Park & Preserve
• Take an Alaskan cruise
• Whale watching
• Mendenhall Glacier

Arizona

• Grand Canyon

Arkansas

• Ozark: visit Wal-Mart Country- I live Walmart country   
• Hot Springs National Park
• Little Rock: Clinton Library
• Murphesboro: Diamond Mine

California

• San Francisco: Alcatraz
• Hollywood/Los Angeles: see the Walk of Stars, visit Rodeo Drive
• Carmel: This was the site of a romance novel I read once and have not forgotten 
• Sequoia National Park
• Misc: visit beaches up and down the cost, drive up (or down) Highway 1, Glory Hole at Lake Berryessa

Colorado

• Copper Mountain:
• Visit the Four Corners
• Denver
• Colorado Springs/Manitou Springs: Pikes Peak, mesa Verde, Durango, Estes Park

Connecticut

Delaware

• Wildlife Refuges

Florida

• Orlando: Walt Disney World
• Panama City Beach: swimming with the dolphins 2008 
• Destin: Family Vacation 

Georgia

• Savannah: Visit the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of Girl Scouts)

• Hawaii
  • Honolulu: Pearl Harbor
  • Oahu: Sacred Falls
  • Maui
  • Kauai

Idaho

Illinois

• Chicago: eat at Giordano's, River boat architecture tour

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

• Loretto: Makers Mark Distillery (for the hubs)
• Bowling Green: Corvette plant
• Lexington: Kentucky Horse Park

Louisiana

• New Orleans: Garden District, French Quarter, beignets at Cafe DuMonde

Maine

• Acadia National Park

Maryland

• Baltimore (we are travelling here in October, so I'll keep you posted!)

Massachusetts

• Boston: Freedom Trail, Boston Common, Public Garden, Union Oyster House, Little Italy

Michigan

• Wyandotte/Detroit: Motor City Casino, eat at Slow's BBQ

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri \

• Branson
• St. Louis
• Birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Precious Moments Museum at Christmas

Montana

Nebraska

• Omaha: antique shopping

Nevada

• Las Vegas: See the strip

New Hampshire

• Pittsburg: Moose Alley, Rte. 3

New Jersey

• Atlantic City
• Hobokken- another site in a book I read as a teen

New Mexico

• Cloudcroft
• Albuquerque
• Visit the Four Corners

New York

• Brooklyn: Coney Island
• New York City: all of your typical sites, shopping, Broadway

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

• Cleveland: visit the rock and roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• Sandusky: Cedar Point

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City: visit the OKC Memorial

Oregon

Pennsylvania

• Pittsburgh: eat at Primanti Brothers
• Chambersburg: eat peaches

Rhode Island

• Provincetown: Dip your toe in the most northeastern part of the US coastline

South Carolina

• Myrtle Beach

South Dakota

• Keystone: mount Rushmore
• Black Hills: Crazy Horse Memorial
• Sturgis: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Tennessee

• Memphis: Graceland
• Nashville : Opryland
• Dollywood
• Smokey Mountains

Texas

• San Antonio: River Walk
• Fort Worth: Stockyards
• Six Flags
• IKEA

Utah

• Visit the Four Corners

Vermont

Virginia

• Williamsburg

Washington

• Seattle

Washington DC

• Smithsonian Institution
• Holocaust Memorial Museum
• All the sites

West Virginia

Wisconsin

• Milwaukee: Home of Happy Days (for me anyway)

Wyoming

• Yellowstone National Park

This has really brought about a desire to travel. We haven't taken a vacation this year and I am thinking we need a road trip to see the fall foliage and visit a few of the close states.

Where have you been or want to go?

Edited: Scott has been to : Arizona, Arkansas, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Iowa, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky.

Happy Traveling!!!