United States Bucket List

Here are my top ideas for your United States Bucket List. 

General Bucket List 

1. Be in America for July 4th 
2. Visit every American state
3. Attend a state fair 
4. Drive on route 66
5. Try barbecue in the United States  

Northeast United States Bucket List 

1. Visit the Catskills
2. Visit the Finger Lakes
3. Visit the Poconos
4. Take the Staten Island Ferry
5. See Fall foliage in New England
6. Visit the Hamptons
7. See Manhattanhenge
8. Visit Sleepy Hollow, New York
9. See hydrangeas in New England
10. Stay in a brownstone in New York City
11. Walk Brooklyn Bridge
12. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
13. See the Rockettes
14. Attend Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
15. Try New York Pizza 
16. Visit Martha’s Vineyard
17. Visit the Adirondacks 
18. Visit Salem, Massachusetts 
19. Try clam chowder in New England
20. Try cider donuts in the Northeast
21. Be in Times Square for New Years Eve 
22. Try tomato pie in Philadelphia
23. Try philly cheesesteak in Philadelphia
24. Try grape pie in upstate New York
25. Attend a concert at Carnegie Hall
26. Visit Concord, Massachusetts
27. Try crab in Chesapeake Bay
28. Visit the World’s Biggest Library
29. Attend blessing of the hounds

Southwest United States Bucket List 

1. Visit a bluebonnet field in Texas 
2. Visit the Grand Canyon
3. Visit Antelope Canyon
4. Visit Mesa Verde National Park
5. Attend SXSW
6. Hike Lake Havasu

Western United States Bucket List 

1. Visit Griffith Park
2. Visit a redwood forest
3. Visit Oregon wine country  
4. Drive on the Pacific Coast Highway
5. Visit the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
6. Visit Lake Tahoe, California
7. Visit Napa wine region
8. Visit Alcatraz
9. Visit Yosemite National Park
10. Ride a cable car in San Francisco
11. Visit Carlsbad flower fields 
12. See poppy fields in California
13. Visit Catalina Island
14. Visit Palm Springs, California
15. Stay on the Las Vegas strip
16. See a show in Las Vegas
17. Win blackjack in Vegas
18. Visit Yellowstone National Park
19. Stay at a dude ranch
20. Cross the Golden Gate bridge by foot
21. Visit a soda bar in Utah

Southeast United States Bucket List 

1. Eat key lime in Florida
2. Eat peaches in Georgia
3. Visit Smoky Mountains National Park 
4. Visit Dollywood
5. Drink bourbon in the South
6. Try Derby Pie in Kentucky
7. Ride an airboat in the Everglades
8. Hike the Appalachian Trail
9. Try jambalaya in Louisiana
10. Try beignets in Louisiana
11. Visit a jazz bar in New Orleans
12. Visit an American plantation
13. Drink a sazerac in New Orleans
14. Try gumbo in Louisiana
15. Be in New Orleans for Halloween
16. Go to Mardi Gras for New Orleans
17. Visit a bayou in the South
18. Drink sweet tea in the South
19. Try biscuits and gravy in the South
20. Try shrimp and grits in the South 
21. Try a po’boy in the South
22. Try pecan pie in the South
23. Attend a low country boil
24. Visit a honky tonk in the South
25. Take a steamboat ride in the Mississippi

Midwest United States Bucket List 

1. Try a runza in Nebraska
2. Visit Mall of America
3. Spend St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago
4. Try deep dish pizza in Chicago

Alaska & Hawaii

1. Attend a salmon bake in Alaska
2. Try Poke in Hawaii
3. Try crab in Alaska
4. Ride an outrigger canoe in Hawaii
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