With 50 states and 5 territories, there are many places to visit in the United States. I have been fortunate to get to travel to many of these states, but there are still many places I want to visit within the US. Below, I’m sharing my checklist for places to visit in the US and marking which ones I’ve been to. While I have done a lot of research, there are probably some great places that I have missed on this checklist that should be added, so if you see something missing either from your state or one you’ve been to, please let me know so I can look into adding it. I’m not including individual sites but instead listing just the cities they’re found in. There are a few exceptions because UNESCO sites and national parks are each listed separately. (Random buildings included on this list are Frank Lloyd Wright designs that have been added because of UNESCO.) And I’m also including the high point of each state and territory since that’s a popular travel goal.
Alabama (last visited 2026)
Birmingham – last visited 2026
Cheaha Mountain – last visited 2022
Dauphin Island – last visited 2022
Gulf Shores – last visited 2023
Huntsville – last visited 2021
Mobile – last visited 2024
Montgomery – last visited 2025
Orange Beach – last visited 2023
Russell Cave
Selma to Montgomery Trail – last visited 2021
Spanish Fort – last visited 2021
Talladega Forest – last visited 2022
Tuscaloosa – last visited 2015
Alaska
Anchorage
Barrow
Denali
Denali Peak
Diomede
Fairbanks
Gates of the Arctic
Glacier Bay
Hyder
Juneau
Katmai
Kenai Fjords
Ketchikan
Kobuk Valley
Kodiak
Lake Clark
Prince William Sound
Seward
Sitka
Skagway
Tracy Arm
Whittier
Wrangell-St. Elias
Arizona (last visited 2020)
Antelope Canyon
Canyon de Chelly
Flagstaff – last visited 2014
Four Corners Monument
Grand Canyon – last visited 2014
Humphreys Peak
Lake Havasu – last visited 2014
Mesa
Montezuma Castle
Monument Valley
Page
Petrified Forest
Phoenix
Saguaro
Scottsdale
Sedona
Supai
Taliesin West
Tombstone
Tucson
Arkansas (last visited 2026)
Buffalo National River
Eureka Springs
Hot Springs – last visited 2025
Little Rock
Mount Magazine
Petit Jean
Texarkana
California (last visited 2023)
Big Sur
Channel Islands
Death Valley
Friendship Park – last visited 2020
Hollyhock House
Hollywood – last visited 2023
Joshua Tree – last visited 2023
Kings Canyon
Laguna Beach
Lake Havasu – last visited 2014
Lake Tahoe
Lassen Volcanic
Long Beach – last visited 2023
Los Angeles – last visited 2023
Malibu – last visited 2023
Mount Whitney Peak
Napa
Newport Beach
Palm Springs – last visited 2023
Pinnacles
Redwood National Park
Redwood State Parks – last visited 2011
Sacramento
San Diego – last visited 2020
San Francisco – last visited 2011
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica – last visited 2023
Sausalito – last visited 2011
Sequoia
Slab City – last visited 2023
Sonoma
Venice Beach – last visited 2023
Yosemite
Colorado (last visited 2021)
Aspen
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Boulder – last visited 2021
Breckinridge
Colorado National Monument
Colorado Springs – last visited 2013
Denver – last visited 2021
Four Corners Monument
Garden of the Gods
Grand Junction
Great Sand Dunes
Mesa Verde
Mount Elbert Peak
Mount Evans
Pikes Peak
Rocky Mountains – last visited 2021
Rocky Mountain National Park – last visited 2021
Royal Gorge – last visited 2013
Steamboat
Telluride
UFO Watchtower
Vail
Connecticut (last visited 2010)
Hartford
Mount Frissell
New Haven
Norwalk
Delaware (last visited 2025)
Bombay Hook
Cape Henlopen
Dewey Beach
Dover
Ebright Azimuth – last visited 2025
First State – last visited 2025
Florida (last visited 2025)
Big Cypress
Biscayne – last visited 2021
Blue Spring
Britton Hill – last visited 2021
Cayo Costa
Daytona Beach
Destin – last visited 2025
Disney World – last visited 2022
Dry Tortugas – last visited 2021
Everglades – last visited 2021
Lake Okeechobee
Fort Lauderdale
Gainesville – last visited 2025
Gulf Islands National Seashore – last visited 2024
Islamorada – last visited 2021
Jacksonville – last visited 2012
Key Largo – last visited 2021
Key West – last visited 2021
Miami – last visited 2021
Myakka River
Naples
Orlando – last visited 2022
Panama City – last visited 2016
Pensacola – last visited 2025
Port St Lucie
Southernmost Point – last visited 2021
St Augustine – last visited 2020
St Petersburg – last visited 2025
Tallahassee – last visited 2020
Tampa – last visited 2025
Universal Studios
West Palm Beach
Georgia (last visited 2026)
Amicalola Falls – last visited 2025
Athens – last visited 2025
Atlanta – last visited 2026
Augusta – last visited 2023
Brasstown Bald – last visited 2023
Chattahoochee Forest – last visited 2025
Cloudland Canyon – last visited 2023
Columbus – last visited 2023
Cumberland Island – last visited 2023
Golden Isles – last visited 2023
Helen – last visited 2025
Hiawassee – last visited 2023
Macon – last visited 2025
Okefenokee Swamp – last visited 2023
Panther Creek Falls – last visited 2025
Providence Canyon – last visited 2024
Radium Springs – last visited 2022
Savannah – last visited 2023
Stone Mountain – last visited 2023
Tallulah Gorge – last visited 2023
Toccoa Falls – last visited 2025
Tybee Island – last visited 2023
Valdosta – last visited 2023
Warm Springs – last visited 2022
Hawaii (last visited 2017)
HaleakalΔ
Hawai’i (Big Island)
Hawai’i Volcanoes
Hilo
Honolulu – last visited 2017
Iao Valley
Kailua-Kona
Kaneohe – last visited 2017
Kauai
Kona
Lahaina
Lanai
Maui
Mauna Loa Peak
Molokai
Na Pali Coast
Ni’ihau
Oahu – last visited 2017
Papahanaumokuakea
Pearl Harbor – last visited 2017
Waimea Canyon
Idaho
Bear Lake
Boise
Borah Peak
Caribou-Taghee
Coeur d’Alene
Craters of the Moon
Sun Valley
Yellowstone
Illinois (last visited 2021)
Cahokia Mounds – last visited 2021
Charles Mound
Chicago – last visited 2010
Frederick C Robie House
Springfield
Starved Rock
Unity Temple
Indiana (last visited 2012)
Hoosier Hill
Indiana Dunes
Indianapolis
South Bend
Iowa
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Hawkeye Point
Kansas
Dodge City
Geographic Center
Kansas City
Mount Sunflower
Tallgrass Prairie
Topeka
Wichita
Kentucky (last visited 2024)
Black Mountain Peak
Bowling Green – last visited 2024
Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone Forest
Lake Cumberland – last visited 2017
Lexington
Louisville – last visited 2012
Mammoth Cave – last visited 2024
Red River Gorge
Louisiana (last visited 2025)
Alexandria
Atchafalaya Basin – last visited 2019
Baton Rouge
Breaux Bridge
Driskill Mountain
Grand Isle
Jean Lafitte – last visited 2021
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Natchitoches
New Orleans – last visited 2021
Ponchatoula
Poverty Point
Shreveport
Maine (last visited 2015)
Acadia
Augusta
Bar Harbor
Four Corners Park – last visited 2015
Kennebunkport
Machias Seal Island
Mount Katahgin
Portland
St Croix Island Park
York
Maryland (last visited 2024)
Annapolis
Antietam
Assateague Island
Baltimore – last visited 2024
Chesapeake Bay – last visited 2024
Fort McHenry – last visited 2024
Frederick
Hoyes-Crest
National Harbor
Ocean City
Swallow Falls
Massachusetts (last visited 2010)
Boston
Cambridge
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Mount Greylock
Nantucket
Plymouth
The Berkshires
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Dearborn
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Isle Royale
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Mackinac Island
Mount Arvon
Pictured Rocks
Sault Ste. Marie
Upper Peninsula
Minnesota (last visited 2021)
Angle Inlet – last visited 2021
Duluth – last visited 2021
Eagle Mountain
Grand Portage
Lake Itasca
Minneapolis – last visited 2021
Saint Paul – last visited 2021
Voyageurs – last visited 2021
Mississippi (last visited 2026)
Biloxi – last visited 2021
Clarksdale
Cleveland
Greenville
Greenwood
Gulf Islands
Gulfport – last visited 2021
Indianola
Jackson
Natchez
Tunica
Tupelo – last visited 2026
Vicksburg – last visited 2025
Woodall Mountain
Yazoo City
Missouri (last visited 2021)
Branson
Gateway Arch – last visited 2021
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Land of the Ozarks
Nuclear Waste Trail
Springfield
St Louis – last visited 2021
Taum Sauk Mountain
Montana
Billings
Bozeman
Butte
Glacier
Granite Peak
Helena
Missoula
Waterton Glacier Peace Park
Yellowstone
Nebraska
Crawford
Lewis and Clark Lake
Lincoln
Omaha
Panorama Point
Nevada (last visited 2020)
Area 51 Boundary
Black Rock Desert
Boundary Peak
Carson City
Death Valley
Great Basin
Hoover Dam – last visited 2014
Jarbidge
Lake Tahoe
Las Vegas – last visited 2020
Red Rock Canyon – last visited 2014
Reno
Valley of Fire
New Hampshire (last visited 2010)
Concord
Hanover
Mount Washington
Portsmouth
White Mountain
New Jersey (last visited 2025)
Atlantic City
Delaware Water Gap
High Point
Hoboken
Jersey City – last visited 2025
Newark
Sandy Hook
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Bandelier
Carlsbad Caverns
Chaco Culture
Four Corners Monument
Las Cruces
Roswell
Santa Fe
Silver City
Taos Pueblo
Wheeler Peak
White Sands
New York (last visited 2025)
Adirondack Mountains
Akwesasne
Albany
Bronx
Brooklyn – last visited 2010
Buffalo – last visited 2024
Finger Lakes
Lake Champlain
Lake George
Lake Placid
Manhattan – last visited 2025
Mount Marcy
Monatauk
Niagara Falls – last visited 2024
Queens – last visited 2024
Rochester
Saratoga Springs
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
Staten Island
Statue of Liberty – last visited 2010
Syracuse
The Hamptons
UN Headquarters
North Carolina (last visited 2025)
Asheville
Blue Ridge Parkway
Charlotte
Chimney Rock
Durham
Great Smoky Mountains – last visited 2023
Kitty Hawk
Mount Mitchell
Outer Banks
Pisgah Forest
Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Winston-Salem
North Dakota
Bismarck
Theodore Roosevelt
White Butte
Ohio (last visited 2012)
Campbell Hill
Cedar Point
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Cuyahoga Valley
Oklahoma
Black Mesa
Broken Bow
Oklahoma City
Ouachita
Tulsa
Oregon
Brookings
Cannon Beach
Columbia River Gorge
Crater Lake
Eugene
Mount Hood
Mount Hood Peak
Portland
Silver Falls
Thor’s Well
Tillamook
Timber Gulch
Pennsylvania (last visited 2025)
Amish Country – last visited 2025
Delaware Water Gap
Fallingwater
Gettysburg
Harrisburg
Hershey – last visited 2025
Independence Hall – last visited 2025
Mount Davis
Philadelphia – last visited 2025
Pittsburg
Pocono Mountains
Scranton
Valley Forge
York
Rhode Island (last visited 2001)
Block Island
Jerimoth Hill
Newport Beach
Providence
South Carolina (last visited 2025)
Charleston – last visited 2022
Columbia – last visited 2022
Congaree – last visited 2022
Greenville – last visited 2024
Hilton Head – last visited 2016
Myrtle Beach
Sassafras Mountain – last visited 2025
South Dakota
Badlands
Black Elk Peak
Crazy Horse
Custer
Deadwood
Mount Rushmore
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Wind Cave
Tennessee (last visited 2026)
Bristol
Chattanooga – last visited 2025
Clingmans Dome – last visited 2019
Cumberland Caverns
Cumberland Gap
Gatlinburg – last visited 2023
Great Smoky Mountains – last visited 2023
Knoxville – last visited 2025
Memphis – last visited 2026
Murfreesboro – last visited 2024
Nashville – last visited 2024
Ocoee – last visited 2019
Pigeon Forge – last visited 2023
Texas (last visited 2019)
Amarillo
Austin
Big Bend
Corpus Christi
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Fredericksburg
Galveston
Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe Peak
Houston – last visited 2017
Marfa Lights
New Braunfels
San Antonio – last visited 2019
San Antonio Missions – last visited 2019
Texarcana
Waco
Utah (last visited 2020)
Arches – last visited 2020
Bear Lake
Bonneville Salt Flats
Bryce Canyon – last visited 2020
Canyonlands – last visited 2020
Capitol Reef – last visited 2020
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Four Corners Monument
Goblin Valley
Grand Staircase-Escalante – last visited 2020
Hole in the Rock Road
Kanarra Falls
Kings Peak
Mirror Lake Highway
Moab – last visited 2020
Park City
Provo
Reflection Canyon
Salt Lake City
Waterfall Canyon
Zion – last visited 2020
Vermont (last visited 2010)
Burlington
Derby Line
Montpelier
Mount Mansfield
Stowe
Virginia (last visited 2024)
Alexandria
Arlington
Assateague
Charlottesville
Chesapeake Bay
Jamestown
Lexington
Lynchburg
Monticello
Mount Rogers
Mount Vernon
Norfolk
Richmond
Roanoke
Shenandoah
University of Virginia
Virginia Beach
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Washington (last visited 2018)
Columbia River Gorge
Forks
Leavenworth
Mount Rainier – last visited 2018
Mount Rainier Peak
Mount St Helens
North Cascades
Olympia
Olympic
Palouse Falls
Point Roberts
Peace Arch – last visited 2018
Seattle – last visited 2018
Snoqualmie Falls – last visited 2018
Spokane
Tri-Cities
Washington DC (last visited 2024)
Fort Reno
West Virginia (last visited 2010)
Blackwater Falls
Charleston
Harpers Ferry
New River Gorge
Seneca Rocks
Spruce Knob
Wisconsin (last visited 2021)
Apostle Islands
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Superior – last visited 2021
Timms Hill
Wisconsin Dells
Wyoming
Bighorn Canyon
Cody
Devils Tower
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Gannett Peak
Grand Teton
Jackson Hole
Shoshone Forest
Yellowstone
American Samoa
Fagatele
Lata Mountain
National Park
Pago Pago
Guam
Mount Lamlam
Northern Mariana Islands
Agrihan High Point
American Memorial Park
Saipan
Puerto Rico
Cerro de Punta
El Yunque
La Fortaleza
San Juan
San Juan National Historic Site
Vieques
U.S. Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Crown Mountain
St Croix
St John
St Thomas
Virgin Islands National Park
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Baker Island
Howland Island
Jarvis Island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef
Midway
Navassa Island
Palmyra Atoll
Wake Island
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