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. Try white clam pizza in Connecticut

11. Stay in a brownstone in New York City

12. Walk Brooklyn Bridge

13. Go to the top of the Empire State Building

14. See the Rockettes

15. Attend Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

16. Try New York Pizza 

17. Visit Martha's Vineyard

18. Visit the Adirondacks 

19. Visit Salem, Massachusetts 

20. Try clam chowder in New England

21. Try cider donuts in the Northeast

22. Be in Times Square for New Years Eve 

23. Try tomato pie in Philadelphia

24. Try philly cheesesteak in Philadelphia

25. Try grape pie in upstate New York

26. Attend a concert at Carnegie Hall

27. Visit Concord, Massachusetts

28. Try crab in Chesapeake Bay

29. Visit the World's Biggest Library

30. 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. Try Tepary beans in Arizona

7. 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. Try Cioppino in San Francisco 

9. Try finger steaks in Idaho

10. Visit Alcatraz

11. Visit Yosemite National Park

12. Ride a cable car in San Francisco

13. Visit Carlsbad flower fields 

14. See poppy fields in California

15. Visit Catalina Island

16. Visit Palm Springs, California

17. Stay on the Las Vegas strip

18. See a show in Las Vegas

19. Win blackjack in Vegas

20. Visit Yellowstone National Park

21. Stay at a dude ranch

22. Cross the Golden Gate bridge by foot

23. 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. Try white BBQ sauca in Alabama

8. Ride an airboat in the Everglades

9. Hike the Appalachian Trail

10. Try Burgoo in Kentucky 

11. Try hot chicken in Tennessee

12. Try jambalaya in Louisiana

13. Try beignets in Louisiana

14. Visit a jazz bar in New Orleans

15. Visit an American plantation

16. Drink a sazerac in New Orleans

17. Try gumbo in Louisiana

18. Be in New Orleans for Halloween

19. Go to Mardi Gras for New Orleans

20. Visit a bayou in the South

21. Drink sweet tea in the South

22. Try biscuits and gravy in the South

23. Try shrimp and grits in the South 

24. Try a po'boy in the South

25. Try pecan pie in the South

26. Attend a low country boil

27. Visit a honky tonk in the South

28. Take a steamboat ride in the Mississippi

29. Try a Delta Tamale along 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 Bierock in Kansas

5. Try Detroit Pizza in Detroit

6. 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. Try Kalua pork in Hawaii

5. Ride an outrigger canoe in Hawaii

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