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Want to hit the road with the family and visit some unexpected places? Here is a great list to get you started. (Many of these sites offer virtual tours, as well.)

Items in blue are clickable links. 

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Alabama

Alabama 

  • Unclaimed Baggace Center
  • McWane Science Center
  • U.S. Space and Rocket Center
  • Legacy Museum in Montgomery
  • Dismals Canyon National Natural Landmark
  • Cathedral Caverns

Alaska

Alaska 

  • Mendenhall Ice Caves
  • World's Largest Chocolate Waterfall
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Northern Lights in Fairbanks
  • White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
  • University of Alaska Museum of the North
  • Alaska SeaLife Center
  • Aurora Ice Museum
  • Kenai Fjords National Park
  • Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
  • Alaska Native Heritage Center

Arizona

Arizona 

Arkansas

Arkansas 

  • Mammoth Spring State Park
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park
  • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  • Museum of Native American History
  • Hampson Archeological Museum State Park

California

California 

Colorado

Colorado 

  • Swetsville Zoo
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Denver Botanic Gardens
  • St. Elmo Ghost Town
  • Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad.

Connecticut

Connecticut 

  • Mark Twain House & Museum
  • Shore Line Trolley Museum.
  • Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

Delaware

Delaware 

Florida

Florida 

Georgia

Georgia

  • Rock City 
  • CNN Center & Tour
  • World of Coca-Cola.

Hawaii

Hawaii 

Idaho

Idaho 

  • Lava Hot Springs
  • Wolf Center in the heart of the Nez-Perce Tribal Wilderness
  • Sacajawea Historic Byway & Cultural Center
  • Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Illinois

Illinois

  • Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
  • The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
  • Field Museum of Natural History.

Indiana

Indiana 

Iowa

Iowa 

  • Pella (Dutch heritage at its best, including the tallest working windmill-grain mill in the US)
  • Highest Trestle Trail Bridge
  • Maquoketa Caves State Park
  • Pikes Peak State Park
  • Living History Farms near Urbandale

Kansas

Kansas 

  • Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
  • National Museum of Toys and Miniatures.
  • National World War I Museum and Memorial

Kentucky

Kentucky 

Louisiana

Louisiana 

  • Mardi Gras World
  • Rip Van Winkle Gardens
  • National World War II Museum
  • Global Wildlife Center
  •  Jungle Gardens on Avery Island

Maine

Maine 

  • Maine Maritime Museum

Maryland

Maryland 

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
  • Harriet Tubman Memorial Garden and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitors Center
  • Crystal Grotto Caverns

Massachusetts

Massachusetts 

  • Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
  • Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Michigan

Minnesota

Minnesota 

  • Mystery Cave State Park
  • National Eagle Center
  • North American Bear Center
  • International Wolf Center

Mississippi

Mississippi 

  • Museum of Natural Science
  • Vicksburg National Military Park.
  • Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum

Missouri

Missouri 

  • Gateway Arch
  • National World War 1 Museum
  • Ha Ha Tonka State Park
  • Titanic Museum

Montana

Montana

  • Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
  • Glacier National Park
  • National Bison Range.
  • Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center

Nebraska

Nebraska 

  • Carhenge
  • Agate Fossil Beds
  • Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum

Nevada

Nevada 

  • Great Sand Dunes National Park
  • National Atomic Testing Museum
  • Mob Museum
  • Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Garden
  • Virginia City Historic District
  • Lehman Caves

New Hampshire

New Hampshire 

  • Conway Scenic Railroad
  • Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
  • New Hampshire Telephone Museum

New Jersey

New Jersey 

  • Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
  • Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
  • Thomas Edison National Historical Park

New Mexico

New Mexico

New York

New York 

North Carolina

North Carolina 

  • The Biltmore
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Sliding Rock in Pisgah National Forest
  • Elijah Mountain Gem Mine
  • The Wheels Through Time Museum
  • North Carolina Maritime Museum
  • Chimney Rock State Park

North Dakota

North Dakota 

  • North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum
  • Scandinavian Heritage Park.
  • North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center

Ohio

Ohio 

  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Cincinnati Museum Center
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park
  • National Museum of the US Air Force
  • National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
  • The German Village

Oklahoma

Oklahoma 

  • Science Museum Oklahoma.
  • National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Oregon

Oregon 

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

  • Ringing Rocks
  • Hersheypark
  • Gettysburg National Military Park
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park

Rhode Island

Rhode Island 

  • Cliff Walk in Newport
  • National Museum of American Illustration
  • International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Biomes Marine Biology Center

South Carolina

South Carolina 

  • Please see our regular field trips page for SC ideas

South Dakota

South Dakota 

Tennessee

Tennessee 

  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • The Parthenon
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
  • Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
  • The Titanic Museum
  • Country Music Hall of Fame
  • Craighead Caverns and Lost Sea Cave
  • Dollywood

Texas

Texas 

  • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
  • The Alamo
  • Space Centre Houston
  • National Museum of the Pacific War.
  • Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

Utah

Utah

Vermont

Vermont 

  • Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory
  • Billings Farm and Museum
  • Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
  • Knight's Spider Web Farm

Virginia

Virginia 

  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • Luray Caverns
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Frontier Culture Museum
  • Historic Jamestowne
  • Monticello
  • Mount Vernon
  • National Museum of the Marine Corps

Washington

Washington 

West Virginia

West Virginia 

  • The Mystery Hole
  • Carnegie Hall
  • Grandview-New River Gorge National Park
  • West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
  • Mountain Rail Adventures
  • Lost World Caverns
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin 

  • House on the Rock.
  • Bookworm Gardens
  • National Railroad Museum
  • Circus World Museum

Wyoming

Wyoming

Washington D.C.