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.)

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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 

• 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
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Arizona 

• The Wave
• Antelope Canyon
• Organ Stop Pizza
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Saguaro National Park
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
• Heard Museum
• Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix
• The Original London Bridge 

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 

• The Flower Fields of Carlsbad Ranch
• The Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
• Death Valley
• Mono Lake
• Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze
• San Diego Zoo
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Alcatraz Island
• Winchester Mystery House
• California State Railroad Museum

Colorado 

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

Connecticut 

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

Delaware 

• DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
• Bellevue State Park
• Delaware Seashore State Par
• Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Florida 

• St. Augustine
• Everglades National Park
• Ringling Museum
• Bok Tower Gardens
• Kennedy Space Center and explore NASA

Georgia

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

Hawaii 

• Molokini Crater
• World's Largest Maze
• Polynesian Cultural Center
• Pearl Harbor

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
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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 

• World's Largest Ball of Paint
• Bluespring Caverns
• Cataract Falls
• Indiana Dunes National Park

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

Kentucky 

• Dinosaur World
• Mammoth Cave National Park.
• Louisville Mega Caverns

Louisiana 

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

Maine 

• Maine Maritime Museum

Maryland 

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

Massachusetts 

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

Michigan 

• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• Henry Ford Museum

Minnesota 

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

Mississippi 

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

Missouri 

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

Montana

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

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

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 

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

New Jersey 

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

New Mexico

•  White Sands National Park
• Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness 
• Musical Highway
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
• National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

New York 

• The Met Cloisters (disassembled in France and relocated in NY)
• Boldt Castle
• Adirondack Park
• Niagara Fall

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

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 

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

• Portland Japanese Garden
• Crater Lake
• Oregon Coast Aquarium
• Tamastslikt Cultural Institute

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island 

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

South Carolina 

• Please see our regular field trips page for SC ideas

South Dakota 

• Badlands National Park
• Mount Rushmore National Monument
• Mammoth Site
• Reptile Gardens
• National Music Museum

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 

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

Utah

• Bonneville Sat Flats 
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Four Corners
• Bluff Fort Historic Site

Vermont 

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

Virginia 

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

Washington 

• Leavenworth (a Bavarian Town)
• Hoa Rain Forest
• Sequim (lavender festival)
• Snoqualmie Falls
• Museum of Flight
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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 

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

Wyoming

• Grand Prismatic Spring
• Wyoming Dinosaur Center
• Mystic Falls
• Cheyenne Botanic Gardens