HAWAII
Molokai (unspoiled Hawaii)
Makawao Hawaii
Kekaha Kai State Park
Mahai'ula Beach (ebony lava fields and sand, great sunsets)
Hawaii Volcanoes Nat Pk
Helepe camp fishing, beach)
Nawiliwili Bay (Kalapaki Beach)
Kawa Bay (sea turtles, beach)
HAWAII
Maui
Chez Paul
Carelli’s (make reservations, expensive)
Mamma’s Fish House
Waianapanapa State Park (black-sand beach, camping, caves)
Sam Sato’s (manju- sweet cake)
Margarita’s Beach Cantina (beach view)
Hana Lani (sleep in tree houses)
Haleakala National Park (Sliding Sands Trail, Pipiwai Trail, dormant volcano)
Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area (Haleakala Ridge Trail)
Hana Cult Center (local hist)
Ka’elelui Caverns (lava inside volcano, tours)
Wanalau Ch (of lava rock)
Lahaina- Baldwin Home (missionaries); Hal Pa’ahao (jail)
Lahaina-Ka’anapali and Pacific RR (sugar cane train)
Makena State Park- Oneloa Beach (great sand)
Old Lahaina Lu’au
Wo Hing Museum
Waikapu- Maui Tropical Plantation (sugar cane)
Oahu
House of McShane B&B (on beach)
Wakiki Hist Trail (town tour)
Bishop Mus at Kalia Tower
Kua’Aina Sandwich (thin fries)
Eggs ‘n Things
Waiilikahi Falls (swimming)
Countryside Cabins
Kakuku- North Shore; Giovanna’s Original Whit Shrimp Truck
Lanikai (fancy but public beach)
Waikiki Beach
Kauai
Gay and Robinson Sugar Plantation (tours)
Kalihiwai Falls (horseback rides, swim in pools)
Na Pali Coast (kayaking)
Wailua Falls (Fantasy Island opening)
Kilauea Bakery (best pizza in state)
Hamura Saiman Stand (noodle soup)
Halalei River (kayaking, wildlife refuge)
Waimea Canyon
Maha’ulepu Beach
Kokee Lodge (mtn cabins)
Kokee National Historic Museum (guided Sunday Wonder Walks)
Barking Sands Beach (sand squeaks)
Poipu Beach (seals and turtles, snorkeling)
Hempey’s Garden Island B&B (cheap and near beauty)
Ke’e Beach (most beautiful)
Molokai
M. Ranch (kayaking ancient fish ponds)
Hawaii
Devastation Trail
Waipo Valley
Hapuna Beach
Mt Mauna Loa (lava flows and tubes)
Grand Wailea Hotel (9 connected swimming pools w/ water elevator)
public buses (cheap but slow, 4-day or month pass)
hiking (topographical maps on internet)
Manoa Valley Falls
Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area (lava, safe cove beach)
Pauoa Beach (best swimming)
Kula Kai Caverns and lava tubes (walking and spelunking tours)
Volcano Village (B&Bs)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (cabins)
Volcano House (hotel on edge of crater, heated by volcanic steam)
Kilauea Military Camp (for military/ DOD only)
Hawai Volcanoes National Park (Jaggar Mus, Crater Rim drive, seismology)
Hilo
Kaumana Caves
Lyman Mus and Mission House
Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp
Naha and Pinao Stones
Pahoa
Lava Tree State Monument
Waimea
Kamuela Museum
Pu’uhonua
O Honaunau National Historic Park
Napo’opo’o
Captain Cook Memorial
Laupahoehoe (beach)
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Diamond Head State Monument (hiking-bring flashlight for dark tunnels)
US Army Museum of Hawaii
Kailua-Kona
Ahu’ena Heiau
Hulihe’e Palace
Pu’ukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Honolulu
Leonard’s Bakery (malassada- Portuguese sweet doughnuts)
Kulamanu Place beach (sea-filled water tank, near Doris Duke’s Black Point mansion)
Maunawili Falls (plunge into pool)
USS Arizona Memorial (free, movie, ferry ride)
National Memorial Cemetery of Pacific (in crater of extinct volcano)
Iolani Palace (free Friday Royal Hawaiian Band performances)
Ninja Sushi (cheap California rolls)
State Art Museum
Art galleries (free wine and snacks)
USS Utah Memorial
Battleship Missouri Memorial
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park
Wamanalo Beach (SeaLife Park)
Bishop Museum and Planetarium (Pacific geology)
State Capital (resembles a volcano)
Maritime Center
Foster Botanical Gardens
Lyon Arboretum
Academy of Arts (Asian art and Italian Renaissance paintings)
Iolani Palace State Monument (only official residence of Hawaiian monarchy)
Kawala Ha’o Church (oldest, great choir)
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (floor of extinct volcano, Ernie Pyle)
Nu’anau Pali State Wayside (view, intense winds)
Hukilau Cafe (hamburger with fried egg and teriyaki beef, Loco Moco--2 hamburgers over with fried eggs and gravy)3
Helena's Hawaiian Foods (Hawaiian: short ribs, pork wrap)
Mac 24-7 (diner food: pancakes with toppings--pineapples, chocolate, blueberries; open 24-7)
Kane’ohe
Senator Fong’s Plantation and Gardens
La’ie
Polynesian Cultural Center
KAUAI’I
Kapaia
Wailau Falls
Waimea
Fort
Koke’e Natural Historic Museum
Hanalei
Lumaha’i Beach
Waikiki
Royal Hawaian Shopping Center (free hula, Hawaiian, lei making and ukulele lessons)
Diamond Head
Kapiolani Community College (Saturday farmers market)
Lana’i
Manele Bay (snorkeling, the Cathedrals- underwater cavern accessible only by boat)
Hulopo’e (snorkeling)
Shipwreck Beach (rusting ships)
Kaumalapau (archaeology)
Lanai City- Luahiwa Petroglyphs (hiking)
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Grand Wailea Resort (Wailea Canyon Activity Pool- 2000 ft river w/ caves and falls)
Kalalau Trail)
Brunch on the Beach
Sunset on the Beach (movies)
Bishop Museum at Kalia
Kilauea Visitor Ctr (Koa Forest, Wild Lava Tube)
The Mac Pie (macadamian pie)
Hanakapiai Falls, Kalalau Trail
Road to Hana- 50 miles, hairpin turns, hours)
Hilo
Mauna Loa (tour, nature walk)
Mount Waialeale (world’s wettest place)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Georgia
GEORGIA
Andersonville
Andersonville National Historic Site (Confederate POW camp)
Athens
City Hall green (only double-barreled cannon designed to fire both at same time
w/ chain in middle)
Atlanta
Coca-Cola Headquarters (flavors from around world)
Prime (steak during happy hour)
Honda Battle of the Bands (marching band competition- Jan)
Delta Heritage Museum (airplane memorabilia)
Center for Puppetry Arts (Mexican clay, Indonesian shadow, Italian marionettes)
The Colonnade (southern: mac 'n' cheese, kangaroo, black eyed peas, fried chicken stuffed with grits, knuckle sandwich--lobster, pulled pork, redneck sushi--pork)3
New World of Coca-Cola ?
National Museum of Patriotism
zoo
Varsity Drive-In ()3
The Flying Biscuit Cafe (biscuits, grits, owned by Indigo Girl)
The Highlander
The Vortex Bar and Grill (burger with eggs, bacon and potatoes surrounded grilled cheese sandwich)3
Gladys Knight and Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles (Soul food: fried chicken, wafffles, salmon with brown sugar, sweet potato cheesecake)3
Cumberland Island
unspoiled beaches, forests, creeks)
Greyfield Inn (home of Carnegie's brother)
guided tours (335 species of birds, wild horses too)
East Dublin
Summer Redneck Games (mud-pit belly flop, hubcap hurl)
Jekyll Island
houses
Kennesaw Mountain
Big Pie in the Sky (pizza)
Savannah
Bryd River (cookies, tour)
Mrs Wilkes Boarding House (family style rest, pecan pie)
Bryd River Company (cookies, tour)
Mrs Wilkes Boarding House (family style rest, pecan pie)
The Lady & Sons (Paula Dean's restaurant)
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Blue Willow Inn (Southern fried cooking, buffet)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (canoe swamp from Kingfisher Landing to Stephen C Foster take-out)
Pigeon Mountain (Lost Wall, cave-lined Pocket Trail)
Chickamauga National Military Park
Chattahoochee Oconee Forest (Brasstown Bald Mountain)
Vidalia/Green...
Bland Farms (peach vidalia onion salsa, dressing)
Lane’s Packing Company (hot peach cobbler; Peachtree Cafe--peach ice cream)
Andersonville
Andersonville National Historic Site (Confederate POW camp)
Athens
City Hall green (only double-barreled cannon designed to fire both at same time
w/ chain in middle)
Atlanta
Coca-Cola Headquarters (flavors from around world)
Prime (steak during happy hour)
Honda Battle of the Bands (marching band competition- Jan)
Delta Heritage Museum (airplane memorabilia)
Center for Puppetry Arts (Mexican clay, Indonesian shadow, Italian marionettes)
The Colonnade (southern: mac 'n' cheese, kangaroo, black eyed peas, fried chicken stuffed with grits, knuckle sandwich--lobster, pulled pork, redneck sushi--pork)3
New World of Coca-Cola ?
National Museum of Patriotism
zoo
Varsity Drive-In ()3
The Flying Biscuit Cafe (biscuits, grits, owned by Indigo Girl)
The Highlander
The Vortex Bar and Grill (burger with eggs, bacon and potatoes surrounded grilled cheese sandwich)3
Gladys Knight and Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles (Soul food: fried chicken, wafffles, salmon with brown sugar, sweet potato cheesecake)3
Cumberland Island
unspoiled beaches, forests, creeks)
Greyfield Inn (home of Carnegie's brother)
guided tours (335 species of birds, wild horses too)
East Dublin
Summer Redneck Games (mud-pit belly flop, hubcap hurl)
Jekyll Island
houses
Kennesaw Mountain
Big Pie in the Sky (pizza)
Savannah
Bryd River (cookies, tour)
Mrs Wilkes Boarding House (family style rest, pecan pie)
Bryd River Company (cookies, tour)
Mrs Wilkes Boarding House (family style rest, pecan pie)
The Lady & Sons (Paula Dean's restaurant)
?
Blue Willow Inn (Southern fried cooking, buffet)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (canoe swamp from Kingfisher Landing to Stephen C Foster take-out)
Pigeon Mountain (Lost Wall, cave-lined Pocket Trail)
Chickamauga National Military Park
Chattahoochee Oconee Forest (Brasstown Bald Mountain)
Vidalia/Green...
Bland Farms (peach vidalia onion salsa, dressing)
Lane’s Packing Company (hot peach cobbler; Peachtree Cafe--peach ice cream)
Florida
FLORIDA
GET IT?
Apalachicola
John Gorrie State Museum
Bonifay
All-Night Gospel Singing (Sat before July 4; 10,000 people)
Brevard County
(world’s highest concentration of West Indian manatees)
Cape Canaveral
Kennedy Space Center (tour, memorial)
Merritt Island Natural Wildlife Refuge (250 bird species)
Cedar Key
Clam Shack (Highway 24)
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge (kayaking)
Dock Street pier
Island Hotel
Chokoloskee
Smallwood Store Museum (trading post)
Coral Gables
Biltmore
Books & Books (restaurant too)
Everglades
Linger Lodge Restaurant (exotic pets, river and game meals); Sunday Bay Chickee (guided overnight canoe camping)
Big Cypress National Preserve (2 1/2 mile canoe trip, karst limestone, bald cypresses)
Flamingo Lodge Marina (canoeing)
Flamingo Lodge Restaurant (arrive early for window seat)
Wilderness Waterway (99 miles, December-April)
Everglades City to Flamingo (1 week)
Billy Swamp Boats
Florida Keys
largest barrier reef in US
Fort Myers, Fl
Seminole Lodge (Edison’s lab, garden, inventions)
Mangoes (Ford’s place)
Fort Pierce
UDT Seal Museum (Navy’s underwater demolition history)
Gainesville
Devil’s Millhopper State Geological Site (descend into a real sinkhole)
Fred Bear Museum (bowhunting history)
Jacksonville
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum (original historical manuscripts)
Kendall
Jamaican Kitchen?
Key Largo
The Crack’d Conch
Key Lime Products Shop (Key Lime everything)
The Fish House
Ganim’s Pennkamp
Dolphins Plus
Pennekamp State Park
Key West
Kelly’s Carribean Bar and Grill
Bahia Honda Beach
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (snorkeling)
Big Pine Kayak Adventures (kayaking thru Knockemdown and Tarpon Belly Keys)
Mangrove Mamma’s (conch chowder, rock lobster)
Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge
113-mile, 42-bridge highway
East Martello Museum (local history)
Wreckers Museum
Mel Fisher Museum
Lakeland
Sun ‘n’ Fun Air Museum
Lake Wales Fl
Spook Hill (put car in neutral and car will appear to roll uphill)
Lake Worth
Havana Hideout (catering truck with tropical patio; fish tacos, Cuban sandwich, empanadas, garlic pork)3
Melbourne Beach
McLarty Treasure Museum (1715 Spanish fleet treasure)
Miami
Garcia’s Seafood (beer-battered conch)
Arnie and Richie’s (NY deli, thick potato pancakes)
Islas Canarias (medianoche-traditional Cuban sandwich)
American Police Hall of Fame (somber/cool, fallen officers memorial/sit in an electric chair)
Gold Coast Railroad Museum (presidential train)
Icon Brickell Viceroyal Hotel (3 pools that are longest in world (300 ft); can have lunch in shallow one; 2000 sq ft hot tub)
Benny's (Puerto Rican: mufango--plantain and garlic w/ seafood, pork, chicken or beef. conch salad)3
Miami Beach
The Kent (rooms)?
Micanopy
Smiley’s (200-dealer flea market)
Mulberry
Phosphate Museum (industry, ancient life)
Naples
Teddy Bear Museum (make one, buy one or see one in the Li-bear-y)
New Smyrna Beach
highest number of shark attacks in world
North Miami Beach
Blue Marlin Fish House (smoked sampler, mahi mahi, fried grouper, smoked marlin, conch fritters, crab cake sandwiches, smoked fish dip)3
Ocala
Don Gorlits Museum (drag racing)
Orlando
Disneyworld (Blizzard Beach)
Fun-in-the-Sun Postcard Sale (Jan)
1000 water parks nearby
Wet n' Wild (disco-themed ride, Bubble up ride, beachball)
Typhoon Lagoon (Blizzard Beach, Surfing Lagoon--largest pool in US and 6 ft waves, Shark Reef--saltwater and fresh)
WDW?
Animal Kingdom
Palm Beach
The Breakers (kid’s secret garden)
zoo
Panama City Beach
Museum of Man in the Sea (diving, underwater exploration)
Pensacola
Cayo Costa State Park (kayaking and camping)
The Fish House (seafood, black grouper, gaspachi salad,
Chef's Restaurant (no sign--blown down by past hurricane; deep-fried mullet-- clean bottom feeder fish; acquired tastes- mullet gizzards and roe)
Perry
Forest Capital State Cultural Museum (turpentine history; county map using native wood)
Pinellas County
most tornadoes in US
Saint Augustine
Spanish Bakery (empanadas)
Oldest Store Museum (19th C general store)
St Petersburg
Ted Peter’s Famous Smoked Fish (smoked salmon, mullet, mahi mahi, fish spread, warm potato salad)3
Sanibel Island
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum (Shell Capital of the World)
Sarasota
Alpine Steakhouse (turducken)
Pincecraft Amish Community
Old Salty Dog (salty dog--beer-battered hot dog, blackened grouper; view)3
Yoder's (Amish: fried chicken, pot roast, 25 homemade pies, mashed potatoes)3
?Munchies 4:20 Cafe
South Beach
11th Street Diner (breakfast, burgers, Monte Cristo, apple raisin porkchops, Argentina steak, in a railroad car)3
Tampa
Sanibel Island (seashells)
Busch Gardens (King Tut’s tomb)
Mike’s Pies (key lime)
Adventure Island (waterpark)
Tarpon Springs
10% Greek
Vero Beach
Joe’s Stone Crab (conch)
Blue Cypress Recreation Area (Sebastian River)
Tides (Leanne Kelleher's restaurant)
Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee Springs (world's only underwater mermaid cabaret; since 1947)
White Springs
Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center
Winter Haven
Water Ski Museum (history)
Winter Park
Charles Morse Museum of American Art (more Tiffany than anywhere else in world)
?
Dry Tortugas National Park FL (military history, swimming, snorkeling)
Davie- British Marketplace
Whale's Rib (clam chowder, mussels, crab cake, Oyster Rockerfellers, calamari salad, whale juice, fried dolphin Key West--mahi mahi,
GET IT?
Apalachicola
John Gorrie State Museum
Bonifay
All-Night Gospel Singing (Sat before July 4; 10,000 people)
Brevard County
(world’s highest concentration of West Indian manatees)
Cape Canaveral
Kennedy Space Center (tour, memorial)
Merritt Island Natural Wildlife Refuge (250 bird species)
Cedar Key
Clam Shack (Highway 24)
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge (kayaking)
Dock Street pier
Island Hotel
Chokoloskee
Smallwood Store Museum (trading post)
Coral Gables
Biltmore
Books & Books (restaurant too)
Everglades
Linger Lodge Restaurant (exotic pets, river and game meals); Sunday Bay Chickee (guided overnight canoe camping)
Big Cypress National Preserve (2 1/2 mile canoe trip, karst limestone, bald cypresses)
Flamingo Lodge Marina (canoeing)
Flamingo Lodge Restaurant (arrive early for window seat)
Wilderness Waterway (99 miles, December-April)
Everglades City to Flamingo (1 week)
Billy Swamp Boats
Florida Keys
largest barrier reef in US
Fort Myers, Fl
Seminole Lodge (Edison’s lab, garden, inventions)
Mangoes (Ford’s place)
Fort Pierce
UDT Seal Museum (Navy’s underwater demolition history)
Gainesville
Devil’s Millhopper State Geological Site (descend into a real sinkhole)
Fred Bear Museum (bowhunting history)
Jacksonville
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum (original historical manuscripts)
Kendall
Jamaican Kitchen?
Key Largo
The Crack’d Conch
Key Lime Products Shop (Key Lime everything)
The Fish House
Ganim’s Pennkamp
Dolphins Plus
Pennekamp State Park
Key West
Kelly’s Carribean Bar and Grill
Bahia Honda Beach
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (snorkeling)
Big Pine Kayak Adventures (kayaking thru Knockemdown and Tarpon Belly Keys)
Mangrove Mamma’s (conch chowder, rock lobster)
Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge
113-mile, 42-bridge highway
East Martello Museum (local history)
Wreckers Museum
Mel Fisher Museum
Lakeland
Sun ‘n’ Fun Air Museum
Lake Wales Fl
Spook Hill (put car in neutral and car will appear to roll uphill)
Lake Worth
Havana Hideout (catering truck with tropical patio; fish tacos, Cuban sandwich, empanadas, garlic pork)3
Melbourne Beach
McLarty Treasure Museum (1715 Spanish fleet treasure)
Miami
Garcia’s Seafood (beer-battered conch)
Arnie and Richie’s (NY deli, thick potato pancakes)
Islas Canarias (medianoche-traditional Cuban sandwich)
American Police Hall of Fame (somber/cool, fallen officers memorial/sit in an electric chair)
Gold Coast Railroad Museum (presidential train)
Icon Brickell Viceroyal Hotel (3 pools that are longest in world (300 ft); can have lunch in shallow one; 2000 sq ft hot tub)
Benny's (Puerto Rican: mufango--plantain and garlic w/ seafood, pork, chicken or beef. conch salad)3
Miami Beach
The Kent (rooms)?
Micanopy
Smiley’s (200-dealer flea market)
Mulberry
Phosphate Museum (industry, ancient life)
Naples
Teddy Bear Museum (make one, buy one or see one in the Li-bear-y)
New Smyrna Beach
highest number of shark attacks in world
North Miami Beach
Blue Marlin Fish House (smoked sampler, mahi mahi, fried grouper, smoked marlin, conch fritters, crab cake sandwiches, smoked fish dip)3
Ocala
Don Gorlits Museum (drag racing)
Orlando
Disneyworld (Blizzard Beach)
Fun-in-the-Sun Postcard Sale (Jan)
1000 water parks nearby
Wet n' Wild (disco-themed ride, Bubble up ride, beachball)
Typhoon Lagoon (Blizzard Beach, Surfing Lagoon--largest pool in US and 6 ft waves, Shark Reef--saltwater and fresh)
WDW?
Animal Kingdom
Palm Beach
The Breakers (kid’s secret garden)
zoo
Panama City Beach
Museum of Man in the Sea (diving, underwater exploration)
Pensacola
Cayo Costa State Park (kayaking and camping)
The Fish House (seafood, black grouper, gaspachi salad,
Chef's Restaurant (no sign--blown down by past hurricane; deep-fried mullet-- clean bottom feeder fish; acquired tastes- mullet gizzards and roe)
Perry
Forest Capital State Cultural Museum (turpentine history; county map using native wood)
Pinellas County
most tornadoes in US
Saint Augustine
Spanish Bakery (empanadas)
Oldest Store Museum (19th C general store)
St Petersburg
Ted Peter’s Famous Smoked Fish (smoked salmon, mullet, mahi mahi, fish spread, warm potato salad)3
Sanibel Island
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum (Shell Capital of the World)
Sarasota
Alpine Steakhouse (turducken)
Pincecraft Amish Community
Old Salty Dog (salty dog--beer-battered hot dog, blackened grouper; view)3
Yoder's (Amish: fried chicken, pot roast, 25 homemade pies, mashed potatoes)3
?Munchies 4:20 Cafe
South Beach
11th Street Diner (breakfast, burgers, Monte Cristo, apple raisin porkchops, Argentina steak, in a railroad car)3
Tampa
Sanibel Island (seashells)
Busch Gardens (King Tut’s tomb)
Mike’s Pies (key lime)
Adventure Island (waterpark)
Tarpon Springs
10% Greek
Vero Beach
Joe’s Stone Crab (conch)
Blue Cypress Recreation Area (Sebastian River)
Tides (Leanne Kelleher's restaurant)
Weeki Wachee
Weeki Wachee Springs (world's only underwater mermaid cabaret; since 1947)
White Springs
Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center
Winter Haven
Water Ski Museum (history)
Winter Park
Charles Morse Museum of American Art (more Tiffany than anywhere else in world)
?
Dry Tortugas National Park FL (military history, swimming, snorkeling)
Davie- British Marketplace
Whale's Rib (clam chowder, mussels, crab cake, Oyster Rockerfellers, calamari salad, whale juice, fried dolphin Key West--mahi mahi,
Delaware
Delaware
Dover
Johnson Victrola Museum (Victor Talking Machines)
Meeting House Galleries (archaeology, history)
Delaware State House
Delaware City
Fort Delaware State Park (boat ride to Pea Patch Island and Civil War fort)
Georgetown
Treasures of the Sea Exhibit (Mel Fisher-raised Spanish galleon Atocha)
Wilmington
Hotel Du Pont (desserts: upside down/ inside out pumpkin pie
Hegley Museum (lane of gingko trees)
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (Swedish shipyard)
Brandywine Creek State Park (canoeing)
Lewes
Lewes to Cape May, NJ ferry
Crab Barn (fried clams and crab legs)
Cape Henlopen State Park (Maritime Mus; Seaside Nat Ctr)
World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’ Contest (1st Sat in Nov)
Newark
Carpenter State Park (horseback riding; "the Wedge"--where MD, PA and DE meet)
Rehoboth (shopping)
Smyrna
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Trap Pond State Park (Cypress Point Trail, boating, swimming)
Delaware Seashore State Park (beach camping)
Dover
Johnson Victrola Museum (Victor Talking Machines)
Meeting House Galleries (archaeology, history)
Delaware State House
Delaware City
Fort Delaware State Park (boat ride to Pea Patch Island and Civil War fort)
Georgetown
Treasures of the Sea Exhibit (Mel Fisher-raised Spanish galleon Atocha)
Wilmington
Hotel Du Pont (desserts: upside down/ inside out pumpkin pie
Hegley Museum (lane of gingko trees)
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation (Swedish shipyard)
Brandywine Creek State Park (canoeing)
Lewes
Lewes to Cape May, NJ ferry
Crab Barn (fried clams and crab legs)
Cape Henlopen State Park (Maritime Mus; Seaside Nat Ctr)
World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’ Contest (1st Sat in Nov)
Newark
Carpenter State Park (horseback riding; "the Wedge"--where MD, PA and DE meet)
Rehoboth (shopping)
Smyrna
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Trap Pond State Park (Cypress Point Trail, boating, swimming)
Delaware Seashore State Park (beach camping)
Connecticut
CONNECTICUT
Bethel
Dagwood Burger (root beer, shakes, car hops)
Bethlehem
Bellamy-Ferriday House (gardens)
Bristol
Am Clock and Watch Museum
Bridgeport
Discovery Museum
Beardsley Zoo
Barnum Museum (circus history)
Am Clock and Watch Museum (3,000 pieces, sundial garden)
New England Carousel Museum (miniature circus also)
Bridgewater
Bridgewater Chocolates (chocolate peanut butter patties)
Bantam
Wood’s Pit BBQ
Bristol
Lake Compounce (Am’s oldest amusement park)
Brooklyn
Creamery Brook Bison (wagon ride)
Canaan
quarry
Canterbury
Prudence Crandall Museum (in honor of attempt to teach black girls)
Cheshire
Barker Comic and Cartoon Museum
Collinsville
Charter Oak Landing (underground river canoeing--no joke; Reserve Road;
860-693-0385)
Coventry
Caprilands Herb Farm (30 herb gardens)
Nathan Hale Homestead
Cromwell
Amy’s Udder Joy Exotic Animal Farm Park
East Granby
Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine
East Hartford
Center Cemetery
East Windsor
Fire Museum
Trolley Museum
Essex
CT River Museum (replica of nation’s 1st sub Turtle)
Steam Train and Riverboat
Griswold Inn (restaurant with banjo band on weekends)
East Lyme
Flanders (fish market and restaurant)
Main Street (only oceanfront one in Ct, boardwalk)
Thomas Lee House and Little Boston School (1660 wood house and 1734 school)
Smith-Harris House
East Haven
Shore Line Trolley Museum (100 classic ones)
East Haddam
First Church Cemetery
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
Goodspeed Opera House (tours, musicals)
East Hampton
Comstock Covered Bridge (pedestrian only)
Fairfield
Wilson's Holy Smoke Barbecue (Texas-style bbq, Memphis-style ribs, pulled pork, pulled chicken sandwich, homemade sauces, black-eyed pea salad, mac n' cheese, mashed sweet potatoes, collard greens)3
Falls Village
Music Mountain (America’s oldest continuing summer chamber music festival)
Farmington
Hill-Stead Museum (sunken garden, Impressionist masterpieces, concerts)
Stanley Whitman House (colonial homestead)
Gaylordsville
Historical Society (one room schoolhouse)
Glastonbury
Audubon Center (Ct River ecosystem)
Glastonbury-Rocky Hill ferry (5 minute ride, oldest continuously operating ferry in US--since 1650+/-)
Guilford
Henry Whitfield State Museum (state’s oldest hse)
Goshen
Goshenette (chowder, pies)
Action Wildlife Foundation (200 exotic animals)
Groton
Submarine Force Museum (nuclear sub)
Guilford
Hyland House (17th C, 3 walk-in fireplaces)
Haddam
Thankful Arnold House (garden)
Gillette Castle (entirely of stone, overlooking river )
Hamden
Sleeping Giant Park
Hampton
Goodwin Conservation Center (pond, wildlife garden)
Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary (trails, stream, pond)
Hartford
Mark Twain House
Wadsworth Atheneum (Hudson River school, Impressionist)
Bushnell Park (carousel w/ 4 dozen hand-carved horses)
Ancient Burying Ground
Traveler’s Tower (free admission observatory)
Trash Museum (hands-on exhibits, tours)
Ancient Burying Ground
Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens (greenhouses, nature walks)
CT Historical Society
Governor’s Residence Tours
Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry (18th Century on)
Old State House (Gilbert Stuart’s Washington portrait, Amistad re-enactment, curiosities)
Cedar Hill Cemetery (Colt, Morgan)
Higganum
Sundial Gardens (knot garden, topiaries)
Ivoryton
Museum of Fife and Drum (one of a kind)
Kent
Belgique Patisserie... (tearoom and bakery)
Kent State Falls (seen from Rt 7)
Bulls Bridge (covered across Housatonic River)
Ct Antique Machinery Association Museum and Ct Museum Mining and Mineral Science
Sloane-Stanley Museum (writer and painter; ruins of Kent Furnace nearby)
Lakeville
Holley-Williams House Museum (role of women, icehouse, maze, outhouse, gardens)
Lime Rock Park (car racing)
Salisbury Cannon Museum (hands-on for children, Am Rev)
Ledyard
Water-Powered Up-Down Sawmill (mill pond, saw)
Litchfield
Mt Tom State Park (stone tower on summit, lake swimming, canoeing)
Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (America’s 1st)
Topsmead State Forest (English Tudor cottage)
White Memorial Foundation (state’s largest nature center and wildlife sanctuary)
Madison
Lenny and Joe’s Fish Tale Drive-in (lobster roll w/ butter)
Deacon John Grave House (17th C, variety of uses since)
Manchester
Fire Museum (firehouse, equipment)
Lutz Children’s Museum
Old Manchester Museum (industry and sports from area)
Wickham Park (ornamental gardens, aviary, trails)
Meriden
Law Enforcement Memorial
National Shaving and Barbershop Museum
Mansfield
Drive-in Theater (current double features, 3 screens)
Gurleyville Gristmill
Marlborough
Marlborough Barn (shopping village)
Mashantcket
Pequot Museum (natural history and Native Americans of southern New England, cool descent into glacial crevasse, museum store, children’s research library)
Meriden
World Famous Ted's Restaurant (steamed hamburgers)
Middlefield
Lyman Orchard’s (pick-your-own, market, cider mill)
Middlebury
Golden Age of Trucking Museum (toys, fishing, baseball)
Quassy Amusement Park (30 rides)
Morris
Sandy Beach (secluded cove w/ lifeguards, raft/slide, canoe launch, volleyball)
Montville
Nature’s Art (interactive science and nature facility--geodes, fossils, gems)
Mystic
S & P Oyster Company (restaurant)
BF Clyde (apple cider factory)
Aquarium
Denison National Center (trails)
Mystic River Historical Society (hands-on schoolhouse)
Carousel and Fun Center
Seaport (boats, maritime photography)
Submarine Force Museum (1st nuclear-powered sub, working periscopes, minisubs)
Submarine WWII Veteran’s Memorial (actual conning tower w/ plaques)
Mystic Pizza (of movie fame)
Naugatuck
Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe (oldest grinder shop in US--since 1922; 2 other shops in state; sub sandwiches in CT are grinders; huge, 35 types: Italian meat combo w/ 3 cheeses--no hot sauce, marinades; tip and be thanked in Italian)3
New Haven
Forbes Diner
Knights of Columbus Museum
British Art Museum (classics)
Peabody Museum (natural history)
Pepe’s (pizza)
Sally’s (pizza)
Libby’s (Italian pastries)
Louis’ Lunch (birthplace of the modern hamburger)
Archie Moore’s (berry cobbler)
Rusty Scupper (seafood)
500 Blake Street (fancy)
Atticus Bookstore (eat and read)
Center Church (tours of crypt underneath)
Grove Street Cemetery (Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Roger Sherman, Walter Camp)
East Rock Park (only in the daytime)
Edgerton Park
Schubert Theater (tour, shows)
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Yale British Art Gallery
Niantic
Children’s Museum of Southeastern CT (interactive)
Millstone Discovery Center (nuclear energy exhibits)
New Britain
Nozewski Market (20 keilbasa varieties)
Staropolska Restaurant (fried kielbasa)
Industrial Museum (products from Central Ct)
Youth Museum
New Canaan
The Glass House (literally; designed by architect Philip Johnson/now a park)
New Hartford
Farmington River Tubing
Main Stream Canoe Kayaks (day, moonlight)
Newington
Museum of Amateur Ham Radio (history)
New London
Coast Guard Academy (Bertholf Plaza, Roland Hall--indoor track, Academy Plaza)
Lyman Allyn Art Museum (Am impressionism)
Hempstead House (17th C)
Monte Cristo Cottage (O’Neill’s childhood home)
Science Ctr of Eastern CT (interactive)
Shaw-Perkins Mansion (Rev naval war office)
Maritime Museum
Ft Trumbull State Park
Ct College Arboretum (variety of natural ecosystems)
Science Center of Eastern CT
Custom House Maritime Museum
New Preston
The Boulders Inn (cottages, restaurant, hiking on Pinnacle Mountain, Lake Waramaug)
Narragansett
Norwich
Olde Tymes (hambone performances, Southern cooking, fried hamburger)
Mohegan Park (swimming, trails)
Slater Memorial Museum (Greek, Roman, Renaissance, American art)
Christopher Leffingwell House (Rev War meeting place)
Noank
Abbotts (lobster roll w/ butter)
Norwalk
Maritime Aquarium
Kayak Tours (6-hr around Norwalk Islands)
Silvermine Tavern
Valencia Luncheria (Venezuelan: )3
Norfolk
Blackberry River Inn
Campbell Farms State Park (trails, waterfalls)
Chamber Music Festival (summer)
Dennis Hill State Park
Loon Meadow Farm (horse-drawn carriage and sleigh rides)
Old Lyme
Florence Griswold Museum (America’s best-known center of Impressionist painting)
Peck Tavern House (1680)
Nut Museum (nut-based art and music)
Old Saybrook
Ft Saybrook Monument Park
Oneco
River Bend Mining and Gemstone Panning (wear helmets into authentically designed mine, wildlife exhibit)
Pawcatuck
Maple Breeze Park (minigolf, bumper boats, waterslide)
Pomfret
Martha’s Herbary (display gardens, 1889 pet cemetery)
Pomfret Center
Connecticut Audubon Center (great birding, trails)
Putnam
Felshaw Tavern (pre-revolutionary)
Rocky Hill
Dinosaur State Park (200 million year old dinosaur tracks--can make plaster casts; CT Valley diorama)
Academy Hill Museum (navigation history)
Ridgefield
Keeler Tavern Museum (1733)
Elms Inn (1760)
Weir Farm National Historical Site (Am Impressionism)
Riverton
Hitchcock Museum (history of the chair)
Stafford Springs
Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Motor Speedway
Sharon
Audubon Center (trails)
Simsbury
International Skating Center (Olympic-level shows, view workout sessions)
Talcott Mountain State Park (tower as former summer home)
Salem
Allegra Farm (horse-drawn carriages and sleighs, marshamllow roasts, hay rides)
Stonington
Randall’s Ordinary (tavern)
Captain Nathaniel Palmer House (Antarctica explorer)
Old Lighthouse Museum
Stony Creek
Puppet House Theatre
Saybrook
Johnny Ad’s (hot lobster roll w/ butter)
Stamford
United House Wrecking (huge antiques emporium)
Long Ridge Tavern
Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens (swamp walk)
Stamford Museum and Natural Center (working farm, trails)
South Glastonbury
Welles Shipman Ward House (1755)
South Norwalk
Sheffield Island Lighthouse (4 levels, 10 rooms; clam bakes on Summer Thursdays)
Stratford
Marnick’s (lobster roll w/ butter)
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
Garbage Museum (hands-on)
Simsbury
1771 Phelps House (tavern)
Terryville
Lock Museum of Am (ancient Egypt on)
Tolland
Daniel Benton Homestead (colonial cape w/ unusual architectural details)
Hick-Stearns Museum (colonial tavern)
Torrington
Burr Pond State Park (wooded, lake swimming)
Washington
Institute for American Indian Studies (reconstructed Algonquin village)
West Hartford
Museum of American Political Life (presidential campaigns, suffrage history)
Noah Webster Museum
West Haven
Jimmie’s
Chick’s (hot lobster roll w/ butter)
Westport
Black Duck Cafe (on a barge under Interstate 95 bridge; lobster roll (butter), bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, steak, fish, clams: steamers, stuffed, deep-fried, baked, casino--with bacon, mozzarella, wings, supreme nachos, cheese-stuffed burger, steak au poivre, buffalo shrimp)3
Woodstock
antiques (to Putnam)
Roseland cottage (lavish summer home)
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum (local Ct history)
HORSE of Connecticut (feed rescued horses, trail rides)
Waterford
Harkness Memorial State Park (mansion tours)
Crystal Mall (125 shops)
Windsor Locks
New England Air Museum (Bradley Airport)
Windsor
First Church Cemetery (1600s on)
Westbrook
Military Historians Museum (large collection)
Winchester Center
Kerosene Lamp Museum (call 1st)
West Cornwall
Clarke Outdoors (ten-mile trips by canoe, kayak, raft)
Covered bridge
Weston
Nature Conservancy (20 miles of trails)
Westport
Gilbertie’s Herb Gardens (theme gardens)
Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts (free entertainment some nights)
Rolnick Observatory (open to public Wed and Thurs)
Sherwood Island State Park
Wilton
Weir Farm National Historical Site (former home of Am Impressionist) ?
Woodcock National Center (swamp boardwalk)
Winchester
Kerosene Lamp Center (historical examples)
Museum of American Political Life
Woodbury
Flanders Nature Center (bog, nut tree grove)
?
Smith and Wesson
Smyth’s Tavern
New England Carousel Museum
Matthews 1812 House (brandied apricot cake)
Bethel
Dagwood Burger (root beer, shakes, car hops)
Bethlehem
Bellamy-Ferriday House (gardens)
Bristol
Am Clock and Watch Museum
Bridgeport
Discovery Museum
Beardsley Zoo
Barnum Museum (circus history)
Am Clock and Watch Museum (3,000 pieces, sundial garden)
New England Carousel Museum (miniature circus also)
Bridgewater
Bridgewater Chocolates (chocolate peanut butter patties)
Bantam
Wood’s Pit BBQ
Bristol
Lake Compounce (Am’s oldest amusement park)
Brooklyn
Creamery Brook Bison (wagon ride)
Canaan
quarry
Canterbury
Prudence Crandall Museum (in honor of attempt to teach black girls)
Cheshire
Barker Comic and Cartoon Museum
Collinsville
Charter Oak Landing (underground river canoeing--no joke; Reserve Road;
860-693-0385)
Coventry
Caprilands Herb Farm (30 herb gardens)
Nathan Hale Homestead
Cromwell
Amy’s Udder Joy Exotic Animal Farm Park
East Granby
Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine
East Hartford
Center Cemetery
East Windsor
Fire Museum
Trolley Museum
Essex
CT River Museum (replica of nation’s 1st sub Turtle)
Steam Train and Riverboat
Griswold Inn (restaurant with banjo band on weekends)
East Lyme
Flanders (fish market and restaurant)
Main Street (only oceanfront one in Ct, boardwalk)
Thomas Lee House and Little Boston School (1660 wood house and 1734 school)
Smith-Harris House
East Haven
Shore Line Trolley Museum (100 classic ones)
East Haddam
First Church Cemetery
Nathan Hale Schoolhouse
Goodspeed Opera House (tours, musicals)
East Hampton
Comstock Covered Bridge (pedestrian only)
Fairfield
Wilson's Holy Smoke Barbecue (Texas-style bbq, Memphis-style ribs, pulled pork, pulled chicken sandwich, homemade sauces, black-eyed pea salad, mac n' cheese, mashed sweet potatoes, collard greens)3
Falls Village
Music Mountain (America’s oldest continuing summer chamber music festival)
Farmington
Hill-Stead Museum (sunken garden, Impressionist masterpieces, concerts)
Stanley Whitman House (colonial homestead)
Gaylordsville
Historical Society (one room schoolhouse)
Glastonbury
Audubon Center (Ct River ecosystem)
Glastonbury-Rocky Hill ferry (5 minute ride, oldest continuously operating ferry in US--since 1650+/-)
Guilford
Henry Whitfield State Museum (state’s oldest hse)
Goshen
Goshenette (chowder, pies)
Action Wildlife Foundation (200 exotic animals)
Groton
Submarine Force Museum (nuclear sub)
Guilford
Hyland House (17th C, 3 walk-in fireplaces)
Haddam
Thankful Arnold House (garden)
Gillette Castle (entirely of stone, overlooking river )
Hamden
Sleeping Giant Park
Hampton
Goodwin Conservation Center (pond, wildlife garden)
Edwin Way Teale Memorial Sanctuary (trails, stream, pond)
Hartford
Mark Twain House
Wadsworth Atheneum (Hudson River school, Impressionist)
Bushnell Park (carousel w/ 4 dozen hand-carved horses)
Ancient Burying Ground
Traveler’s Tower (free admission observatory)
Trash Museum (hands-on exhibits, tours)
Ancient Burying Ground
Elizabeth Park Rose Gardens (greenhouses, nature walks)
CT Historical Society
Governor’s Residence Tours
Menczer Museum of Medicine and Dentistry (18th Century on)
Old State House (Gilbert Stuart’s Washington portrait, Amistad re-enactment, curiosities)
Cedar Hill Cemetery (Colt, Morgan)
Higganum
Sundial Gardens (knot garden, topiaries)
Ivoryton
Museum of Fife and Drum (one of a kind)
Kent
Belgique Patisserie... (tearoom and bakery)
Kent State Falls (seen from Rt 7)
Bulls Bridge (covered across Housatonic River)
Ct Antique Machinery Association Museum and Ct Museum Mining and Mineral Science
Sloane-Stanley Museum (writer and painter; ruins of Kent Furnace nearby)
Lakeville
Holley-Williams House Museum (role of women, icehouse, maze, outhouse, gardens)
Lime Rock Park (car racing)
Salisbury Cannon Museum (hands-on for children, Am Rev)
Ledyard
Water-Powered Up-Down Sawmill (mill pond, saw)
Litchfield
Mt Tom State Park (stone tower on summit, lake swimming, canoeing)
Tapping Reeve House and Litchfield Law School (America’s 1st)
Topsmead State Forest (English Tudor cottage)
White Memorial Foundation (state’s largest nature center and wildlife sanctuary)
Madison
Lenny and Joe’s Fish Tale Drive-in (lobster roll w/ butter)
Deacon John Grave House (17th C, variety of uses since)
Manchester
Fire Museum (firehouse, equipment)
Lutz Children’s Museum
Old Manchester Museum (industry and sports from area)
Wickham Park (ornamental gardens, aviary, trails)
Meriden
Law Enforcement Memorial
National Shaving and Barbershop Museum
Mansfield
Drive-in Theater (current double features, 3 screens)
Gurleyville Gristmill
Marlborough
Marlborough Barn (shopping village)
Mashantcket
Pequot Museum (natural history and Native Americans of southern New England, cool descent into glacial crevasse, museum store, children’s research library)
Meriden
World Famous Ted's Restaurant (steamed hamburgers)
Middlefield
Lyman Orchard’s (pick-your-own, market, cider mill)
Middlebury
Golden Age of Trucking Museum (toys, fishing, baseball)
Quassy Amusement Park (30 rides)
Morris
Sandy Beach (secluded cove w/ lifeguards, raft/slide, canoe launch, volleyball)
Montville
Nature’s Art (interactive science and nature facility--geodes, fossils, gems)
Mystic
S & P Oyster Company (restaurant)
BF Clyde (apple cider factory)
Aquarium
Denison National Center (trails)
Mystic River Historical Society (hands-on schoolhouse)
Carousel and Fun Center
Seaport (boats, maritime photography)
Submarine Force Museum (1st nuclear-powered sub, working periscopes, minisubs)
Submarine WWII Veteran’s Memorial (actual conning tower w/ plaques)
Mystic Pizza (of movie fame)
Naugatuck
Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe (oldest grinder shop in US--since 1922; 2 other shops in state; sub sandwiches in CT are grinders; huge, 35 types: Italian meat combo w/ 3 cheeses--no hot sauce, marinades; tip and be thanked in Italian)3
New Haven
Forbes Diner
Knights of Columbus Museum
British Art Museum (classics)
Peabody Museum (natural history)
Pepe’s (pizza)
Sally’s (pizza)
Libby’s (Italian pastries)
Louis’ Lunch (birthplace of the modern hamburger)
Archie Moore’s (berry cobbler)
Rusty Scupper (seafood)
500 Blake Street (fancy)
Atticus Bookstore (eat and read)
Center Church (tours of crypt underneath)
Grove Street Cemetery (Eli Whitney, Noah Webster, Roger Sherman, Walter Camp)
East Rock Park (only in the daytime)
Edgerton Park
Schubert Theater (tour, shows)
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments
Yale British Art Gallery
Niantic
Children’s Museum of Southeastern CT (interactive)
Millstone Discovery Center (nuclear energy exhibits)
New Britain
Nozewski Market (20 keilbasa varieties)
Staropolska Restaurant (fried kielbasa)
Industrial Museum (products from Central Ct)
Youth Museum
New Canaan
The Glass House (literally; designed by architect Philip Johnson/now a park)
New Hartford
Farmington River Tubing
Main Stream Canoe Kayaks (day, moonlight)
Newington
Museum of Amateur Ham Radio (history)
New London
Coast Guard Academy (Bertholf Plaza, Roland Hall--indoor track, Academy Plaza)
Lyman Allyn Art Museum (Am impressionism)
Hempstead House (17th C)
Monte Cristo Cottage (O’Neill’s childhood home)
Science Ctr of Eastern CT (interactive)
Shaw-Perkins Mansion (Rev naval war office)
Maritime Museum
Ft Trumbull State Park
Ct College Arboretum (variety of natural ecosystems)
Science Center of Eastern CT
Custom House Maritime Museum
New Preston
The Boulders Inn (cottages, restaurant, hiking on Pinnacle Mountain, Lake Waramaug)
Narragansett
Norwich
Olde Tymes (hambone performances, Southern cooking, fried hamburger)
Mohegan Park (swimming, trails)
Slater Memorial Museum (Greek, Roman, Renaissance, American art)
Christopher Leffingwell House (Rev War meeting place)
Noank
Abbotts (lobster roll w/ butter)
Norwalk
Maritime Aquarium
Kayak Tours (6-hr around Norwalk Islands)
Silvermine Tavern
Valencia Luncheria (Venezuelan: )3
Norfolk
Blackberry River Inn
Campbell Farms State Park (trails, waterfalls)
Chamber Music Festival (summer)
Dennis Hill State Park
Loon Meadow Farm (horse-drawn carriage and sleigh rides)
Old Lyme
Florence Griswold Museum (America’s best-known center of Impressionist painting)
Peck Tavern House (1680)
Nut Museum (nut-based art and music)
Old Saybrook
Ft Saybrook Monument Park
Oneco
River Bend Mining and Gemstone Panning (wear helmets into authentically designed mine, wildlife exhibit)
Pawcatuck
Maple Breeze Park (minigolf, bumper boats, waterslide)
Pomfret
Martha’s Herbary (display gardens, 1889 pet cemetery)
Pomfret Center
Connecticut Audubon Center (great birding, trails)
Putnam
Felshaw Tavern (pre-revolutionary)
Rocky Hill
Dinosaur State Park (200 million year old dinosaur tracks--can make plaster casts; CT Valley diorama)
Academy Hill Museum (navigation history)
Ridgefield
Keeler Tavern Museum (1733)
Elms Inn (1760)
Weir Farm National Historical Site (Am Impressionism)
Riverton
Hitchcock Museum (history of the chair)
Stafford Springs
Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum
Motor Speedway
Sharon
Audubon Center (trails)
Simsbury
International Skating Center (Olympic-level shows, view workout sessions)
Talcott Mountain State Park (tower as former summer home)
Salem
Allegra Farm (horse-drawn carriages and sleighs, marshamllow roasts, hay rides)
Stonington
Randall’s Ordinary (tavern)
Captain Nathaniel Palmer House (Antarctica explorer)
Old Lighthouse Museum
Stony Creek
Puppet House Theatre
Saybrook
Johnny Ad’s (hot lobster roll w/ butter)
Stamford
United House Wrecking (huge antiques emporium)
Long Ridge Tavern
Bartlett Arboretum and Gardens (swamp walk)
Stamford Museum and Natural Center (working farm, trails)
South Glastonbury
Welles Shipman Ward House (1755)
South Norwalk
Sheffield Island Lighthouse (4 levels, 10 rooms; clam bakes on Summer Thursdays)
Stratford
Marnick’s (lobster roll w/ butter)
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
Garbage Museum (hands-on)
Simsbury
1771 Phelps House (tavern)
Terryville
Lock Museum of Am (ancient Egypt on)
Tolland
Daniel Benton Homestead (colonial cape w/ unusual architectural details)
Hick-Stearns Museum (colonial tavern)
Torrington
Burr Pond State Park (wooded, lake swimming)
Washington
Institute for American Indian Studies (reconstructed Algonquin village)
West Hartford
Museum of American Political Life (presidential campaigns, suffrage history)
Noah Webster Museum
West Haven
Jimmie’s
Chick’s (hot lobster roll w/ butter)
Westport
Black Duck Cafe (on a barge under Interstate 95 bridge; lobster roll (butter), bacon cheeseburger, onion rings, steak, fish, clams: steamers, stuffed, deep-fried, baked, casino--with bacon, mozzarella, wings, supreme nachos, cheese-stuffed burger, steak au poivre, buffalo shrimp)3
Woodstock
antiques (to Putnam)
Roseland cottage (lavish summer home)
Washington
Gunn Memorial Library and Museum (local Ct history)
HORSE of Connecticut (feed rescued horses, trail rides)
Waterford
Harkness Memorial State Park (mansion tours)
Crystal Mall (125 shops)
Windsor Locks
New England Air Museum (Bradley Airport)
Windsor
First Church Cemetery (1600s on)
Westbrook
Military Historians Museum (large collection)
Winchester Center
Kerosene Lamp Museum (call 1st)
West Cornwall
Clarke Outdoors (ten-mile trips by canoe, kayak, raft)
Covered bridge
Weston
Nature Conservancy (20 miles of trails)
Westport
Gilbertie’s Herb Gardens (theme gardens)
Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts (free entertainment some nights)
Rolnick Observatory (open to public Wed and Thurs)
Sherwood Island State Park
Wilton
Weir Farm National Historical Site (former home of Am Impressionist) ?
Woodcock National Center (swamp boardwalk)
Winchester
Kerosene Lamp Center (historical examples)
Museum of American Political Life
Woodbury
Flanders Nature Center (bog, nut tree grove)
?
Smith and Wesson
Smyth’s Tavern
New England Carousel Museum
Matthews 1812 House (brandied apricot cake)
Connecticut
COLORADO
Alamosa
Cottonwood B&B
Arapahoe Basin
Cardboard Downhill Derby (Feb)
Arvada
Stephany’s Chocolates (Colorado Almond Toffee)
Avon
Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch (view)
Breckinridge
Ullr Fest (Turkey Toss, 2 by 4 ski race)
International Snow Sculpture Championship (Jan)
Boulder
El Taco Loco (pork carnitas tacos)
Celestial Seasonings (tour)
Pearl Street outdoor mall
Leanin’ Tree Museum of Western Art
Continental Divide Cabin (beds, silverware, wood-burning stove, toilet paper)
Colorado Chautauqua (cottages, lodge rooms)
Eldorado Canyon State Park
Buena Vista
Mt Yale and other mountains named after Ivy League
Mt Princeton Hot Springs (cheap and hot)
Creede
Underground Mining Museum
Canon City
Colorado Territorial Prison Museum
Colorado Springs
Broadmoor (infinity pool, mountain views, lake, Walk of Fame, 54 holes of golf, Sunday brunch: homemade sausage, tapas, centerpieces,
gourmandiese--buttery walnut cheese, desserts--bananas foster, creme brulee)
The Golden Bee--English pub (singalong)
Lake Terrace Dining Room (brunch)
Cog Railroad (up Pike’s Peak, better view on 3-seat-side, wear warm clothes)
Manitou Springs
Garden of the Gods
Simpich (doll factory tour)
Current (greeting cards, wrapping paper)
Patsy’s Candies
The Broadmoor
Cave of the Winds
Museum of the American Numismatic Assoc (real $100k bill, shoe money, engravings)
John May Museum (insects- spiders, butterflies plus)
World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame (history, memorabilia, skaters)
El Pomar Carriage Museum
Flying W Ranch (restored 19th C town)
The John May Museum Center (insects, space)
Mus of the American Numismatic Association
Peterson Air and Space Museum (NORAD)
Pikes Peak Ghost Town Museum
US Air Force Academy (B-52, formation of cadets)
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Miramont Castle (architecture, 16-sided room)
Museum of the American Cowboy
Water World (Zoomerang--skateboard park, The Wave, The Revolution--
toilet bowl)
Crested Butte
Secret Stash (fig/prosciutto pie)
Denver
Tattered Cover Bookstore (huge)
Hammond’s (old-fashioned hard Christmas candy)
Buckhorn Exchange (eat among mounted animals, oldest restaurant in Denver; buffalo, rattlesnake, elk, alligator, Rocky Mountain oysters)3
Chuck’s Donuts
Tokyo Joe’s (rice bowl)
Jus Cooking (roasted turkey, fried chicken)
Confluence Park
US Mint
Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys (at Pearce-McAllister College)
Trianon Museum and Art Gallery (original Gatling gun, furniture, porcelain plus)
Black American West Museum (black cowboys)
Cubby’s Cookies
Art Museum (Impressionist, Asian, Pre-Colombian art)
The Cherry Cricket (build your own burger with many toppings)3
Durango
Trimble Hot Springs
Englewood
Southshore Water Amusement Park
Estes Park
Michael Ricker Pewter (world’s largest pewter sculpture)
Stanley Hotel
Rocky Mountain National Park
Federal Heights
Hyland Hills Water World
Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan Museum (Glenn Miller exhibits, 1920s Soda Fountain)
Fruita
Colorado National Monument (strange rock formations)
Genoa
Wonder View Tower (87-ft tower gives view of 6 states, eclectic collection)
Glenwood Springs
Yampah Spa and Salon (natural vapor caves, 4 of different temps)
Hot Springs Lodge and Pool (largest manmade outdoor mineral pool)
Vicco's Charcoalburger Drive In (buffalo, elk)
Golden
kayaking thru town
Colorado Railroad Museum (HO layout)
Buffalo Bill Memorial and Grave (memorabilia)
Golden Pioneer Museum
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Grandlake
turtle races
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Dories
River Runs
Hot Sulphur Springs
Resort and Spa (20+ pools and motel)
Idaho Springs
Indian Springs Resort (pools, caves, mud pack)
Leadville
Pack Burro Races (Aug)
National Mining Museum (coal mine dioramas, gold and crystal displays)
Loveland CO
Crystal Rapids Waterparks
Manassa
Jack Dempsey Museum (boyhood home)
Mosca
Great Sand Dunes National Monument (large and high)
Mount Evans
shortest hike to a 14k foot summit
Ouray
Hot Springs Pool (no odor)
Wiesbaden Hot Springs Spa and Lodgings (waterfall, snow view, natural vapor cave w/ soaking pool)
Pagosa Springs
The Springs Resort (cool to hot, salty, view of snow)
Pueblo
State Fair (Aug)
Fred Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (2 dozen- B-29, B-24)
Fun Putter Park
Sterling
Overland Trail Museum
St Elmo
ghost town (rustic one-room cabin on Main St: cheap)
Steamboat Springs
Strawberry Park National Hot Springs (rustic and remote)
Tubing (5th St Bridge to James Brown Bridge)
Strawberry Park Hot Springs (horse rides, mineral waters)
Tabernash CO
Devil's Thumb Ranch (log cabins)
Vail
Colorado Ski Museum (Hall of Fame, 10th Mountain Division history)
Shrine Mountain Inn (3 cabins accessible by 2.5 mile hike)
Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa (cheaper in fall)
?
Winterpark/Frazier
A’maze N’ Grill (unusual rest with maze when ordering)
Upper Colorado River
Lakota River Guides (rafting at night)
Kit Carson County Carousel (national landmark)
Babi Yar Park
Black American West Mus and Heritage Ctr
Byers-Evans House/Denver History Mus
Denver Mus of Nature and Science
Colorado History Mus
Colorado’s Ocean Journey
Molly Brown House Mus
Antonio to Chama, NM (Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR)
San Juan Mtns
Rock Mtn Nat For
Mt Maroon Bells
Rocky Mtn Nat Pk
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sawatch Range
Mount Evans (asphalt road to summit, bristlecone pines)
Great Sand Dunes Nat Mon (great w/ moonlight, tours)
Medano-Zapata Ranch (tours, nature walks)
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway
Walter Walker Wildlife Area
Mesa Verde Nat Pk (800-yo cliff dwellings, Spruce Tree House)
Longaberger Basket Co (building shaped like a giant basket)
Colorado River
25 miles east of strip
11.5 mile trip, 2 days
hot springs, thermal soaking pools, waterfalls, caves
Down River guided or self-guided day and overnight trips
thru Black Canyon (Class I or less) starting just below Hoover Dam
kayaks provide more maneuverability
spring and fall best daytime highs in 70s and 80s
Rocky Mtn Nat Pk (Trailridge Road (highest continuously paved road in world; animals, mountain views, hiking; hear mating elks in autumn)
Alamosa
Cottonwood B&B
Arapahoe Basin
Cardboard Downhill Derby (Feb)
Arvada
Stephany’s Chocolates (Colorado Almond Toffee)
Avon
Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch (view)
Breckinridge
Ullr Fest (Turkey Toss, 2 by 4 ski race)
International Snow Sculpture Championship (Jan)
Boulder
El Taco Loco (pork carnitas tacos)
Celestial Seasonings (tour)
Pearl Street outdoor mall
Leanin’ Tree Museum of Western Art
Continental Divide Cabin (beds, silverware, wood-burning stove, toilet paper)
Colorado Chautauqua (cottages, lodge rooms)
Eldorado Canyon State Park
Buena Vista
Mt Yale and other mountains named after Ivy League
Mt Princeton Hot Springs (cheap and hot)
Creede
Underground Mining Museum
Canon City
Colorado Territorial Prison Museum
Colorado Springs
Broadmoor (infinity pool, mountain views, lake, Walk of Fame, 54 holes of golf, Sunday brunch: homemade sausage, tapas, centerpieces,
gourmandiese--buttery walnut cheese, desserts--bananas foster, creme brulee)
The Golden Bee--English pub (singalong)
Lake Terrace Dining Room (brunch)
Cog Railroad (up Pike’s Peak, better view on 3-seat-side, wear warm clothes)
Manitou Springs
Garden of the Gods
Simpich (doll factory tour)
Current (greeting cards, wrapping paper)
Patsy’s Candies
The Broadmoor
Cave of the Winds
Museum of the American Numismatic Assoc (real $100k bill, shoe money, engravings)
John May Museum (insects- spiders, butterflies plus)
World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame (history, memorabilia, skaters)
El Pomar Carriage Museum
Flying W Ranch (restored 19th C town)
The John May Museum Center (insects, space)
Mus of the American Numismatic Association
Peterson Air and Space Museum (NORAD)
Pikes Peak Ghost Town Museum
US Air Force Academy (B-52, formation of cadets)
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Miramont Castle (architecture, 16-sided room)
Museum of the American Cowboy
Water World (Zoomerang--skateboard park, The Wave, The Revolution--
toilet bowl)
Crested Butte
Secret Stash (fig/prosciutto pie)
Denver
Tattered Cover Bookstore (huge)
Hammond’s (old-fashioned hard Christmas candy)
Buckhorn Exchange (eat among mounted animals, oldest restaurant in Denver; buffalo, rattlesnake, elk, alligator, Rocky Mountain oysters)3
Chuck’s Donuts
Tokyo Joe’s (rice bowl)
Jus Cooking (roasted turkey, fried chicken)
Confluence Park
US Mint
Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys (at Pearce-McAllister College)
Trianon Museum and Art Gallery (original Gatling gun, furniture, porcelain plus)
Black American West Museum (black cowboys)
Cubby’s Cookies
Art Museum (Impressionist, Asian, Pre-Colombian art)
The Cherry Cricket (build your own burger with many toppings)3
Durango
Trimble Hot Springs
Englewood
Southshore Water Amusement Park
Estes Park
Michael Ricker Pewter (world’s largest pewter sculpture)
Stanley Hotel
Rocky Mountain National Park
Federal Heights
Hyland Hills Water World
Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Morgan
Fort Morgan Museum (Glenn Miller exhibits, 1920s Soda Fountain)
Fruita
Colorado National Monument (strange rock formations)
Genoa
Wonder View Tower (87-ft tower gives view of 6 states, eclectic collection)
Glenwood Springs
Yampah Spa and Salon (natural vapor caves, 4 of different temps)
Hot Springs Lodge and Pool (largest manmade outdoor mineral pool)
Vicco's Charcoalburger Drive In (buffalo, elk)
Golden
kayaking thru town
Colorado Railroad Museum (HO layout)
Buffalo Bill Memorial and Grave (memorabilia)
Golden Pioneer Museum
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Grandlake
turtle races
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Dories
River Runs
Hot Sulphur Springs
Resort and Spa (20+ pools and motel)
Idaho Springs
Indian Springs Resort (pools, caves, mud pack)
Leadville
Pack Burro Races (Aug)
National Mining Museum (coal mine dioramas, gold and crystal displays)
Loveland CO
Crystal Rapids Waterparks
Manassa
Jack Dempsey Museum (boyhood home)
Mosca
Great Sand Dunes National Monument (large and high)
Mount Evans
shortest hike to a 14k foot summit
Ouray
Hot Springs Pool (no odor)
Wiesbaden Hot Springs Spa and Lodgings (waterfall, snow view, natural vapor cave w/ soaking pool)
Pagosa Springs
The Springs Resort (cool to hot, salty, view of snow)
Pueblo
State Fair (Aug)
Fred Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (2 dozen- B-29, B-24)
Fun Putter Park
Sterling
Overland Trail Museum
St Elmo
ghost town (rustic one-room cabin on Main St: cheap)
Steamboat Springs
Strawberry Park National Hot Springs (rustic and remote)
Tubing (5th St Bridge to James Brown Bridge)
Strawberry Park Hot Springs (horse rides, mineral waters)
Tabernash CO
Devil's Thumb Ranch (log cabins)
Vail
Colorado Ski Museum (Hall of Fame, 10th Mountain Division history)
Shrine Mountain Inn (3 cabins accessible by 2.5 mile hike)
Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa (cheaper in fall)
?
Winterpark/Frazier
A’maze N’ Grill (unusual rest with maze when ordering)
Upper Colorado River
Lakota River Guides (rafting at night)
Kit Carson County Carousel (national landmark)
Babi Yar Park
Black American West Mus and Heritage Ctr
Byers-Evans House/Denver History Mus
Denver Mus of Nature and Science
Colorado History Mus
Colorado’s Ocean Journey
Molly Brown House Mus
Antonio to Chama, NM (Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR)
San Juan Mtns
Rock Mtn Nat For
Mt Maroon Bells
Rocky Mtn Nat Pk
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Sawatch Range
Mount Evans (asphalt road to summit, bristlecone pines)
Great Sand Dunes Nat Mon (great w/ moonlight, tours)
Medano-Zapata Ranch (tours, nature walks)
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
Grand Mesa Scenic and Historic Byway
Walter Walker Wildlife Area
Mesa Verde Nat Pk (800-yo cliff dwellings, Spruce Tree House)
Longaberger Basket Co (building shaped like a giant basket)
Colorado River
25 miles east of strip
11.5 mile trip, 2 days
hot springs, thermal soaking pools, waterfalls, caves
Down River guided or self-guided day and overnight trips
thru Black Canyon (Class I or less) starting just below Hoover Dam
kayaks provide more maneuverability
spring and fall best daytime highs in 70s and 80s
Rocky Mtn Nat Pk (Trailridge Road (highest continuously paved road in world; animals, mountain views, hiking; hear mating elks in autumn)
Arkansas
ARKANSAS
Alma
Spinach Capital of the World (Popeye statue)
Atkins
Picklefest (deepfried; May)
Bauxite
Bauxite Museum (aluminum’s role in WWII)
Bentonville
Wal-Mart VC (Sam Walton story, Air Gun Museum)
Berryville
Saunders Memorial Museum (eclectic: Annie Oakley’s gun, Arabian sheik’s tent)
Cinton?
National Championship Chuckwagon Race (week before Labor Day)
bring lawn chairs and picnic (mule trials)
Emerson
WC Rotary Tiller Races (June)
Eudora
Henry and Rubye Connerly Museum (grocery/ feed store of yesteryear)
Eureka Springs
Frog Fantasies Mus (all but the real ones)
Hammond Museum of Bells (thousands)
Miles Musical Museum (machines: hurdy-gurdys, Wurlitzers; circus stuff)
Fort Smith
Patent Model Museum (blueprints and miniature working models)
World’s Largest Mr. Peanut
Heber Springs
Cardboard Boat Race (July; Freers Ferry Lake; 70 boats, 1-8 crew, cheap to enter)
Hope
Watermelon Festival
Hot Springs
Mrs Miller’s Chicken and Steak House
Granny’s Kitchen (breakfast)
Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa
Fordyce Bathhouse VC (history of therapies)
Tiny Town (everything in miniature)
Buckstaff (baths)
Little Rock
Museum of Discovery
Lonoke
Anderson Minnow Farms (minnow capital of the world)
Mount Ida
Quartz Crystal digging
Mountain Home
Nettie’s Cafe (strawberry pie)
Mountain View
Bean Festival and Outhouse Race (Oct)
Pine Bluff
Band Museum (trombones plus)
Ponca
Lost Valley Canoe and Lodging (cabins, Buffalo River)
Pottsville
Potts Inn Museum (a hundred years of ladies’ hats)
Stuttgart
Duck-calling world championship (Nov)
(Rice and Duck Capitals of the World)
Agricultural Museum
?
Bob Burns--bazooka
Ozark Highlands Trail (waterfalls, narrow canyons)
Richland Creek Wilderness (waterfalls)
Onyx Cave (Button and Doll Museum)
Buffalo Nat River (Buffalo Point to Buffalo City or Pruitt to Gilbert)
Alma
Spinach Capital of the World (Popeye statue)
Atkins
Picklefest (deepfried; May)
Bauxite
Bauxite Museum (aluminum’s role in WWII)
Bentonville
Wal-Mart VC (Sam Walton story, Air Gun Museum)
Berryville
Saunders Memorial Museum (eclectic: Annie Oakley’s gun, Arabian sheik’s tent)
Cinton?
National Championship Chuckwagon Race (week before Labor Day)
bring lawn chairs and picnic (mule trials)
Emerson
WC Rotary Tiller Races (June)
Eudora
Henry and Rubye Connerly Museum (grocery/ feed store of yesteryear)
Eureka Springs
Frog Fantasies Mus (all but the real ones)
Hammond Museum of Bells (thousands)
Miles Musical Museum (machines: hurdy-gurdys, Wurlitzers; circus stuff)
Fort Smith
Patent Model Museum (blueprints and miniature working models)
World’s Largest Mr. Peanut
Heber Springs
Cardboard Boat Race (July; Freers Ferry Lake; 70 boats, 1-8 crew, cheap to enter)
Hope
Watermelon Festival
Hot Springs
Mrs Miller’s Chicken and Steak House
Granny’s Kitchen (breakfast)
Arlington Resort Hotel and Spa
Fordyce Bathhouse VC (history of therapies)
Tiny Town (everything in miniature)
Buckstaff (baths)
Little Rock
Museum of Discovery
Lonoke
Anderson Minnow Farms (minnow capital of the world)
Mount Ida
Quartz Crystal digging
Mountain Home
Nettie’s Cafe (strawberry pie)
Mountain View
Bean Festival and Outhouse Race (Oct)
Pine Bluff
Band Museum (trombones plus)
Ponca
Lost Valley Canoe and Lodging (cabins, Buffalo River)
Pottsville
Potts Inn Museum (a hundred years of ladies’ hats)
Stuttgart
Duck-calling world championship (Nov)
(Rice and Duck Capitals of the World)
Agricultural Museum
?
Bob Burns--bazooka
Ozark Highlands Trail (waterfalls, narrow canyons)
Richland Creek Wilderness (waterfalls)
Onyx Cave (Button and Doll Museum)
Buffalo Nat River (Buffalo Point to Buffalo City or Pruitt to Gilbert)
Arizona
ARIZONA
Ajo
Ajo Mountains
Guest House Inn
Avondale
In n’ Out
Benson
San Pedro train
Blythe
Palo Verde Historic Museum (barbed wire)
Buckeye
Arizona Jack’s (beef jerky)
Bullhead City
Lake Mohave (Katherine Landing beach)
Davis Camp beach
Colorado River Museum
Bisbee
Big Sky Cafe
Lavender Pit mine
San Pedro Riparian Nat Cons Area
Shady Dell RV Park (7 vintage motor homes, inexpensive, Dot’s Diner)
Copper Queen Mine
Mining and History Museum
Clarkdale
Verde Canyon Railroad
Camp Verde
Montezuma Castle (cliff dwellings)
Pecan and Antique Festival (Feb)
Cayon de Chelly
Window Rock (Anasazi cliff dwellings)
Chandler
Ostrich Festival (March)
In n’ Out
Dos Cabezas
Frontier Relics Museum
Aunt Lena's Creamery (unique gelato flavors-- gingerbread, tiramisu, watermelon, cannoli, apple pie, blood orange, wine, Twinkie)3
Heart Attack Grill (the greasiest, fattiest burgers and all-you-can-eat fries cooked in 100% lard: Single Bypass Burger; owned by a real doctor--no joke)3
Flagstaff
Coconino National Forest (Humphreys Park)
Lowell Observatory (where Pluto was found)
Heritage Park (free Friday night movies in summer)
Mars Hill lookout
USGS (maps)
Jackson’s Grill
Sled Dog Inn (dogsledding)
Brandy's Restaurant and Bakery (Southwestern beef stew, sweet potato corn cake, chimichurri, sage and roasted garlic-stuffed pork chops)3
Little America
Salsa Brava (blackened salmon, Maui taco with pineapple, carnitas)3
England House B&B
Florence
Pinal County Historical Museum (cactus furniture, prison relics, barbed wire)
Rancho Senora Inn and RV Park
Glendale
Cerreta’s Candy (chocolate tour)
Grand Canyon
Phantom Ranch (at the bottom after a long, hot walk)
Hopi Trail
Green Valley
Titan Missile Museum (walk thru only remaining silo of its kind)
Thee Pits Again (award-winning southern BBQ: pulled pork, pork sundae, grilled shrimp, smoked catfish)3
Hackberry
International Bioregional Visitor Center (Route 66 way of life)
Holbrook
WigWam Village Motel (cone-shaped and concrete)
Rainbow Forest Museum
Jerome
“traveling jail”
Joseph City
Jackrabbit Trading Post (eclectic collection, real and tacky Native American stuff, billboards tell for miles)
Kingman
In n’ Out
Lake Powell
Antelope Canyon (tour: Upper- simple; Lower- ladders)
Lake Mead
Diamond Creek to Pearce Ferry (1/2 day rafting trip)
Lake Havasu City
London Bridge
In n’ Out
Mesa
In n’ Out
Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum (WWI and WWII planes, aircraft machine guns)
Confederate Air Museum (WWII planes)
Golfland Sunsplash
Waterworld Limited
Nogales
Sycamore Canyon trail
Oatman
Egg-frying Contest (on sidewalk, 15 minutes, free to enter; no prize)
Oak Canyon
Slide Rock State Park (cabins, swimming)
Sidewalk Egg Frying Challenge (July 4)
Oracle
Biosphere 2
Page
Wahweap Marina (houseboat rentals)
John Wesley Powell Museum
Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas (rent houseboat)
Paradise Valley
Lon’s at the Hermosa (three-course brunch w/ berry crepes)
Payson
Museum of the Forest (forest fire, Zane Grey)
Fossil Creek
Phoenix
Police Museum
Pointe Hilton Hotel (pool)
Papago Park (fishing for kids)
RoxSand (rest)
Such Is Life (Southwestern food)
Mrs White’s Golden Rule Cafe (pay for what you say you ate--no joke)
Military Museum
Mining and Mineral Museum
Doll and Toy Museum
In n’ Out (Tatum Blvd; 27th Ave)
Dial Corp’s Breck Girl Hall of Fame
Matt’s Big Breakfast (bacon, hot syrup, bread and preserves, waffles, eggs, pork chop, fresh squeezed orange juice, hash, potatoes; no microwave or freezer)3
Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting
Mining and Mineral Museum (gold, meteorite)
Herberger Theater
Giuseppe's (pasta and meat--bolognese-style, calamari in red sauce, osa buca, shrimp raviolis; only a dozen tables)
Los Taquitos (tacos, carnitas, torta--sandwich, bombara burrito)3
Prescott
In n’ Out
Phippen Museum (cowboy art)
Governor’s Mansion
Peoria
In n’ Out
Quartsite
Flea Market
Tyson’s Well Stagecoach Station Museum
Hardie’s Bead Museum
I-10 at Dome Rock Road (giant cactus, quite a drive)
Scottsdale
Hashknife Pony Express Riders (Jan)
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
In n’ Out
Fleischer Museum (Am and Soviet Impressionism)
Scottsdale 6 Drive-In (six screens)
Crackerjax Family Fun and Sports Park
Sedona
Coffee Pot Cafe
Enchantment Resort (yapapa)
La Berge (brunch, inn)
Terrance on the Creek Restaurant (view)
Red Rock State Park (Oak Creek)
Cathedral Rocks
Seligman
Snow Cap Drive-In (soft serve ice cream)
Tombstone
Largest rose tree (1 million blossoms)
Tempe
In ‘n Out
Tubac
Chef's Table
Tucson
Colossal Cave (largest dry cavern in world)
Sabino Canyon
Arizona-Sonora Desert (natural history living museum)
University of Arizona Mineral Museum (gold, silver and copper; meteorites)
Arizona Inn
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort (hiking)
Minidito (Mexican; since 1952; shredded beef taco)
Lindy's (burgers)
El Guero Canelo (hot dogs wrapped in bacon with unusual toppings)3
Whitewater
San Andreas Fault (Old Highway 60)
Williams
Grand Canyon Railroad
Winslow
Meteor Crater
Museum of Astrology
La Posada Hotel (food)
Eagles’ song plaque (corner of park)
La Posada Hotel
Wickenburg
Dude Ranch (capital of the world?)
Desert Caballeros Western Museum (19th C landscapes, black-light mineral room)
Yuma
Dunes of the Colorado River
Territorial Prison
Peanut Patch (farming process, kids can make own peanut butter)
Saihati Camel Farm
Rancho del Sol Citrus Packing House
?
I-10, exit 219
Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Race (largest privately owned outside South Africa;
feed, pet on head or watch them chug drink; Monster truck tour- bumpy ride thru desert to ostrich pen--fish for ostrich)
Kota Mountains
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (zoo, mus, bot gdns
Meteor Crater
Patagonia
Organ Pipe Cactus Nat Mon
The Grill (Congress St)
Havasu Creek(free Hermits Rest Rt shuttle to Rim Trail)
Monument Valley RdRiordan Mansion St Hist Pk
Sunset Crater Nat Mon
Stoneman Lake
El Guero Canelo
Greasewood Flat (Phoenix, Scottsdale)
Halle Heart Ctr at Am Heart Assoc
Science Ctr
Grand Canyon- Running Springs
Chiricahua Nat Mon (spires)
Havasupai Indian Reservation
The Pointe Hilton (water flume, many pools)
Little Colorado River
Painted Desert
Petrified For Nat Pk
Gila River
Colorado River (Whispering Falls)
Grand Canyon Lodge
Kartchner Caverns
Sunset Crater Volcano Nat Mon (Lava Flow Trail)
Picacho Peak St Pk (westernmost CW battle)
Superstition Mtns
Monument Valley (West Mitten Butte)
Fossil Springs (trail, cliff-lined swimming holes)
San Francisco Peaks
Mooney Falls (swimming)
Congress (tunnel betw general store and hotel)
Imperial Nat Wildlife Ref (canoeing)
Buckskin Mtn St Pk (inner tubing)
Havasu Nat Wildlife Ref (Topock Gorge)
Tonto National Forest
Salome Canyon (swimming holes)
96.9 FM - 80s music
GC
Bright Angel
Ajo
Ajo Mountains
Guest House Inn
Avondale
In n’ Out
Benson
San Pedro train
Blythe
Palo Verde Historic Museum (barbed wire)
Buckeye
Arizona Jack’s (beef jerky)
Bullhead City
Lake Mohave (Katherine Landing beach)
Davis Camp beach
Colorado River Museum
Bisbee
Big Sky Cafe
Lavender Pit mine
San Pedro Riparian Nat Cons Area
Shady Dell RV Park (7 vintage motor homes, inexpensive, Dot’s Diner)
Copper Queen Mine
Mining and History Museum
Clarkdale
Verde Canyon Railroad
Camp Verde
Montezuma Castle (cliff dwellings)
Pecan and Antique Festival (Feb)
Cayon de Chelly
Window Rock (Anasazi cliff dwellings)
Chandler
Ostrich Festival (March)
In n’ Out
Dos Cabezas
Frontier Relics Museum
Aunt Lena's Creamery (unique gelato flavors-- gingerbread, tiramisu, watermelon, cannoli, apple pie, blood orange, wine, Twinkie)3
Heart Attack Grill (the greasiest, fattiest burgers and all-you-can-eat fries cooked in 100% lard: Single Bypass Burger; owned by a real doctor--no joke)3
Flagstaff
Coconino National Forest (Humphreys Park)
Lowell Observatory (where Pluto was found)
Heritage Park (free Friday night movies in summer)
Mars Hill lookout
USGS (maps)
Jackson’s Grill
Sled Dog Inn (dogsledding)
Brandy's Restaurant and Bakery (Southwestern beef stew, sweet potato corn cake, chimichurri, sage and roasted garlic-stuffed pork chops)3
Little America
Salsa Brava (blackened salmon, Maui taco with pineapple, carnitas)3
England House B&B
Florence
Pinal County Historical Museum (cactus furniture, prison relics, barbed wire)
Rancho Senora Inn and RV Park
Glendale
Cerreta’s Candy (chocolate tour)
Grand Canyon
Phantom Ranch (at the bottom after a long, hot walk)
Hopi Trail
Green Valley
Titan Missile Museum (walk thru only remaining silo of its kind)
Thee Pits Again (award-winning southern BBQ: pulled pork, pork sundae, grilled shrimp, smoked catfish)3
Hackberry
International Bioregional Visitor Center (Route 66 way of life)
Holbrook
WigWam Village Motel (cone-shaped and concrete)
Rainbow Forest Museum
Jerome
“traveling jail”
Joseph City
Jackrabbit Trading Post (eclectic collection, real and tacky Native American stuff, billboards tell for miles)
Kingman
In n’ Out
Lake Powell
Antelope Canyon (tour: Upper- simple; Lower- ladders)
Lake Mead
Diamond Creek to Pearce Ferry (1/2 day rafting trip)
Lake Havasu City
London Bridge
In n’ Out
Mesa
In n’ Out
Champlin Fighter Aircraft Museum (WWI and WWII planes, aircraft machine guns)
Confederate Air Museum (WWII planes)
Golfland Sunsplash
Waterworld Limited
Nogales
Sycamore Canyon trail
Oatman
Egg-frying Contest (on sidewalk, 15 minutes, free to enter; no prize)
Oak Canyon
Slide Rock State Park (cabins, swimming)
Sidewalk Egg Frying Challenge (July 4)
Oracle
Biosphere 2
Page
Wahweap Marina (houseboat rentals)
John Wesley Powell Museum
Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas (rent houseboat)
Paradise Valley
Lon’s at the Hermosa (three-course brunch w/ berry crepes)
Payson
Museum of the Forest (forest fire, Zane Grey)
Fossil Creek
Phoenix
Police Museum
Pointe Hilton Hotel (pool)
Papago Park (fishing for kids)
RoxSand (rest)
Such Is Life (Southwestern food)
Mrs White’s Golden Rule Cafe (pay for what you say you ate--no joke)
Military Museum
Mining and Mineral Museum
Doll and Toy Museum
In n’ Out (Tatum Blvd; 27th Ave)
Dial Corp’s Breck Girl Hall of Fame
Matt’s Big Breakfast (bacon, hot syrup, bread and preserves, waffles, eggs, pork chop, fresh squeezed orange juice, hash, potatoes; no microwave or freezer)3
Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting
Mining and Mineral Museum (gold, meteorite)
Herberger Theater
Giuseppe's (pasta and meat--bolognese-style, calamari in red sauce, osa buca, shrimp raviolis; only a dozen tables)
Los Taquitos (tacos, carnitas, torta--sandwich, bombara burrito)3
Prescott
In n’ Out
Phippen Museum (cowboy art)
Governor’s Mansion
Peoria
In n’ Out
Quartsite
Flea Market
Tyson’s Well Stagecoach Station Museum
Hardie’s Bead Museum
I-10 at Dome Rock Road (giant cactus, quite a drive)
Scottsdale
Hashknife Pony Express Riders (Jan)
Out of Africa Wildlife Park
In n’ Out
Fleischer Museum (Am and Soviet Impressionism)
Scottsdale 6 Drive-In (six screens)
Crackerjax Family Fun and Sports Park
Sedona
Coffee Pot Cafe
Enchantment Resort (yapapa)
La Berge (brunch, inn)
Terrance on the Creek Restaurant (view)
Red Rock State Park (Oak Creek)
Cathedral Rocks
Seligman
Snow Cap Drive-In (soft serve ice cream)
Tombstone
Largest rose tree (1 million blossoms)
Tempe
In ‘n Out
Tubac
Chef's Table
Tucson
Colossal Cave (largest dry cavern in world)
Sabino Canyon
Arizona-Sonora Desert (natural history living museum)
University of Arizona Mineral Museum (gold, silver and copper; meteorites)
Arizona Inn
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort (hiking)
Minidito (Mexican; since 1952; shredded beef taco)
Lindy's (burgers)
El Guero Canelo (hot dogs wrapped in bacon with unusual toppings)3
Whitewater
San Andreas Fault (Old Highway 60)
Williams
Grand Canyon Railroad
Winslow
Meteor Crater
Museum of Astrology
La Posada Hotel (food)
Eagles’ song plaque (corner of park)
La Posada Hotel
Wickenburg
Dude Ranch (capital of the world?)
Desert Caballeros Western Museum (19th C landscapes, black-light mineral room)
Yuma
Dunes of the Colorado River
Territorial Prison
Peanut Patch (farming process, kids can make own peanut butter)
Saihati Camel Farm
Rancho del Sol Citrus Packing House
?
I-10, exit 219
Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Race (largest privately owned outside South Africa;
feed, pet on head or watch them chug drink; Monster truck tour- bumpy ride thru desert to ostrich pen--fish for ostrich)
Kota Mountains
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (zoo, mus, bot gdns
Meteor Crater
Patagonia
Organ Pipe Cactus Nat Mon
The Grill (Congress St)
Havasu Creek(free Hermits Rest Rt shuttle to Rim Trail)
Monument Valley RdRiordan Mansion St Hist Pk
Sunset Crater Nat Mon
Stoneman Lake
El Guero Canelo
Greasewood Flat (Phoenix, Scottsdale)
Halle Heart Ctr at Am Heart Assoc
Science Ctr
Grand Canyon- Running Springs
Chiricahua Nat Mon (spires)
Havasupai Indian Reservation
The Pointe Hilton (water flume, many pools)
Little Colorado River
Painted Desert
Petrified For Nat Pk
Gila River
Colorado River (Whispering Falls)
Grand Canyon Lodge
Kartchner Caverns
Sunset Crater Volcano Nat Mon (Lava Flow Trail)
Picacho Peak St Pk (westernmost CW battle)
Superstition Mtns
Monument Valley (West Mitten Butte)
Fossil Springs (trail, cliff-lined swimming holes)
San Francisco Peaks
Mooney Falls (swimming)
Congress (tunnel betw general store and hotel)
Imperial Nat Wildlife Ref (canoeing)
Buckskin Mtn St Pk (inner tubing)
Havasu Nat Wildlife Ref (Topock Gorge)
Tonto National Forest
Salome Canyon (swimming holes)
96.9 FM - 80s music
GC
Bright Angel
Alaska
Alaska
Anchorage
Harriman Fjord
Black Sand Beach
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (mail planes, flying boats)
Cook Inlet (nature trail)
trolleys (free)
Mulcahy Stadium (baseball)
Bird Point (bore tides)
Alaska state-owned railroad system (view, forests, mountains, glaciers, animals, rivers; Anchorage to Fairbanks, to Seward, to Whittier)
Humpy's (fresh seafood, salmon cakes, reindeer sausage)
Cordova
Lighthouse B&B (wood-fired cookies)?
Lighthouse Inn (chocolate coconut cookie)?
Fairbanks
Yukon River (float trip from Eagle)
Hairy Chest and Legs Contest
Rubber Duck Race
Dog Mushing Museum
University of Alaska Museum (culture and geography)
Route 11 (the most northerly highway in North America: 400 miles to Beaufort Sea--Yukon River Bridge; Coldfoot Camp--truck stop, motel)
Alaska Railroad (coach travel: everything but the dome car view, south from Fairbanks to Denali, reboard for Anchorage, then to Seward)
Girdwood
Double Musky Inn (great food)
Homer
Pratt Museum (local history)
Juneau
Tongass National Forest (backcountry cabins)
DIPAC (salmon hatchery)
Mendenhall Glacier
Kantishna
Denali Backcountry Lodge (view of Mt McKinley, on Moose Creek, running water, private baths, heat; fishing, gold panning, hiking)
Kodiak
Baranov Museum (Russian culture, Orthodox church)
McCarthy
Kennecot Mines
Nenana
Banana-eating contest (March)
Ice-Break Contest (Tanana River)
Nome
Bathtub Race (Labor Day)
Carrie McLain Mem Mus (dog sledding, Bering Sea life)
Bering Land Bridge Nat Pres (remnant of ancient land bridge)
Palmer
Reindeer Farm
Musk Ox Farm (only domesticated herd of oxen in world; very warm clothing)
Llama Buddies (ride one)
Seward
Alaska Railroad (state-owned line; 500-mile trip from Seward to Fairbanks, no overnight, guided over PA, food: Engineer's Special, kodiak stew)
Exit Glacier
Sitka
Sheldon Jackson Museum (native Alaskan culture)
Skagway
White Pass and Yukon RR
Historic District (trails, gold rush info)
Alaska Marine Highway Ferries (Bellingham WA to Skagway Alaska; 3 night trip)
Talkeetna
Roadhouse (scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, Rudy in a Blanket--reindeer with cheese baked in dough)3
West Rib Pub and Cafe (huge burgers; caribou)
Valdez
Mike’s Palace (seafood)
Wasilla
Dorothy Page Museum
Idiatrod Trail Headquarters
Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
?
Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System (see coastline from Gulf of Alaska thru Prince William Sound to Aleutians; at your own pace, without the cruise ship luxuries, have cabins and restaurants, can bring car, rv and bike)
Talkeetna River (rafting and fly-fishing)
Aleutian Islands (Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary)
Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers (150 miles of iceberg-filled lakes, glaciers, grizzilies)
Katmai Nat Pk- Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Baked Mtn (moon-like and volcanic); Aniakchak River (last 15 miles floatable to ocean)
Gray Line of Alaska (gold mining)
White Pass and Yukon Railroad
Alaska Raptor Rehab Center
Alaska Range
Glacier Bay National Park (Cape Fairweather Traverse- pristine beach backed by mtns)
Tracy Arm
Auk Ta Shaa (12-person Tlingit Indian canoe)
Camp Alaska Tours
Chugach National Forest (Copper River delta)
Gecko Overland Trekking
Matamuslia Glacier (1 mile off Hwy 1)
Dinkum Sands (Prudhoe Bay)
Bushes Bunches Stand (Mile 35, George Pks Hwy
St Elias Alpine Guides
Denali Lake Nat Pk
Wonder Lake (canoeing)
Kenai Fjord (largest concentration of glaciers and fjords; most active earthquake zone in world; see by cruise ship or kayak)
Anchorage
Harriman Fjord
Black Sand Beach
Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (mail planes, flying boats)
Cook Inlet (nature trail)
trolleys (free)
Mulcahy Stadium (baseball)
Bird Point (bore tides)
Alaska state-owned railroad system (view, forests, mountains, glaciers, animals, rivers; Anchorage to Fairbanks, to Seward, to Whittier)
Humpy's (fresh seafood, salmon cakes, reindeer sausage)
Cordova
Lighthouse B&B (wood-fired cookies)?
Lighthouse Inn (chocolate coconut cookie)?
Fairbanks
Yukon River (float trip from Eagle)
Hairy Chest and Legs Contest
Rubber Duck Race
Dog Mushing Museum
University of Alaska Museum (culture and geography)
Route 11 (the most northerly highway in North America: 400 miles to Beaufort Sea--Yukon River Bridge; Coldfoot Camp--truck stop, motel)
Alaska Railroad (coach travel: everything but the dome car view, south from Fairbanks to Denali, reboard for Anchorage, then to Seward)
Girdwood
Double Musky Inn (great food)
Homer
Pratt Museum (local history)
Juneau
Tongass National Forest (backcountry cabins)
DIPAC (salmon hatchery)
Mendenhall Glacier
Kantishna
Denali Backcountry Lodge (view of Mt McKinley, on Moose Creek, running water, private baths, heat; fishing, gold panning, hiking)
Kodiak
Baranov Museum (Russian culture, Orthodox church)
McCarthy
Kennecot Mines
Nenana
Banana-eating contest (March)
Ice-Break Contest (Tanana River)
Nome
Bathtub Race (Labor Day)
Carrie McLain Mem Mus (dog sledding, Bering Sea life)
Bering Land Bridge Nat Pres (remnant of ancient land bridge)
Palmer
Reindeer Farm
Musk Ox Farm (only domesticated herd of oxen in world; very warm clothing)
Llama Buddies (ride one)
Seward
Alaska Railroad (state-owned line; 500-mile trip from Seward to Fairbanks, no overnight, guided over PA, food: Engineer's Special, kodiak stew)
Exit Glacier
Sitka
Sheldon Jackson Museum (native Alaskan culture)
Skagway
White Pass and Yukon RR
Historic District (trails, gold rush info)
Alaska Marine Highway Ferries (Bellingham WA to Skagway Alaska; 3 night trip)
Talkeetna
Roadhouse (scrambled eggs, home fries, pancakes, Rudy in a Blanket--reindeer with cheese baked in dough)3
West Rib Pub and Cafe (huge burgers; caribou)
Valdez
Mike’s Palace (seafood)
Wasilla
Dorothy Page Museum
Idiatrod Trail Headquarters
Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
?
Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System (see coastline from Gulf of Alaska thru Prince William Sound to Aleutians; at your own pace, without the cruise ship luxuries, have cabins and restaurants, can bring car, rv and bike)
Talkeetna River (rafting and fly-fishing)
Aleutian Islands (Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary)
Tatshenshini and Alsek Rivers (150 miles of iceberg-filled lakes, glaciers, grizzilies)
Katmai Nat Pk- Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Baked Mtn (moon-like and volcanic); Aniakchak River (last 15 miles floatable to ocean)
Gray Line of Alaska (gold mining)
White Pass and Yukon Railroad
Alaska Raptor Rehab Center
Alaska Range
Glacier Bay National Park (Cape Fairweather Traverse- pristine beach backed by mtns)
Tracy Arm
Auk Ta Shaa (12-person Tlingit Indian canoe)
Camp Alaska Tours
Chugach National Forest (Copper River delta)
Gecko Overland Trekking
Matamuslia Glacier (1 mile off Hwy 1)
Dinkum Sands (Prudhoe Bay)
Bushes Bunches Stand (Mile 35, George Pks Hwy
St Elias Alpine Guides
Denali Lake Nat Pk
Wonder Lake (canoeing)
Kenai Fjord (largest concentration of glaciers and fjords; most active earthquake zone in world; see by cruise ship or kayak)
Alabama
ALABAMA
Alexander City
Robinson Iron (tour of cast-iron works, atrium)
Horsebend National Military Park?
Russell Corp (tour of clothing manufacturer)
Aliceville
Museum and Cultural Arts Center (German POW camp exhibit)
Andalusia
Domino Championship
Birmingham
Rue de Provence (elegant bakery)
Tuxedo Junction
Daphne
Manci's Antique Club (eclectic collection; steak, shellfish, spider sandwich, burgers, seafood po'boys, jazzy burger, Bloody Marys)3
Dora
Mining Museum
Cullman
Ave Maria Grotto (one monk’s miniature replicas of historic sites, at Saint Bernard Abbey)
Enterprise
World’s Smallest St Patrick’s Day Parade
Boll Weevil Monument
Fairfield
Don Kresge Memorial Museum (collection of pre-transistor radios and their history)
Fairhope
American Bicentennial Museum (celebrating 1976 in red, white and blue)
Fayette
Jimmy Lee Suddeth (painter using natural pigment, mediums; Americana) ?
Florence
Wilson Dam (largest TVA example)
Fort McClellan
US Army Chemical Corp Museum (poison gas plus)
Women’s Army Corps Museum (govt-issued undergarments)
Georgiana
Hank Williams, Sr Museum
Hartselle
Tomb of Mystery Museum (magic paraphernalia)
Huntsville
US Space Camp
US Space and Rocket Center (NASA tour)
Cinram/ Disc Manufacturing (watch CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs made)
Marshall’s Parker House (rolls)
Wintzell’s Oyster House
Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum (largest in Southeast, extensive)
Mobile
Battle House (where Stephen Douglas stayed on night of 1860 election)
Oakleigh (Greek Revival mansion)
Bellingrath Gardens and Home (68 acres including azaleas and Boehm porcelain)
Wintzell's Oyster House Restaurant (sayings on wall; oysters, fried dill pickles, fried green tomatoes)
The Brick Pit (slow smoked barbecue)3
Monroeville
Harper Lee Museum (author To Kill a Mockingbird)
Montgomery
First Capital of the Confederacy
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
George and Lurleen Wallace Center (Southern politics)
Salem
Lunchbox Museum (and more)
Selma
Nat Voting Rights Museum
Raisin Festival (May)
Tuscaloosa
Greenwood Cemetery (unique headstone)
Paul Bryant Museum (coach Bear, on University of Alabama campus)
Ma’cille’s Museum (eclectic)
Tuscumbia
Ivy Green (birthplace of Helen Keller)
Tuskegee
Carver Museum
Vance
Mercedez-Benz (plant tour and gift shop; only one outside of Europe)
Tannehill State Park
Paul (Bear) Bryant Museum
Smryna
? (eggplant parmigiana)
Daviston?
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
?
Alligator Alley (those who have been caught)
The Wash House Restaurant (alligator ribs, springrolls and "wings"--legs)
Whistle Stop Cafe (fried green tomatoes)
Irondale Cafe
Alexander City
Robinson Iron (tour of cast-iron works, atrium)
Horsebend National Military Park?
Russell Corp (tour of clothing manufacturer)
Aliceville
Museum and Cultural Arts Center (German POW camp exhibit)
Andalusia
Domino Championship
Birmingham
Rue de Provence (elegant bakery)
Tuxedo Junction
Daphne
Manci's Antique Club (eclectic collection; steak, shellfish, spider sandwich, burgers, seafood po'boys, jazzy burger, Bloody Marys)3
Dora
Mining Museum
Cullman
Ave Maria Grotto (one monk’s miniature replicas of historic sites, at Saint Bernard Abbey)
Enterprise
World’s Smallest St Patrick’s Day Parade
Boll Weevil Monument
Fairfield
Don Kresge Memorial Museum (collection of pre-transistor radios and their history)
Fairhope
American Bicentennial Museum (celebrating 1976 in red, white and blue)
Fayette
Jimmy Lee Suddeth (painter using natural pigment, mediums; Americana) ?
Florence
Wilson Dam (largest TVA example)
Fort McClellan
US Army Chemical Corp Museum (poison gas plus)
Women’s Army Corps Museum (govt-issued undergarments)
Georgiana
Hank Williams, Sr Museum
Hartselle
Tomb of Mystery Museum (magic paraphernalia)
Huntsville
US Space Camp
US Space and Rocket Center (NASA tour)
Cinram/ Disc Manufacturing (watch CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs made)
Marshall’s Parker House (rolls)
Wintzell’s Oyster House
Eichold-Heustis Medical Museum (largest in Southeast, extensive)
Mobile
Battle House (where Stephen Douglas stayed on night of 1860 election)
Oakleigh (Greek Revival mansion)
Bellingrath Gardens and Home (68 acres including azaleas and Boehm porcelain)
Wintzell's Oyster House Restaurant (sayings on wall; oysters, fried dill pickles, fried green tomatoes)
The Brick Pit (slow smoked barbecue)3
Monroeville
Harper Lee Museum (author To Kill a Mockingbird)
Montgomery
First Capital of the Confederacy
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
George and Lurleen Wallace Center (Southern politics)
Salem
Lunchbox Museum (and more)
Selma
Nat Voting Rights Museum
Raisin Festival (May)
Tuscaloosa
Greenwood Cemetery (unique headstone)
Paul Bryant Museum (coach Bear, on University of Alabama campus)
Ma’cille’s Museum (eclectic)
Tuscumbia
Ivy Green (birthplace of Helen Keller)
Tuskegee
Carver Museum
Vance
Mercedez-Benz (plant tour and gift shop; only one outside of Europe)
Tannehill State Park
Paul (Bear) Bryant Museum
Smryna
? (eggplant parmigiana)
Daviston?
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
?
Alligator Alley (those who have been caught)
The Wash House Restaurant (alligator ribs, springrolls and "wings"--legs)
Whistle Stop Cafe (fried green tomatoes)
Irondale Cafe
Wyoming
WYOMING
Buffalo
Klondike Ranch (dude)
Cheyenne
Frontier Days (July)
Sanford's Grub & Pub (burgers)
Cody
Rodeos (Summer nights); C. Night Rodeo
Gillette
Celtic Festival (June)
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole Lodge
Jackson Hole Ice Cream (full sundae bar)
The Bunnery (breakfast, OSM bread)
Jackson Hole Buffalo Meat (free samples)
Snake River Kayak and Canoe School (Yellowstone Lake tours)
Yippy I-O Candy Company
Dominique’s Ice Cream Cafe
Cadillac Grille (elk, buffalo)
National Elk Refuge (free)
Jackson Hole River Trips (rafting Snake Trip)
Hole Hiking Experience (snowshoe/ hiking)
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides and Climbing
Medicine Bow National Forest (Rock Creek Trail)
Huckleberry Bonbons
Rock Springs
Killpecker Sand Dunes (13,000 acres of sand dunes)
Crueljack's (chicken fried steak)
Sheridan
King’s Saddlery
Sanford's Grub & Pub (burgers)
Teton County WY
Leigh Lake (canoe or kayak from String Lake)
Buffalo
Klondike Ranch (dude)
Cheyenne
Frontier Days (July)
Sanford's Grub & Pub (burgers)
Cody
Rodeos (Summer nights); C. Night Rodeo
Gillette
Celtic Festival (June)
Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole Lodge
Jackson Hole Ice Cream (full sundae bar)
The Bunnery (breakfast, OSM bread)
Jackson Hole Buffalo Meat (free samples)
Snake River Kayak and Canoe School (Yellowstone Lake tours)
Yippy I-O Candy Company
Dominique’s Ice Cream Cafe
Cadillac Grille (elk, buffalo)
National Elk Refuge (free)
Jackson Hole River Trips (rafting Snake Trip)
Hole Hiking Experience (snowshoe/ hiking)
Jackson Hole Mountain Guides and Climbing
Medicine Bow National Forest (Rock Creek Trail)
Huckleberry Bonbons
Rock Springs
Killpecker Sand Dunes (13,000 acres of sand dunes)
Crueljack's (chicken fried steak)
Sheridan
King’s Saddlery
Sanford's Grub & Pub (burgers)
Teton County WY
Leigh Lake (canoe or kayak from String Lake)
Wisconsin
Appleton
Houdini Historic Center
Bailey’s Harbor
Yacht Club and Resort
Baraboo
Circus World Museum (kids as clowns, jugglers)
Chequamegon National Forest
Apostle Islands (kayaking)
Meyer’s Beach
wild blueberries
Birch Grove Campgrounds
Dells
Stand Rock, Witched Gulf, Phantom Chamber
Noah’s Ark (water park)
weird sandstone formations
Circus World Museum
largest concentration of water parks (3 miles of Highway 12)
Rain Tree Resort
Am Club and Polish-Am Buffet (smorgasbord)
Door County
Peninsula State Park- Eagle Tower
dunes, historic lighthouses
Fish Creek
Oilery (sample freshly pressed olive oils in variety of flavors)
Franksville
Kraut Festival (June)
Green Bay
Packers Experience (summer)
Hayward
Lumberjack World Championship (July; 21 events: boom run, ax throwing, pole climbing)
Horeb
Mustard Museum
Madison
Chocolate Shoppe (unusual flavors of ice cream)
State Street (food)
Ian's Pizza (varieties: chili cheese frito, avocado, burrito, chicken pot pie, barbecue steak and fries, lasagna marinara; daily specials)
Manitowish
canoeing (10 connected lakes)
Milwaukee
Kopps Frozen Custard (custard has egg yolks; many varieties--about 300, check online for tomorrow's flavor of the day)
Festa Italiana (summer)
State Fair (early-mid Aug)
Mercado El Rey (menudo, beef taco, tongue)
Polonez Restaurant (stuffed cabbage, pierogis, meat and sauerkraut, zernina (duck and noodles)
ethnic groups: Polish, Hispanic
Monroe
Swiss Colony (Snowman melti--peanuts and coconut oil)
New Glarus Bakery (Swiss, nuthorn)
Oshkosh
Ardy and Ed’s (drive-in rest)
AirVenture Fly-In (acrobats in sky, July)
Seymour
Burger Festival (August)
Sister Bay
Al Johnson’s Restaurant (goats eat sod roof; Swedish pancakes)
Sheboygan
Bratwurst Festival (August)
Spring Green
House on the Rock (16 themed buildings all built on a rock: 19th C shopfronts, living room, aviation, Infinity, library, overhang room--218 feet long of windows high in air, world's largest indoor carousel--20,000 lights, 269 animals but no horses)
Sturgeon Bay
Latham Smith Lodge
Warrens
Cranberry Museum
Wausau
International Watercross Association (snowmobiles racing over water)
West Allis
State Fair (Aug)
White Gull Inn
Old Post Office Restaurant (restored general store)
Perry’s Cherry Diner (cheap)
Wisconsin Dells
Wilderness Resort (pool)
?
Corn Festival (Aug)
Collector Showcase Museum (barbies)
Nicolet National Forest (Brule River)
Canoeing (Black River State Forest, Flambeau River, Wisconsin River, St Croix and Namekagon, Brois Brule
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Lake Geneva (tour on cruise line: watch mail delivered by boat)
Trivia
more Poles than any other state
produces 25% of cheese
Houdini Historic Center
Bailey’s Harbor
Yacht Club and Resort
Baraboo
Circus World Museum (kids as clowns, jugglers)
Chequamegon National Forest
Apostle Islands (kayaking)
Meyer’s Beach
wild blueberries
Birch Grove Campgrounds
Dells
Stand Rock, Witched Gulf, Phantom Chamber
Noah’s Ark (water park)
weird sandstone formations
Circus World Museum
largest concentration of water parks (3 miles of Highway 12)
Rain Tree Resort
Am Club and Polish-Am Buffet (smorgasbord)
Door County
Peninsula State Park- Eagle Tower
dunes, historic lighthouses
Fish Creek
Oilery (sample freshly pressed olive oils in variety of flavors)
Franksville
Kraut Festival (June)
Green Bay
Packers Experience (summer)
Hayward
Lumberjack World Championship (July; 21 events: boom run, ax throwing, pole climbing)
Horeb
Mustard Museum
Madison
Chocolate Shoppe (unusual flavors of ice cream)
State Street (food)
Ian's Pizza (varieties: chili cheese frito, avocado, burrito, chicken pot pie, barbecue steak and fries, lasagna marinara; daily specials)
Manitowish
canoeing (10 connected lakes)
Milwaukee
Kopps Frozen Custard (custard has egg yolks; many varieties--about 300, check online for tomorrow's flavor of the day)
Festa Italiana (summer)
State Fair (early-mid Aug)
Mercado El Rey (menudo, beef taco, tongue)
Polonez Restaurant (stuffed cabbage, pierogis, meat and sauerkraut, zernina (duck and noodles)
ethnic groups: Polish, Hispanic
Monroe
Swiss Colony (Snowman melti--peanuts and coconut oil)
New Glarus Bakery (Swiss, nuthorn)
Oshkosh
Ardy and Ed’s (drive-in rest)
AirVenture Fly-In (acrobats in sky, July)
Seymour
Burger Festival (August)
Sister Bay
Al Johnson’s Restaurant (goats eat sod roof; Swedish pancakes)
Sheboygan
Bratwurst Festival (August)
Spring Green
House on the Rock (16 themed buildings all built on a rock: 19th C shopfronts, living room, aviation, Infinity, library, overhang room--218 feet long of windows high in air, world's largest indoor carousel--20,000 lights, 269 animals but no horses)
Sturgeon Bay
Latham Smith Lodge
Warrens
Cranberry Museum
Wausau
International Watercross Association (snowmobiles racing over water)
West Allis
State Fair (Aug)
White Gull Inn
Old Post Office Restaurant (restored general store)
Perry’s Cherry Diner (cheap)
Wisconsin Dells
Wilderness Resort (pool)
?
Corn Festival (Aug)
Collector Showcase Museum (barbies)
Nicolet National Forest (Brule River)
Canoeing (Black River State Forest, Flambeau River, Wisconsin River, St Croix and Namekagon, Brois Brule
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Lake Geneva (tour on cruise line: watch mail delivered by boat)
Trivia
more Poles than any other state
produces 25% of cheese
West Virginia
West Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley Springs
Museum of the Berkeley Springs (hot springs, historical swimsuits)
Coalfield
October Sky Festival (annual)
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown Wax Museum
Petersburg
Big Bend (hour-long river float trip on South Branch of Potomac)
Shepherdstown
Nancy Hanks Farm (Lincoln’s mom)
Webster
Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum (Mother's Day founder)
Wheeling
Winter Festival of Lights (Oglebay Resorts; America's largest light show at 6.5 miles long, travel by trolley or own car; includes lighted decorations on lake, stroll thru lighted flowers, Cinderella, animal train, moving dinosaurs, animated snowflake tunnel, 12 days of Christmas)
White Sulfur Springs
Greenbrier Hotel (tours- Wed and Sun, underground and secret Congressional HQ in case of attack)
?
Coopers Rock State Forest
Highland Scenic Highway
Blue Hole, Big Sandy Creek (huge swimming hole)
WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley Springs
Museum of the Berkeley Springs (hot springs, historical swimsuits)
Coalfield
October Sky Festival (annual)
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown Wax Museum
Petersburg
Big Bend (hour-long river float trip on South Branch of Potomac)
Shepherdstown
Nancy Hanks Farm (Lincoln’s mom)
Webster
Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum (Mother's Day founder)
Wheeling
Winter Festival of Lights (Oglebay Resorts; America's largest light show at 6.5 miles long, travel by trolley or own car; includes lighted decorations on lake, stroll thru lighted flowers, Cinderella, animal train, moving dinosaurs, animated snowflake tunnel, 12 days of Christmas)
White Sulfur Springs
Greenbrier Hotel (tours- Wed and Sun, underground and secret Congressional HQ in case of attack)
?
Coopers Rock State Forest
Highland Scenic Highway
Blue Hole, Big Sandy Creek (huge swimming hole)
Washington D. C.
WASHINGTON, DC
Potomac River Sacred Harp-Singing Convention (April; singing)
Theodore Roosevelt Island (trail thru woods, swamp, Potomac River)
Rock Creek Park (wilds near White House)
International Spy Museum
Market Inn Restaurant (shecrab soup, crab cakes)
Hank’s Oyster House (crabcake, lobster roll w/ mayo)
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Colorado Kitchen
Old Executive Office Building
Ford’s Theater (tour)
Smithsonian Museum
National Postal Museum (Hope Diamond, Hindenburg postcard)
Museum of American History (original Star Spangled Banner)
National Air and Space Museum (planes- Wright bros, Amelia Earhart)
Supreme Court Building (watch Justices deliver verdict)
Marine Corps Museum
Mayflower Hotel (ducks walk across lobby)
Capitol Hill
John Mandis’ Market Inn (Greek owner, she-crab soup, crabcakes)
White House (tour)
Philip's Collection
Dumbarton Oaks (gardens)
US Chess Hall of Fame and Museum
National Jewish Museum (sports plus)
Textile Museum
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
National Building Museum
National Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Art
National Museum of American History (Decl of Ind desk, Washington's military uniform, Lincoln's top hat)
Georgetown
Bistro Francais (rice pudding)
Cafe Larouche (pate)
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery
Home of the Temple Library and Museum
Kraemer's Books
G T Cupcakes
Zorba's
Potomac River Sacred Harp-Singing Convention (April; singing)
Theodore Roosevelt Island (trail thru woods, swamp, Potomac River)
Rock Creek Park (wilds near White House)
International Spy Museum
Market Inn Restaurant (shecrab soup, crab cakes)
Hank’s Oyster House (crabcake, lobster roll w/ mayo)
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Colorado Kitchen
Old Executive Office Building
Ford’s Theater (tour)
Smithsonian Museum
National Postal Museum (Hope Diamond, Hindenburg postcard)
Museum of American History (original Star Spangled Banner)
National Air and Space Museum (planes- Wright bros, Amelia Earhart)
Supreme Court Building (watch Justices deliver verdict)
Marine Corps Museum
Mayflower Hotel (ducks walk across lobby)
Capitol Hill
John Mandis’ Market Inn (Greek owner, she-crab soup, crabcakes)
White House (tour)
Philip's Collection
Dumbarton Oaks (gardens)
US Chess Hall of Fame and Museum
National Jewish Museum (sports plus)
Textile Museum
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
National Building Museum
National Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Art
National Museum of American History (Decl of Ind desk, Washington's military uniform, Lincoln's top hat)
Georgetown
Bistro Francais (rice pudding)
Cafe Larouche (pate)
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery
Home of the Temple Library and Museum
Kraemer's Books
G T Cupcakes
Zorba's
Washington
WASHINGTON
Bainbridge Island
Big Star Diner (cornmeal pancakes, meatloaf sandwich, salmon hash)
Bellingham
Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Fairhaven National Historic District
Roeder House
Conconcully
Outhouse Race (Jan)
Downhill Blow-up Boat Race (Feb)
Everett (outside Seattle)
Bobby’s Hawaiian-Style Barbecue (Kalua pork,
Langley
Mystery Weekend (cheap, length of town)
Olympia
Capital Campus (Tivoli fountain replica)
Makah Cultural Museum (NA, archaeolgy)
Omak
Stampede Suicide Race (horserace down steep hill and across river, rodeo)
Rockport
Ross Lake Resort (romote cabins)
San Juan Islands
(kayaking, 1860s camps, South Beach Park- camping sites #1-6, Shaw Island)
Seattle
Green Lake
Naval Undersea Museum
Old Man House
Pioneer Farm Museum
Fort Easton
Connells Prairie Battlefield
Daybreak Indian Cult Center
Rothschild House
Mecker Museum
Yakima Valley
Sehome Hill Arboretum
1962 World’s Fair Site (food circus)
Underground Tour (Victorian Age archaeology)
Pioneer Square Historic District
Museum of Flight
Thomas Burke Memorial/ W. St Museum
Klondike Gold Rush NHP
Nordic Heritage Museum
Pacific Science Center
Frye Art Museum
Houseboat Tour (Lake Union, by appointment)
Challenger tugboat (Lake Union B&B)
REI (222 Yale Ave, huge, sporting goods)
Ponti Seafood Grill (bistro fries, canal view)
Space Needle (restaurant, view)
Hattie’s Hat (diner, late-night comfort food)
Mike’s Chili (chili everything: burger split by chili, chili pasta)
Voula’s Offshore Cafe (Greek sausage, ham & egg pancake, smoked salmon, blueberry pie)3
Bizzaro (elk in ravioli sauce, pumpkin ravioli, lamb shank, bolognese, lazagna,
linguine and clams, puttanesca w/ linguine--spicy, polenta, white truffle ribbons?; handmade pasta)3
Beth's Cafe (12-egg omelette; art on the walls, eclectic crowd, since 1960s)
Mike's Chili Parlor
Slim's Last Chance (many chili varieties and on everything: fries, hot dog; smoked pork chile verde, Southwestern Green tortilla strips, chili cheese fries, cheddar grits)3
Georgia's Greek Restaurant (gyro, lamb, keftethes, fried shish kebab)3
Red Mill Burgers (onion rings, burgers)3
The Crab Pot (shell fish and seafood actually dumped on your table; Alaskan Seafood--fried halibut, crab, corn, mussels, potatoes and sausage, Crab Pot Seafood)3
Beth's Cafe (since 1954; hash browns, omelettes; customers given crayons to put their art on wall)3
Sequim
3 Crabs (Dungeness)
Snoqualmie
Salish Lodge and Spa (country-style breakfast)
Tacoma
Camp 6 Logging Museum
Fort Nisqually
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (tram tour)
Southern Kitchen (biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, hush puppies, sweet tea, strawberry lemonade, battered catfish, chicken fried steak, bread stuffing)3
Washougal
Pendleton Woolen Mills (tour)
Westport
Chainsaw Carving Championship
Mt Baker (hiking, Milano’s Rest)
Olympic National Park
Second Beach; Shi Shi Beach (sea stacks)
North Cascades National Park
Lakeshore Trail, Lake Chelan, Stehekin Lodge
Mount Saint Helens
Forest Learning Center
Disappointment State Park
?
Sol Duc Falls
Paradise Inn
Deception Pass State Park
Dog Mountain
Bainbridge Island
Big Star Diner (cornmeal pancakes, meatloaf sandwich, salmon hash)
Bellingham
Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Fairhaven National Historic District
Roeder House
Conconcully
Outhouse Race (Jan)
Downhill Blow-up Boat Race (Feb)
Everett (outside Seattle)
Bobby’s Hawaiian-Style Barbecue (Kalua pork,
Langley
Mystery Weekend (cheap, length of town)
Olympia
Capital Campus (Tivoli fountain replica)
Makah Cultural Museum (NA, archaeolgy)
Omak
Stampede Suicide Race (horserace down steep hill and across river, rodeo)
Rockport
Ross Lake Resort (romote cabins)
San Juan Islands
(kayaking, 1860s camps, South Beach Park- camping sites #1-6, Shaw Island)
Seattle
Green Lake
Naval Undersea Museum
Old Man House
Pioneer Farm Museum
Fort Easton
Connells Prairie Battlefield
Daybreak Indian Cult Center
Rothschild House
Mecker Museum
Yakima Valley
Sehome Hill Arboretum
1962 World’s Fair Site (food circus)
Underground Tour (Victorian Age archaeology)
Pioneer Square Historic District
Museum of Flight
Thomas Burke Memorial/ W. St Museum
Klondike Gold Rush NHP
Nordic Heritage Museum
Pacific Science Center
Frye Art Museum
Houseboat Tour (Lake Union, by appointment)
Challenger tugboat (Lake Union B&B)
REI (222 Yale Ave, huge, sporting goods)
Ponti Seafood Grill (bistro fries, canal view)
Space Needle (restaurant, view)
Hattie’s Hat (diner, late-night comfort food)
Mike’s Chili (chili everything: burger split by chili, chili pasta)
Voula’s Offshore Cafe (Greek sausage, ham & egg pancake, smoked salmon, blueberry pie)3
Bizzaro (elk in ravioli sauce, pumpkin ravioli, lamb shank, bolognese, lazagna,
linguine and clams, puttanesca w/ linguine--spicy, polenta, white truffle ribbons?; handmade pasta)3
Beth's Cafe (12-egg omelette; art on the walls, eclectic crowd, since 1960s)
Mike's Chili Parlor
Slim's Last Chance (many chili varieties and on everything: fries, hot dog; smoked pork chile verde, Southwestern Green tortilla strips, chili cheese fries, cheddar grits)3
Georgia's Greek Restaurant (gyro, lamb, keftethes, fried shish kebab)3
Red Mill Burgers (onion rings, burgers)3
The Crab Pot (shell fish and seafood actually dumped on your table; Alaskan Seafood--fried halibut, crab, corn, mussels, potatoes and sausage, Crab Pot Seafood)3
Beth's Cafe (since 1954; hash browns, omelettes; customers given crayons to put their art on wall)3
Sequim
3 Crabs (Dungeness)
Snoqualmie
Salish Lodge and Spa (country-style breakfast)
Tacoma
Camp 6 Logging Museum
Fort Nisqually
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (tram tour)
Southern Kitchen (biscuits and gravy, fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, hush puppies, sweet tea, strawberry lemonade, battered catfish, chicken fried steak, bread stuffing)3
Washougal
Pendleton Woolen Mills (tour)
Westport
Chainsaw Carving Championship
Mt Baker (hiking, Milano’s Rest)
Olympic National Park
Second Beach; Shi Shi Beach (sea stacks)
North Cascades National Park
Lakeshore Trail, Lake Chelan, Stehekin Lodge
Mount Saint Helens
Forest Learning Center
Disappointment State Park
?
Sol Duc Falls
Paradise Inn
Deception Pass State Park
Dog Mountain
Virginia
VIRGINIA
Bedford
National D-Day Memorial (in honor of worst loss per capita)
Clifton
Heart-in-Hand Restaurant (cream of VA peanut soup, ham w/ apple butter glaze)
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute (Cadet Museum)
Stonewall Jackson House
Willson-Walker House (restaurant)
Blue Heron Cafe (vegetarian)
George C Marshall Museum (electric WWII map)
Lynchburg
Texas Inn (food, Cheesy Westerns)
Montpelier
Newport News
Mariner’s Museum
Norfolk
Doumar's Drive-In (limeades w/ or w/o sherbert, chocolate soda, orange freeze, warm handmade cones, Strawberry Willy--with crushed cone, Ringo--hot fudge with crushed cone, carhops, banana fudge cake sundae, cheeseburgers, barbecue pork sandwich, coleslaw)3
Petersburg
Pamplin Historic Park
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier (find out if "your soldier" lives/dies, reenactments)
Quantico
National History Museum of the Marine Corps
Rescue
Captain Chuck-a-Muck's (she-crab soup, fresh striped bass, crab cake sandwich, Captain's Fried Seafood Feast, hush puppies, Atlantic flounder, surf and turf, yellowfish tuna)3
Richmond
Village Cafe (meatloaf, calzones, pasta, hummus, homemade chips and salsa, stromboli, beer-battered onion rings)3
Dot's Back Inn
Village Cafe (meatloaf, calzones, pasta, hummus, homemade chips and salsa, stromboli, beer-battered onion rings)3
Shenandoah National Park
Lewis Run Falls
Slaty
Cranberry Wilderness
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area (orchids, pitcher plants)
Monngahela National Forest
Sperryville
Cooter Museum (Dukes of Hazzard character)
Wakefield
Virginia Diner (biscuits)
Williamsburg
Water Country USA (water park)
Governor’s Inn
4 taverns
Williamstown
Roanoke River (camping on platforms in river, Spanish moss)
?
Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness (streams); Monterey (High’s Rest)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest- St Mary’s River (swimming)
False Cape State Park; Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Bedford
National D-Day Memorial (in honor of worst loss per capita)
Clifton
Heart-in-Hand Restaurant (cream of VA peanut soup, ham w/ apple butter glaze)
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute (Cadet Museum)
Stonewall Jackson House
Willson-Walker House (restaurant)
Blue Heron Cafe (vegetarian)
George C Marshall Museum (electric WWII map)
Lynchburg
Texas Inn (food, Cheesy Westerns)
Montpelier
Newport News
Mariner’s Museum
Norfolk
Doumar's Drive-In (limeades w/ or w/o sherbert, chocolate soda, orange freeze, warm handmade cones, Strawberry Willy--with crushed cone, Ringo--hot fudge with crushed cone, carhops, banana fudge cake sundae, cheeseburgers, barbecue pork sandwich, coleslaw)3
Petersburg
Pamplin Historic Park
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier (find out if "your soldier" lives/dies, reenactments)
Quantico
National History Museum of the Marine Corps
Rescue
Captain Chuck-a-Muck's (she-crab soup, fresh striped bass, crab cake sandwich, Captain's Fried Seafood Feast, hush puppies, Atlantic flounder, surf and turf, yellowfish tuna)3
Richmond
Village Cafe (meatloaf, calzones, pasta, hummus, homemade chips and salsa, stromboli, beer-battered onion rings)3
Dot's Back Inn
Village Cafe (meatloaf, calzones, pasta, hummus, homemade chips and salsa, stromboli, beer-battered onion rings)3
Shenandoah National Park
Lewis Run Falls
Slaty
Cranberry Wilderness
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area (orchids, pitcher plants)
Monngahela National Forest
Sperryville
Cooter Museum (Dukes of Hazzard character)
Wakefield
Virginia Diner (biscuits)
Williamsburg
Water Country USA (water park)
Governor’s Inn
4 taverns
Williamstown
Roanoke River (camping on platforms in river, Spanish moss)
?
Ramsey’s Draft Wilderness (streams); Monterey (High’s Rest)
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest- St Mary’s River (swimming)
False Cape State Park; Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Vermont
Southern:
?- Bartlett Falls, New Haven River
Putney
Putney Mountain (Fall-hawks)
Basketville (many baskets)
Bennington
Old First Church (gravestones including Robert Frost)
Four Chimney’s Rest
Grandma Moses Gallery
Battle Monument
Blue Benn Diner (railroad car)
Vergennes
Black Sheep Bistro
Eat Good Food
Middlebury
American Flatbread
Woodstock
Indian Stones in national park
Billings Farm and Museum (working farm, Am landscape paintings)
The Jackson House Inn (romantic)
Woodstock Inn (romantic)
Bentley’s
VT Raptor Center
Brattleboro
Strolling of the Heifers
Hubbardton/Windsor
battle reenactment and signing of VT Constitution
Wilmington
Adams Farm (working farm)
The White House
Arlington
Norman Rockwell Exhibition
Manchester
Hildene (Robert Todd Lincoln’s home)
Jelly Mill (unusual shops)
Al Ducci’s Pizza (specialty pizza)
Vermont Wax Museum
Manchester Village
1811 House (great food)
Springfield
Precision Valley Corvette Museum
Springfield Royal Dinner (1955 diner)
Strafford Organic Dairy farm
Harbor View General Store
Hydeville
? Ariel's Riverside Cafe
? That's Life Soup
?Positive Pie 2
Central
East Montpelier
Bragg Farm (creamee; Route 14 North)
Montpelier
walking tour (Saturdays, 10 am)
State Capitol
Morse Farm (sugarhouse; maple creamee)
Vermont Historical Society
Victorian Ice Cream Social (3rd Wed in July on State Capitol lawn)
Dairy Creme (creamees)
Sarducci's (Italian; tables with view of river)
Main Street Grill and Bar (run by New England Culinary Institute students; weekend brunch)
Inn at Montpelier (B&B)
Angeleno's Pizza
Vermont Historical Society Museum
Barre
Hope Cemetery (unusual gravestones--Maple Avenue)
Rock of Ages (granite quarry)
South Royalton
Joseph Smith Memorial (Route 14 to Dairy Hill)
Rutland
Waitsfield
The Punchbowl (swimming hole)
Village Country Creamee
Moretown
Maynard’s (burger, fries, creamee; Rt 100)
Groton
Groton State Forest, Marshfield Pond to Richer Mills
(abandoned railroad line)
Waterbury
Ben and Jerry’s (ice cream tour)
Cold Hollow Cider Mill
Green Mountain Chocolate/Cheese (two stores in 1, unlimited samples)
Waterbury Reservoir (Little River, canoeing)
Quechee
Quechee Gorge (small “Grand Canyon”)
Scotland by the Yard (Scottish imports)
Plymouth
River Tavern
Notch Cemetery (Coolidge's gravesite)
Norwich
Montshire Museum of Science (hands-on exhibits)
Randolph
Porter Music Box Museum
Stowe
The Stone Hut (4 bunks beds and a wood stove atop Mount Mansfield)
1886 Cabins
Green River Reservoir
Weston
The Vermont Country Store (everything in catalog, common cracker, Grandpa’s stuff)
Windsor
American Precision Museum
Quinnehtukqut Outdoor Center (kayak, canoe, tubing),
Juniper Hill Inn (gourmet)
Dan’s Windsor Diner
? Basin Harbor Club Resort (sandy beach, formal attire at dinner)
Woodstock
Farmers Market
Northern:
East Fairfield
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site
Fairfield
Chester’s in the Square (food)
North Hero
Northumbrian Pipers Convention (August)
Burlington
Ethan Allen Home
Perkins Museum (archaeology)
Lake Champlain Chocolates (tour)
snow-sculpting contest (Feb)
canoeing (Ethan Allen Homestead to fishing access in Town of Colchester)
Donohue Sea Caves (Intervale)
Shelburne Pond
Basin Harbor
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
St. Johnsbury
Maple Grove Maple Museum (tours)
Fairbanks Museum (bug art, political memorabilia, dolls)
St Albans Bay to Bakersfield- Route 36
Lyndonville
Routes 5 and 5A (Lake Willoughby)
The Wildflower Inn (trails, pool, horseback riding, Daisy’s Diner)
Caspian Lake
Highland Lodge (cottages)
Ferrisburgh
Dakin Farm (sugared ham, creamee)
Rokeby Museum (Underground RR)
Missisquoi Bay
Tyler Place Family Resort
Swanton and St Albans
Champlain Islands
Shelburne
VT Teddy Bear Factory (tour, make your own)
Shelburne Falls
glacial potholes (natural bathtubs)
Champlain Islands
Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria
Richmond
Old Round Church
Birds of Vermont Museum
Great Averill Lake
Quimby Country (cottages, The Rocks swimming beach)
Lake Willoughby (sandy public beach)
Lewis
Yellow Bogs (interconnected wetlands)
Shaftsbury Center
Cemetery (elaborate gravestones)
Groton
summit of Owl’s Head (view)
Addison
Woolly Mammoth Hunt (spear-throwing contest--Sept)
Rochester
West Hill Cemetery
Bingo Road (Revolutionary graves)
Grafton
Grafton Village Cheese Company
Four Columns Inn (award-winning restaurant)
Old Tavern Rest (1801)
Woodbury
Woodbury Quarry
North Troy
Big Falls
Montgomery
Route 118 (5 covered bridges)
Bridgewater Corners
October Country Inn (great food)
Dorset
Dorset Inn (breakfast/dinner included)
Cavendish
town green (monument for Phineas Gage)
Alburg
Alburg Dunes
Bridgewater
Corner’s Inn
Mt Holly
Harry’s Inn
Bellows Falls
Green Mountain Flyer Scenic Train Ride
Cabot
Cabot Creamery (tours?)
Jericho Center
town green (monument to “Snowflake” Bentley)
Wells River
P&H truck stop (maple cream pie)
Danville
The Creamery
Joe’s Pond (bet when ice will give out)
Addison/ Weybridge
Snake Mountain
?- Mount Ascutney
Bradford
wild game supper
Hartland
Congregational Church (roast beef supper during fall/winter)
Smugglers Notch State Park
(Bingham Falls swimming hole)
Harriman Reservoir
South Lincoln
(set of waterfalls, 15-foot drop, hidden from road)
Newbury
canoe from Cow Meadow Flats
Adamant
Music School (free Sunday piano concert)
Bethel/Royalton/Sharon- tubing on White River (July)
Sheldon
The Abbey (western roadhouse)
Morristown
Cady’s Falls Commission Sale
Addison
Snake Mountain
Rutland
Royal’s Hearthside (roast beef)
Bridport
Huestis Farm Supply
Burlington
Oasis Diner (breakfast, lunch)
Marshfield
Rainbow Sweets Cafe (pastries)
Alburg
Auction Barn
Mt Ascutney
East Corinth
?
White River Junction
Center for Cartoon Studies
Lake Groton (Boulder Beach)
Pittsford
Northeast Maple Museum
Whale's Tale Water Park
Proctor
Vermont Marble Exhibit (Presidential busts)
West Glover VT
Lake Parker General Store
Barnard
Twin Farms (cottages, snowshoeing)
Middlebury
Vt Book Shop
Rutland
Godnick’s Fine Furniture
Bennington
Blue Bell Diner
Manchester
The Taco House
Alburg
Alburg Auction House
Morrisville
Cady Commission Sales
Island Pond
Buck and Doe
S Burlington
Gaynes Shoppers World
East Barnet
Ben Thrasher’s Mill
Wolcott
Buck’s Furniture
Woodstock
Wasps Snack Shop
Springfield
Duck Inn Rest
W Dummerston
Grange Hall
Springfield VT
Stellafane (nation's biggest star party, ie., astronomy sightings)
NE Vermont
Parker Pie Company (apple)
Lake Parker Country Store
Island Pond (Rt 16--snowmobiling
?- Bartlett Falls, New Haven River
Putney
Putney Mountain (Fall-hawks)
Basketville (many baskets)
Bennington
Old First Church (gravestones including Robert Frost)
Four Chimney’s Rest
Grandma Moses Gallery
Battle Monument
Blue Benn Diner (railroad car)
Vergennes
Black Sheep Bistro
Eat Good Food
Middlebury
American Flatbread
Woodstock
Indian Stones in national park
Billings Farm and Museum (working farm, Am landscape paintings)
The Jackson House Inn (romantic)
Woodstock Inn (romantic)
Bentley’s
VT Raptor Center
Brattleboro
Strolling of the Heifers
Hubbardton/Windsor
battle reenactment and signing of VT Constitution
Wilmington
Adams Farm (working farm)
The White House
Arlington
Norman Rockwell Exhibition
Manchester
Hildene (Robert Todd Lincoln’s home)
Jelly Mill (unusual shops)
Al Ducci’s Pizza (specialty pizza)
Vermont Wax Museum
Manchester Village
1811 House (great food)
Springfield
Precision Valley Corvette Museum
Springfield Royal Dinner (1955 diner)
Strafford Organic Dairy farm
Harbor View General Store
Hydeville
? Ariel's Riverside Cafe
? That's Life Soup
?Positive Pie 2
Central
East Montpelier
Bragg Farm (creamee; Route 14 North)
Montpelier
walking tour (Saturdays, 10 am)
State Capitol
Morse Farm (sugarhouse; maple creamee)
Vermont Historical Society
Victorian Ice Cream Social (3rd Wed in July on State Capitol lawn)
Dairy Creme (creamees)
Sarducci's (Italian; tables with view of river)
Main Street Grill and Bar (run by New England Culinary Institute students; weekend brunch)
Inn at Montpelier (B&B)
Angeleno's Pizza
Vermont Historical Society Museum
Barre
Hope Cemetery (unusual gravestones--Maple Avenue)
Rock of Ages (granite quarry)
South Royalton
Joseph Smith Memorial (Route 14 to Dairy Hill)
Rutland
Waitsfield
The Punchbowl (swimming hole)
Village Country Creamee
Moretown
Maynard’s (burger, fries, creamee; Rt 100)
Groton
Groton State Forest, Marshfield Pond to Richer Mills
(abandoned railroad line)
Waterbury
Ben and Jerry’s (ice cream tour)
Cold Hollow Cider Mill
Green Mountain Chocolate/Cheese (two stores in 1, unlimited samples)
Waterbury Reservoir (Little River, canoeing)
Quechee
Quechee Gorge (small “Grand Canyon”)
Scotland by the Yard (Scottish imports)
Plymouth
River Tavern
Notch Cemetery (Coolidge's gravesite)
Norwich
Montshire Museum of Science (hands-on exhibits)
Randolph
Porter Music Box Museum
Stowe
The Stone Hut (4 bunks beds and a wood stove atop Mount Mansfield)
1886 Cabins
Green River Reservoir
Weston
The Vermont Country Store (everything in catalog, common cracker, Grandpa’s stuff)
Windsor
American Precision Museum
Quinnehtukqut Outdoor Center (kayak, canoe, tubing),
Juniper Hill Inn (gourmet)
Dan’s Windsor Diner
? Basin Harbor Club Resort (sandy beach, formal attire at dinner)
Woodstock
Farmers Market
Northern:
East Fairfield
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site
Fairfield
Chester’s in the Square (food)
North Hero
Northumbrian Pipers Convention (August)
Burlington
Ethan Allen Home
Perkins Museum (archaeology)
Lake Champlain Chocolates (tour)
snow-sculpting contest (Feb)
canoeing (Ethan Allen Homestead to fishing access in Town of Colchester)
Donohue Sea Caves (Intervale)
Shelburne Pond
Basin Harbor
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
St. Johnsbury
Maple Grove Maple Museum (tours)
Fairbanks Museum (bug art, political memorabilia, dolls)
St Albans Bay to Bakersfield- Route 36
Lyndonville
Routes 5 and 5A (Lake Willoughby)
The Wildflower Inn (trails, pool, horseback riding, Daisy’s Diner)
Caspian Lake
Highland Lodge (cottages)
Ferrisburgh
Dakin Farm (sugared ham, creamee)
Rokeby Museum (Underground RR)
Missisquoi Bay
Tyler Place Family Resort
Swanton and St Albans
Champlain Islands
Shelburne
VT Teddy Bear Factory (tour, make your own)
Shelburne Falls
glacial potholes (natural bathtubs)
Champlain Islands
Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria
Richmond
Old Round Church
Birds of Vermont Museum
Great Averill Lake
Quimby Country (cottages, The Rocks swimming beach)
Lake Willoughby (sandy public beach)
Lewis
Yellow Bogs (interconnected wetlands)
Shaftsbury Center
Cemetery (elaborate gravestones)
Groton
summit of Owl’s Head (view)
Addison
Woolly Mammoth Hunt (spear-throwing contest--Sept)
Rochester
West Hill Cemetery
Bingo Road (Revolutionary graves)
Grafton
Grafton Village Cheese Company
Four Columns Inn (award-winning restaurant)
Old Tavern Rest (1801)
Woodbury
Woodbury Quarry
North Troy
Big Falls
Montgomery
Route 118 (5 covered bridges)
Bridgewater Corners
October Country Inn (great food)
Dorset
Dorset Inn (breakfast/dinner included)
Cavendish
town green (monument for Phineas Gage)
Alburg
Alburg Dunes
Bridgewater
Corner’s Inn
Mt Holly
Harry’s Inn
Bellows Falls
Green Mountain Flyer Scenic Train Ride
Cabot
Cabot Creamery (tours?)
Jericho Center
town green (monument to “Snowflake” Bentley)
Wells River
P&H truck stop (maple cream pie)
Danville
The Creamery
Joe’s Pond (bet when ice will give out)
Addison/ Weybridge
Snake Mountain
?- Mount Ascutney
Bradford
wild game supper
Hartland
Congregational Church (roast beef supper during fall/winter)
Smugglers Notch State Park
(Bingham Falls swimming hole)
Harriman Reservoir
South Lincoln
(set of waterfalls, 15-foot drop, hidden from road)
Newbury
canoe from Cow Meadow Flats
Adamant
Music School (free Sunday piano concert)
Bethel/Royalton/Sharon- tubing on White River (July)
Sheldon
The Abbey (western roadhouse)
Morristown
Cady’s Falls Commission Sale
Addison
Snake Mountain
Rutland
Royal’s Hearthside (roast beef)
Bridport
Huestis Farm Supply
Burlington
Oasis Diner (breakfast, lunch)
Marshfield
Rainbow Sweets Cafe (pastries)
Alburg
Auction Barn
Mt Ascutney
East Corinth
?
White River Junction
Center for Cartoon Studies
Lake Groton (Boulder Beach)
Pittsford
Northeast Maple Museum
Whale's Tale Water Park
Proctor
Vermont Marble Exhibit (Presidential busts)
West Glover VT
Lake Parker General Store
Barnard
Twin Farms (cottages, snowshoeing)
Middlebury
Vt Book Shop
Rutland
Godnick’s Fine Furniture
Bennington
Blue Bell Diner
Manchester
The Taco House
Alburg
Alburg Auction House
Morrisville
Cady Commission Sales
Island Pond
Buck and Doe
S Burlington
Gaynes Shoppers World
East Barnet
Ben Thrasher’s Mill
Wolcott
Buck’s Furniture
Woodstock
Wasps Snack Shop
Springfield
Duck Inn Rest
W Dummerston
Grange Hall
Springfield VT
Stellafane (nation's biggest star party, ie., astronomy sightings)
NE Vermont
Parker Pie Company (apple)
Lake Parker Country Store
Island Pond (Rt 16--snowmobiling
Utah
Clark Planetarium
Salt Flats
Famington Bay Bird Refuge
Children’s Museum of Utah
Hansen Planetarium
Huntsman Center
Social Hall Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Museum
International Peace Garden Festival (August)
Movies 10- SLC (13th E at I-80, $1 matinees)
Redwood Drive-In
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Rocky Mountain Grill
HQ of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (35 acres of themed gardens, free tours)
Conference Center (4-acre authentic prairie on roof, waterfall, view of city)
Quail Creek
Olympic Park (bobsled rides, alpine slide)
Silver Lake
Lake Powell (best for boating in fall)
Hanksville
Goblin Valley (rock formations)
Huntsville
Red Rock Ranch
?Thrifty Car Sales 702 S Main, SLC
Midway
The Crater (largest and deepest hot spring; travel thru 100 ft underground tunnel; warm-water scuba diving)
Murray
Willow Pond (for kids)
Utah Fun Dome (amusement park)
Marty Slack's Christmas Display (thousands of lighted decorations timed to holiday music)
Park City
Eating Establishment (Hungry Miner Breakfast, chicken fried steak)
Historic Miners Hospital
Factory Stores at Park City
Christmas on Main Street
The Grubstake (salad bar)
Easy Street Bakery (chocolate crunch torte)
Stillman Ranch (snowmobiling, restaurant)
Main Street Noodle and Pizza (gourmet pizza plus)
Promontory to Nevada border (old path of Central Pacific RR)
Roy
Burger Bar (burgers: the Ben--with bacon, double cheese w/ fry sauce, elk, buffalo, thick shakes--2 inches above cup, lime rickey--grape, lime and Sprite, fries--triple-fried (extra crispy), onion rings--w/ buttermilk; since 1956)3
Salt Lake City
Wingers (613 E 400 S)
Hatch Family Chocolates (164 E Kelsey Ave)
Anniversary Inn (sleep in covered wagon)
Bingham Canyon Mine (12-foot dump truck tire?)
Build-A-Bear Workshop (build a toy bear)
Moriarty’s Antiques and Curiosities (959 S W Temple)
Utah Museum of Natural History
Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 S 200 E)
Utah Book and Magazine (327 S Main)
Glade’s Taffy Town (55 W 800 S) (tour working candy factory)
Cummings Chocolates (M-F 9-6; Sat 10-3)
Hogle Zoo
Walmart (3 West 1350)
TJ Maxx (M-Sat 9:30-9:30, Sun 12-6)
Hires
Little America
Trolley Square
Silver Fork Lodge (11332 Big Cottonwood)
Costume Comapny
Industrial Company
Schmidt Bakery
Millcreek Canyon Trail (Grandeur P)
Snelgrove/Dreyers (burnt almond fudge ice cream)
Swiss Swinging and Yodeling Festival (June)
Western Nut Factory
Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Mus (local Greek history)
Fort Douglas Military Mus
Moochie's (Philly cheesesteak, meatball sub, homemade marinara sauce, lasagna, eggplant parmigiana; sells pottery too)
Tarquaria
Lone Star
Samak
Willow Springs Trout Farm (for kids)
St George
Dinosaur Discovery Site, Johnson Farm
Ft Pierce Dinosaur Tracks
? for the Arts
Snow Canyon (Whiterocks Trail/Lava Flow Overlook)
Rosenbruch World Wildlife Museum
Snowbird
Cliff Spa (rooftop pool, view)
Torrey
Capitol Reef National Park (Waterpocket Fold, Historica Fruita Orchards: cherries, apricots, peaches and pears)
Cafe Diablo (trout)
Wendover
Peppermill Hotel
Firebirds
Jim’s Family Rest
Orem
Costco, Walmart, Ikea
Boondocks (mini golf)
Liberty Land Fun Ctr
American Fork
Walmart
Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument
Zion National Park (Checkerboard Mesa, the Subway)
Dinosaur National Park (Split Mtn boat ramp)
Arches National Park (Devil’s Garden Trail, Fiery Furnace)
Little Deschutes River (leisurely four-mile tube ride)
Springville
Neways Summer Concert Series
Art City Trolley Restaurant
Perry
Maddox Ranch House (Deluxe Dinner Plates)
Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal- tubing
Logan
Stokes National Center
Utah St University Museum of Anthropology
Provo
Provo River (rafting)
Bridal Veil Falls
Lake Powell
Aramark (houseboating)
Cathderal in the Desert
West Canyon
Face Canyon
Hulls Canyon (narrow)
Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat Mon- The Narrows (gorge)
Ogden
Eccles Dinosaur Park and Museum
Treehouse Children’s Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum
Heber City
Homestead Resort (Crater: tunnel to hot spring)
Canyonlands National Park (Chicken Corners Trail, Potash Road, Natural Bridges National Monument, Goblin Valley State Park)
Moab
Camelot Adventure Lodge (camel trek, next to Colorado River)
Dead Horse Point State Park (sandstone promontory)
Dan O’Leary Museum
Island in the Sky Museum
Hole N' the Rock (5000 square feet home carved into cliff)
Kanab
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (tours, camping, volunteering for free)
Frontier Movie Town (Dutch oven dinners)
Kimble Junction (Parleys Canyon, Olympic Park)
Escalante
East Petrified Forest State Park
Cedar City
Utah Shakespearan Festival
Farmington
Lagoon Amusement Park
Alpine
Peppermint Place
Antelope Island State Park (Frary Park)
Vernal
National Historic Site Park Museum (14 life-size dinosaurs)
Midway
Heber Creeper (train ride)
Deer Creek Reservoir (beach, boating)
Jordanelle State Park (Rock Cliff National Center)
Green River
Gray, Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons
Dead Horse State Park (pinnacles, buttes)
Escalante
Choprock Canyon (river, slot canyons, Fence Canyon, Anasazi stairways,
Neon Canyon)
Cove Fort
Cove Fort
Delta
Great Basin Museum
Topaz Museum (Japanese-American relocation center)
U-Dig Fossils
Fairfield
Camp Floyd/ Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum
Eureka
Tintic Mining Museum
Lehi
John Hutchings Museum of Natural History (diverse collection)
Rentaltoys.com
UTForeclosed.com
Great Basin Mus
Spanish Fork
Walmart
Neways
Flying J Rest
Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Red Robin (Monster milkshake)
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Treehouse Children’s Mus
exit 248
Walmart
Thanksgiving Point
Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum (discarded belongings)
Promontory Point (orchards)
Kaysville
Utah Botanical Garden
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Aerospace Museum
?
S & S Shortline Train Park and Museum
Green River
John Wesley Powell River Historic Museum
Tooele
Utah Firefighter’s Museum and Memorial
Wendover
Historic Wendover Airfield
Draper
Boondocks Fun Center
Thanksgiving Point
IMAX, Mus of Ancient Life
South Santaquin
The Barn (ice cream, fresh fruit)
St George
Fun Zone Family Fun Center
Children’s Place Outlet
Midvale, Provo, Riverdale- Sportsman’s Warehouse
Boating
Bear Lake Willard Bay
Flaming Gorge Strawberry Lake
Utah Lake Sand Hollow
Echo, East Canyon, Rockport, Pineview Quail Creek
Glen Canyon 96 canyons
?
Rainbow Bridge Nat Mon
Kolob Canyons (scenic drive)
Coral Pink Sand Dunes St Pk
Neways
Steak and Shake
Monument Valley
Goulding's Museum (local history)
Provo
Tilt
Francis Carriage Rides
Stars and Stripes
Bridal Veil Falls
Orem
Provo Canyon
Nickelcade
Walmart exit 248
Children’s Mus of Utah
The Point (Huntsman rest)
Hellenic Cultural Mus
HQ of Church (themed gardens)
Hatch Family Chocolate (hot chocolate, ice cream; 390 4th Ave)
?
Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge
Ninepipe Wildlife Ref
Goat Creek Wildlife Trail
Sp fork Walmart exit 259 sBike
Highland Drive
Great Basin Mus
Utah
Hidden Hollow (Parley’s Canyon)
Lake Park (pond)
Spring Creek (Mill Creek)
Creekside Park (Big Cottonwood Creek)
Spencer’s Pond (walk rim trail)
Family Center
Murray City Park (Little Cottonwood Creek)
Gardner Mill (pond with ducks)
Dimple Dell Regional Park (Dry Creek)
Draper Park (picnic tables, Willow Creek)
Jordan River Parkway (fishpond)
Butterfield Park (Rose Creek)
Alpine
Peppermint Place
Midway
Glockenspiel
Snowbird
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort (Sunday brunches)
St George Public Library- Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid history on walls
Grafton, Ut
Smithsonian Butte Road Scenic Backway
Upper Calf Creek Falls Utah Rt 12
UT
Jones Hole Fish Hatchery
Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Treehouse Children’s Mus
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Flying J Rest
Red Robin (monster milkshake)
SLC
The Scone Cutter
K2 Church
Alpine Slide
PC
Blanding/Kanab
John Atlantic Burr Ferry
Snowbasin UT
LA hotel
West Valley City, UT
Redwood Drive-In Theatre (ages 9 and under free)
SLC
Wienerschnitzel
Granato Italian Deli
Pioneer Theater
Training Table
Curtelli's (sp?) Bakery
Lone Star Taqueria (tacos: salmon, halibut, shark; carne adovada?,
Provo UT
Provo City Cemetery (television creator Philo Farnsworth's grave)
SLC
Red Iguana
Snowbird
Cliff Lodge (rooftop pool)
Canyon and National Park (over 2000 arches in area size of Philadelphia; Surprise Arch--discovered 30 yrs after being named a park; Needles; the Maze)
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell)
Salt Flats
Famington Bay Bird Refuge
Children’s Museum of Utah
Hansen Planetarium
Huntsman Center
Social Hall Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Museum
International Peace Garden Festival (August)
Movies 10- SLC (13th E at I-80, $1 matinees)
Redwood Drive-In
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Rocky Mountain Grill
HQ of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (35 acres of themed gardens, free tours)
Conference Center (4-acre authentic prairie on roof, waterfall, view of city)
Quail Creek
Olympic Park (bobsled rides, alpine slide)
Silver Lake
Lake Powell (best for boating in fall)
Hanksville
Goblin Valley (rock formations)
Huntsville
Red Rock Ranch
?Thrifty Car Sales 702 S Main, SLC
Midway
The Crater (largest and deepest hot spring; travel thru 100 ft underground tunnel; warm-water scuba diving)
Murray
Willow Pond (for kids)
Utah Fun Dome (amusement park)
Marty Slack's Christmas Display (thousands of lighted decorations timed to holiday music)
Park City
Eating Establishment (Hungry Miner Breakfast, chicken fried steak)
Historic Miners Hospital
Factory Stores at Park City
Christmas on Main Street
The Grubstake (salad bar)
Easy Street Bakery (chocolate crunch torte)
Stillman Ranch (snowmobiling, restaurant)
Main Street Noodle and Pizza (gourmet pizza plus)
Promontory to Nevada border (old path of Central Pacific RR)
Roy
Burger Bar (burgers: the Ben--with bacon, double cheese w/ fry sauce, elk, buffalo, thick shakes--2 inches above cup, lime rickey--grape, lime and Sprite, fries--triple-fried (extra crispy), onion rings--w/ buttermilk; since 1956)3
Salt Lake City
Wingers (613 E 400 S)
Hatch Family Chocolates (164 E Kelsey Ave)
Anniversary Inn (sleep in covered wagon)
Bingham Canyon Mine (12-foot dump truck tire?)
Build-A-Bear Workshop (build a toy bear)
Moriarty’s Antiques and Curiosities (959 S W Temple)
Utah Museum of Natural History
Ken Sanders Rare Books (268 S 200 E)
Utah Book and Magazine (327 S Main)
Glade’s Taffy Town (55 W 800 S) (tour working candy factory)
Cummings Chocolates (M-F 9-6; Sat 10-3)
Hogle Zoo
Walmart (3 West 1350)
TJ Maxx (M-Sat 9:30-9:30, Sun 12-6)
Hires
Little America
Trolley Square
Silver Fork Lodge (11332 Big Cottonwood)
Costume Comapny
Industrial Company
Schmidt Bakery
Millcreek Canyon Trail (Grandeur P)
Snelgrove/Dreyers (burnt almond fudge ice cream)
Swiss Swinging and Yodeling Festival (June)
Western Nut Factory
Girl Scouts of Utah Heritage Museum
Hellenic Cultural Mus (local Greek history)
Fort Douglas Military Mus
Moochie's (Philly cheesesteak, meatball sub, homemade marinara sauce, lasagna, eggplant parmigiana; sells pottery too)
Tarquaria
Lone Star
Samak
Willow Springs Trout Farm (for kids)
St George
Dinosaur Discovery Site, Johnson Farm
Ft Pierce Dinosaur Tracks
? for the Arts
Snow Canyon (Whiterocks Trail/Lava Flow Overlook)
Rosenbruch World Wildlife Museum
Snowbird
Cliff Spa (rooftop pool, view)
Torrey
Capitol Reef National Park (Waterpocket Fold, Historica Fruita Orchards: cherries, apricots, peaches and pears)
Cafe Diablo (trout)
Wendover
Peppermill Hotel
Firebirds
Jim’s Family Rest
Orem
Costco, Walmart, Ikea
Boondocks (mini golf)
Liberty Land Fun Ctr
American Fork
Walmart
Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument
Zion National Park (Checkerboard Mesa, the Subway)
Dinosaur National Park (Split Mtn boat ramp)
Arches National Park (Devil’s Garden Trail, Fiery Furnace)
Little Deschutes River (leisurely four-mile tube ride)
Springville
Neways Summer Concert Series
Art City Trolley Restaurant
Perry
Maddox Ranch House (Deluxe Dinner Plates)
Logan, Hyde Park, Smithfield Canal- tubing
Logan
Stokes National Center
Utah St University Museum of Anthropology
Provo
Provo River (rafting)
Bridal Veil Falls
Lake Powell
Aramark (houseboating)
Cathderal in the Desert
West Canyon
Face Canyon
Hulls Canyon (narrow)
Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat Mon- The Narrows (gorge)
Ogden
Eccles Dinosaur Park and Museum
Treehouse Children’s Museum
Hill Aerospace Museum
Heber City
Homestead Resort (Crater: tunnel to hot spring)
Canyonlands National Park (Chicken Corners Trail, Potash Road, Natural Bridges National Monument, Goblin Valley State Park)
Moab
Camelot Adventure Lodge (camel trek, next to Colorado River)
Dead Horse Point State Park (sandstone promontory)
Dan O’Leary Museum
Island in the Sky Museum
Hole N' the Rock (5000 square feet home carved into cliff)
Kanab
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (tours, camping, volunteering for free)
Frontier Movie Town (Dutch oven dinners)
Kimble Junction (Parleys Canyon, Olympic Park)
Escalante
East Petrified Forest State Park
Cedar City
Utah Shakespearan Festival
Farmington
Lagoon Amusement Park
Alpine
Peppermint Place
Antelope Island State Park (Frary Park)
Vernal
National Historic Site Park Museum (14 life-size dinosaurs)
Midway
Heber Creeper (train ride)
Deer Creek Reservoir (beach, boating)
Jordanelle State Park (Rock Cliff National Center)
Green River
Gray, Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons
Dead Horse State Park (pinnacles, buttes)
Escalante
Choprock Canyon (river, slot canyons, Fence Canyon, Anasazi stairways,
Neon Canyon)
Cove Fort
Cove Fort
Delta
Great Basin Museum
Topaz Museum (Japanese-American relocation center)
U-Dig Fossils
Fairfield
Camp Floyd/ Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum
Eureka
Tintic Mining Museum
Lehi
John Hutchings Museum of Natural History (diverse collection)
Rentaltoys.com
UTForeclosed.com
Great Basin Mus
Spanish Fork
Walmart
Neways
Flying J Rest
Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Red Robin (Monster milkshake)
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Treehouse Children’s Mus
exit 248
Walmart
Thanksgiving Point
Donner-Reed Pioneer Museum (discarded belongings)
Promontory Point (orchards)
Kaysville
Utah Botanical Garden
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Aerospace Museum
?
S & S Shortline Train Park and Museum
Green River
John Wesley Powell River Historic Museum
Tooele
Utah Firefighter’s Museum and Memorial
Wendover
Historic Wendover Airfield
Draper
Boondocks Fun Center
Thanksgiving Point
IMAX, Mus of Ancient Life
South Santaquin
The Barn (ice cream, fresh fruit)
St George
Fun Zone Family Fun Center
Children’s Place Outlet
Midvale, Provo, Riverdale- Sportsman’s Warehouse
Boating
Bear Lake Willard Bay
Flaming Gorge Strawberry Lake
Utah Lake Sand Hollow
Echo, East Canyon, Rockport, Pineview Quail Creek
Glen Canyon 96 canyons
?
Rainbow Bridge Nat Mon
Kolob Canyons (scenic drive)
Coral Pink Sand Dunes St Pk
Neways
Steak and Shake
Monument Valley
Goulding's Museum (local history)
Provo
Tilt
Francis Carriage Rides
Stars and Stripes
Bridal Veil Falls
Orem
Provo Canyon
Nickelcade
Walmart exit 248
Children’s Mus of Utah
The Point (Huntsman rest)
Hellenic Cultural Mus
HQ of Church (themed gardens)
Hatch Family Chocolate (hot chocolate, ice cream; 390 4th Ave)
?
Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge
Ninepipe Wildlife Ref
Goat Creek Wildlife Trail
Sp fork Walmart exit 259 sBike
Highland Drive
Great Basin Mus
Utah
Hidden Hollow (Parley’s Canyon)
Lake Park (pond)
Spring Creek (Mill Creek)
Creekside Park (Big Cottonwood Creek)
Spencer’s Pond (walk rim trail)
Family Center
Murray City Park (Little Cottonwood Creek)
Gardner Mill (pond with ducks)
Dimple Dell Regional Park (Dry Creek)
Draper Park (picnic tables, Willow Creek)
Jordan River Parkway (fishpond)
Butterfield Park (Rose Creek)
Alpine
Peppermint Place
Midway
Glockenspiel
Snowbird
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort (Sunday brunches)
St George Public Library- Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid history on walls
Grafton, Ut
Smithsonian Butte Road Scenic Backway
Upper Calf Creek Falls Utah Rt 12
UT
Jones Hole Fish Hatchery
Fantasy Acres Miniatures
Treehouse Children’s Mus
Nora Eccles Harrison Mus of Art
Flying J Rest
Red Robin (monster milkshake)
SLC
The Scone Cutter
K2 Church
Alpine Slide
PC
Blanding/Kanab
John Atlantic Burr Ferry
Snowbasin UT
LA hotel
West Valley City, UT
Redwood Drive-In Theatre (ages 9 and under free)
SLC
Wienerschnitzel
Granato Italian Deli
Pioneer Theater
Training Table
Curtelli's (sp?) Bakery
Lone Star Taqueria (tacos: salmon, halibut, shark; carne adovada?,
Provo UT
Provo City Cemetery (television creator Philo Farnsworth's grave)
SLC
Red Iguana
Snowbird
Cliff Lodge (rooftop pool)
Canyon and National Park (over 2000 arches in area size of Philadelphia; Surprise Arch--discovered 30 yrs after being named a park; Needles; the Maze)
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Lake Powell)
Texas
TEXAS!
Adrian
Mid Point Cafe (1/2 way between Chicago and LA on Route 66; memorabilia; pie)
Alpine
Museum of Big Bend
Holland Hotel (food)
Amarillo
The Big Texan (72 oz steak free if eaten in one hour)
Cadillac Ranch (real ones buried in ground)
Coyotte Bluff
Stockyard Cattle (chicken fried steak)3
Arlington
J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill (Irish Nachos--with potatoes)3
baseball
Austin
Zilker Peak--Barton Springs (spring-led pool)
Dorest 221 Truck Stop (3-egg omelette and chicken fried steak)
Amy’s Ice Cream
Upper Guadalupe River (tube near cypress trees and limestone cliffs)
McKinney Falls State Park (Homestead Trail, Onion River)
O. Henry Home and Museum
Royers (betw Austin and Houston; Tollhouse pie--877-866-7437)
Magnolia Cafe (breakfast 24/7: many omelettes, polenta, Texas Benedict, gingerbread pancakes, blackened salmon, jambalaya in red pepper, eggs florentine)3
Green Mesquite (that wood used; chopped beef, brisket, spare ribs, pulled pork, smoked turkey/chicken/sausage, Texas jambalaya, Bubba tacos, wings, fried okra, chicken fried steak)3
Maria's Taco Xpress
Juan in a Million (tacos)
Roundrock Donuts (regular and Texas-sized)3
Big Bend National Park
Saint Elena Canyon (only 30 feet separates US from Mexico; canoeing)
Corpus Christi
Crystal’s Confectionary Bar (dessert hat)
Museum of Science and History
Texas Maritime Museum
Padre Island (beach, longest barrier island in world, sea turtles)
Matagorda Island State Park (beach camping, dunes, no cars)
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (McKittrick Trail, year-round stream)
Big Bend National Park (float down Rio Grande, Window Trail, Lost Mine Trail, birds, Outer Mountain Loop- best view)
Lajitas
teepee-style picnic shelters (12 miles west)
Santa Elena Canyon (walk down to river, rafting)
Dallas
McDonald's (happy meal playground design)
Mustang Donuts (chocolate cream)
Dallas-Ft Worth Airport (American Airlines CR Smith Museum, south end)
Texas State Fair (largest fair and largest Ferris Wheel in country; fried everything: peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwich; Coca-Cola-- batter with syrup, whip cream, cinnamon sugar, cherry; pineapple with coconut on frozen nitrogen--vapor coming out of nose; alligator on a stick)3
Avila's (Mexican; former house; possole soup, brisket gorditas)3
East Dallas
Twisted Root Burger (guests called by character, ie., Grinch, Wily E Coyote; deep-fried pickles, onion rings, homemade ketchup, root beer float)3
El Paso (best in December)
Fabens
Cattleman's Steakhouse (at Indian Cliff's Ranch--Exit 49 off Interstate 10; since 1973)
Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
Fredericksburg
300 B&Bs
Dietz Bakery
Enchanted Rock State National Area (400-ft pink granite)
Fredericksburg Herb Farm (bed-and-breakfast, restaurant and store)
Fort Worth
Fred's Texas Cafe (rib eye steak, spicy lamb stew with green chili--seasonal, cheeseburgers, chicken fried steak)3
The Lonesome Dove (urban Western cuisine: rabbit/rattlesnake sausage, red deer rib chop)3
Galveston
Lone Star Flight Museum (military planes)
Moody Gardens (aquarium, IMAX)
Seawolf Park (WWI submarine)
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum (on actual working oil rig)
Railroad Museum (large collection)
Galveston County Historical Museum (1900 hurricane)
Harlingen
Confederate Air Force Museum
Houston
Goode Company (Brazos bottom pie)
Big Thicket Natural Preserve (Turkey Creek Trail)
Space Center Houston (Level 9 tour, mission control, touch the moon--part of it)
Katz’s Delicatessan (shakes)
Rothko Chapel (displayed artwork of modern artist Mark Rothko)
The Orange Show (one man’s tribute to the fruit at his house)
Rocket Park (see an actual one)
Williams Waterwall (especially pretty at night)
Museum District (12 museums including Health and Medical Science, Children’s, Zoo, and Natural Science, Holocaust)
Air Terminal Museum
San Jacinto State Park (battleship, view from obelisk)
National Museum of Funeral History
Brazos State Park (bird and alligator-viewing)
Anahuac Wildlife Natural Refuge (bird and alligator-viewing)
Buffalo Bayou
Barker Reservoir
King’s Orchard (pick-your-own)
Houston Fire Museum (old firefighting station)
The Beer Can House (folk art)
Royers Roundtop Cafe (pies, not-too-sweet pecan pie)
The Toffee Company (handmade)
Ouisie’s Table (veal, sauteed duck breast in maple syrup, quail, dove)
Hank's Ice Cream Parlor (unusual varieties: apple pie, banana pudding)
Edie's (burgers, Texas chicken hash)
Kenny and Ziggy's (New York-style deli; Jewish comfort food: matso ball soup, mish mash soup, Jewish wontons; sandwiches: pastrami, corned beef, Reuben)3
Humble
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Lake Jackson
Cajun Greek (food)
Laredo
Llano
Cooper’s Old-Time Pit Bar-B-Q (Bush 43’s favorite barbecue)
Headhunter’s (slawburger, orange and lemon soda)
Lockhart
official BBQ capital of Texas
Smitty's Market (since 1900; sausage, served on butcher paper)3
Kreuse Market
Black's BBQ (since 1932--oldest barbecue restaurant in Texas owned by same family; brisket, pork sausage)3
Marathon
Gage Hotel (1928, Western furnishings, Italianate pool)
Green Gulch Road (winding and high)
Medina
Love Creek Orchards (apple everything in store, 5 lbs of apples in each pie)
Pittsburg
Old Europe Bulgarian Restaurant (sliced pork and fruit)
New Braunfels
Schlitterbahn (water park)
New Braunfels Smokehouse (restaurant and store)
Richmond
George Ranch Historic Park (experience lives of TX pioneers, Mexicans, blacks and Victorians)
Round Rock
Round Rock Donuts (drive-thru; since 1940)
Ruidosa
Chinati Hot Springs (cheap natural spa)
San Antonio
Little Hipps
Liberty Bar
Circle V-Bharre Ranch (wild game farm; owners of Mikeska's BBQ--throughout Texas; the "First Family of Texas barbecue"; lamb breast, sweetbreads, sausages, dove wrapped with bacon)3
The Cove (car wash; food)
Lulu's Bakery and Cafe (chicken fried steak, huge cinnamon rolls--3.5 lbs)
Alamo (historical fort)
Big Lou's Pizza (home of 42" pie)
Chunky's Burgers and More (varieties: pineapple, avocado, jalepeno)
San Marcos
Springlake, San Marcos River (canoeing and tubing)
Aquarena Springs (waterpark resort)
Wonder World Cavern (tour, wildlife park, AntiGravity House)
Natural Bridge Cavern
Rudy’s (barbecue, sause)
Dinner Barge (on San Antonio River)
Mi Tierra Bakery (kampachano--sweet potato pie, pecan pralines)
Taco Taco
?Mac and Ernie’s (goat, chocolate pie, setting- a real parking lot )
South Padre Island
Beachcomber’s Museum
Tarpley (population--50)
Mac & Ernie's (goat burger, chicken-fried filet mignon)3
Taylor
Louis Muller Barbeque
Terlingua
Hungry Javelina (tacos)
Starlight Theater Restaurant (old movie house)
Tomball
Goodson's (large chicken fried steak with cream-based gravy, rolls)3
Uvalde
Live Oaks (no sign; best tortitas in Texas, sweetbreads)3
Wautaga
Chef Point Cafe (bread pudding, duck l'orange, seafood ciopini, rib eye, crab-stuffed pork chops, lobster bisque; in a gas station)3
Woodville
Big Thicket National Preserve
?
Hueco Tanks
boulder climbing
Monahans Sandhills State Park (sand dunes- sled and camp)
Cadillac Ranch
Carorollton’s Stone Works (tallest indoor climbing gym in world)
Aldo’s Resaurant (zebra and elk)
Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
Balmorhea State Park (huge spring-fed swimming pool)
Adrian
Mid Point Cafe (1/2 way between Chicago and LA on Route 66; memorabilia; pie)
Alpine
Museum of Big Bend
Holland Hotel (food)
Amarillo
The Big Texan (72 oz steak free if eaten in one hour)
Cadillac Ranch (real ones buried in ground)
Coyotte Bluff
Stockyard Cattle (chicken fried steak)3
Arlington
J. Gilligan's Bar and Grill (Irish Nachos--with potatoes)3
baseball
Austin
Zilker Peak--Barton Springs (spring-led pool)
Dorest 221 Truck Stop (3-egg omelette and chicken fried steak)
Amy’s Ice Cream
Upper Guadalupe River (tube near cypress trees and limestone cliffs)
McKinney Falls State Park (Homestead Trail, Onion River)
O. Henry Home and Museum
Royers (betw Austin and Houston; Tollhouse pie--877-866-7437)
Magnolia Cafe (breakfast 24/7: many omelettes, polenta, Texas Benedict, gingerbread pancakes, blackened salmon, jambalaya in red pepper, eggs florentine)3
Green Mesquite (that wood used; chopped beef, brisket, spare ribs, pulled pork, smoked turkey/chicken/sausage, Texas jambalaya, Bubba tacos, wings, fried okra, chicken fried steak)3
Maria's Taco Xpress
Juan in a Million (tacos)
Roundrock Donuts (regular and Texas-sized)3
Big Bend National Park
Saint Elena Canyon (only 30 feet separates US from Mexico; canoeing)
Corpus Christi
Crystal’s Confectionary Bar (dessert hat)
Museum of Science and History
Texas Maritime Museum
Padre Island (beach, longest barrier island in world, sea turtles)
Matagorda Island State Park (beach camping, dunes, no cars)
Guadalupe Mountains National Park (McKittrick Trail, year-round stream)
Big Bend National Park (float down Rio Grande, Window Trail, Lost Mine Trail, birds, Outer Mountain Loop- best view)
Lajitas
teepee-style picnic shelters (12 miles west)
Santa Elena Canyon (walk down to river, rafting)
Dallas
McDonald's (happy meal playground design)
Mustang Donuts (chocolate cream)
Dallas-Ft Worth Airport (American Airlines CR Smith Museum, south end)
Texas State Fair (largest fair and largest Ferris Wheel in country; fried everything: peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwich; Coca-Cola-- batter with syrup, whip cream, cinnamon sugar, cherry; pineapple with coconut on frozen nitrogen--vapor coming out of nose; alligator on a stick)3
Avila's (Mexican; former house; possole soup, brisket gorditas)3
East Dallas
Twisted Root Burger (guests called by character, ie., Grinch, Wily E Coyote; deep-fried pickles, onion rings, homemade ketchup, root beer float)3
El Paso (best in December)
Fabens
Cattleman's Steakhouse (at Indian Cliff's Ranch--Exit 49 off Interstate 10; since 1973)
Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
Fredericksburg
300 B&Bs
Dietz Bakery
Enchanted Rock State National Area (400-ft pink granite)
Fredericksburg Herb Farm (bed-and-breakfast, restaurant and store)
Fort Worth
Fred's Texas Cafe (rib eye steak, spicy lamb stew with green chili--seasonal, cheeseburgers, chicken fried steak)3
The Lonesome Dove (urban Western cuisine: rabbit/rattlesnake sausage, red deer rib chop)3
Galveston
Lone Star Flight Museum (military planes)
Moody Gardens (aquarium, IMAX)
Seawolf Park (WWI submarine)
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum (on actual working oil rig)
Railroad Museum (large collection)
Galveston County Historical Museum (1900 hurricane)
Harlingen
Confederate Air Force Museum
Houston
Goode Company (Brazos bottom pie)
Big Thicket Natural Preserve (Turkey Creek Trail)
Space Center Houston (Level 9 tour, mission control, touch the moon--part of it)
Katz’s Delicatessan (shakes)
Rothko Chapel (displayed artwork of modern artist Mark Rothko)
The Orange Show (one man’s tribute to the fruit at his house)
Rocket Park (see an actual one)
Williams Waterwall (especially pretty at night)
Museum District (12 museums including Health and Medical Science, Children’s, Zoo, and Natural Science, Holocaust)
Air Terminal Museum
San Jacinto State Park (battleship, view from obelisk)
National Museum of Funeral History
Brazos State Park (bird and alligator-viewing)
Anahuac Wildlife Natural Refuge (bird and alligator-viewing)
Buffalo Bayou
Barker Reservoir
King’s Orchard (pick-your-own)
Houston Fire Museum (old firefighting station)
The Beer Can House (folk art)
Royers Roundtop Cafe (pies, not-too-sweet pecan pie)
The Toffee Company (handmade)
Ouisie’s Table (veal, sauteed duck breast in maple syrup, quail, dove)
Hank's Ice Cream Parlor (unusual varieties: apple pie, banana pudding)
Edie's (burgers, Texas chicken hash)
Kenny and Ziggy's (New York-style deli; Jewish comfort food: matso ball soup, mish mash soup, Jewish wontons; sandwiches: pastrami, corned beef, Reuben)3
Humble
Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
Lake Jackson
Cajun Greek (food)
Laredo
Llano
Cooper’s Old-Time Pit Bar-B-Q (Bush 43’s favorite barbecue)
Headhunter’s (slawburger, orange and lemon soda)
Lockhart
official BBQ capital of Texas
Smitty's Market (since 1900; sausage, served on butcher paper)3
Kreuse Market
Black's BBQ (since 1932--oldest barbecue restaurant in Texas owned by same family; brisket, pork sausage)3
Marathon
Gage Hotel (1928, Western furnishings, Italianate pool)
Green Gulch Road (winding and high)
Medina
Love Creek Orchards (apple everything in store, 5 lbs of apples in each pie)
Pittsburg
Old Europe Bulgarian Restaurant (sliced pork and fruit)
New Braunfels
Schlitterbahn (water park)
New Braunfels Smokehouse (restaurant and store)
Richmond
George Ranch Historic Park (experience lives of TX pioneers, Mexicans, blacks and Victorians)
Round Rock
Round Rock Donuts (drive-thru; since 1940)
Ruidosa
Chinati Hot Springs (cheap natural spa)
San Antonio
Little Hipps
Liberty Bar
Circle V-Bharre Ranch (wild game farm; owners of Mikeska's BBQ--throughout Texas; the "First Family of Texas barbecue"; lamb breast, sweetbreads, sausages, dove wrapped with bacon)3
The Cove (car wash; food)
Lulu's Bakery and Cafe (chicken fried steak, huge cinnamon rolls--3.5 lbs)
Alamo (historical fort)
Big Lou's Pizza (home of 42" pie)
Chunky's Burgers and More (varieties: pineapple, avocado, jalepeno)
San Marcos
Springlake, San Marcos River (canoeing and tubing)
Aquarena Springs (waterpark resort)
Wonder World Cavern (tour, wildlife park, AntiGravity House)
Natural Bridge Cavern
Rudy’s (barbecue, sause)
Dinner Barge (on San Antonio River)
Mi Tierra Bakery (kampachano--sweet potato pie, pecan pralines)
Taco Taco
?Mac and Ernie’s (goat, chocolate pie, setting- a real parking lot )
South Padre Island
Beachcomber’s Museum
Tarpley (population--50)
Mac & Ernie's (goat burger, chicken-fried filet mignon)3
Taylor
Louis Muller Barbeque
Terlingua
Hungry Javelina (tacos)
Starlight Theater Restaurant (old movie house)
Tomball
Goodson's (large chicken fried steak with cream-based gravy, rolls)3
Uvalde
Live Oaks (no sign; best tortitas in Texas, sweetbreads)3
Wautaga
Chef Point Cafe (bread pudding, duck l'orange, seafood ciopini, rib eye, crab-stuffed pork chops, lobster bisque; in a gas station)3
Woodville
Big Thicket National Preserve
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Hueco Tanks
boulder climbing
Monahans Sandhills State Park (sand dunes- sled and camp)
Cadillac Ranch
Carorollton’s Stone Works (tallest indoor climbing gym in world)
Aldo’s Resaurant (zebra and elk)
Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
Balmorhea State Park (huge spring-fed swimming pool)
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