Tennessee

Dollyville, Graceland and the Country Music Hall of Fame- What's not to love?
Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls
Kate’s Cove
Mason
Gus' Fried Chicken

Memphis
Original 4-Way (soul food)
Corky’s Barbecue
The Peanut Shoppe
Rendezvous (ribs w/ dry topping, pulled pork sandwiches, barbecue;
Greek-owned)3
Payne’s BBQ (top shoulder pork barbecue sandwich)
Alcenia's (fried pork chop, catfish, pickled cabbage, spicy corn, sweet potato pie, hot water cornbread, apple butter, chicken and waffle, grits, bread pudding)3d
The Little Tea Shop (southern: cornbread, scalloped tomato, fried chicken)3d
Uncle Lou's (whole honey-dipped fried chicken, bologna and sausage, Monster burger)3
Jim Neely's Interstate BBQ (pork ribs, brisket, sausage spaghetti)
Kooky Kanuck (
Gus' Fried Chicken

Nashville
Parthenon (life-size replica complete with Athena statue)
Provence (nut cookie dipped in chocolate)
Elliston Place Soda Shop (milkshake)
Vandyland (milkshake)
Rotier’s Restaurant (hamburger)
Grand Ole Oprey
Loveless Cafe (hashbrown casserole, hominy grits, biscuits, sorghum, BBQ and eggs)3
Gaylord Opryland Resort (decked out at Christmas; massive themed ice displays, shows, largest manger scene in world, carriage rides, riverboat cruises, Gingerbread-making classes with master pastry chefs, )

Pigeon Forge
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Elvis Museum (largest collection in world)
Fantasy Golf
Air Hockey
Wild Woody
Kid's Country Track
Adventure Golf
Go-Carts
Hill-Billy Village
Dinosaur Walk Museum (50 life-size replicas)
Dollywood (Fly Away--20 ft indoor skydiving in wind tunnel)

Chattanooga
Aquariums
Children’s Discovery Museum
Hunter Museum
Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge
Nat Medal of Honor Museum of Military History

Lookout Mountain Flight Park and Training Center (trails, Olympic canoe slalom site)

Knoxville
Museum of East Tennessee

Hornby
Hungry Hillbilly Restaurant (fried peach pie)

Cherohala Skyway

Cumberland Caverns
Wild Tour (underground camping in vaulted chamber, reservations)

Sweetwater
Lost Sea (world’s largest underground lake)

Shiloh National Military Park

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Foglight Foodhouse (Cajun)

TN
Gaylord Opryland Resort (indoor "river")
General Jackson Showboat (world's largest, dinner and show

South Dakota

South Dakota

Badlands
Fossil Exhibit Trail

Harney Park (mountain goats)
Rimrock Highway (Rt 44)
State Game Lodge (buffalo; annual fall roundup)
Jewel Cave National Monument (tours- scenic, historic, spelunking)
Wind Cave National Park

Roslyn
Vinegar Museum

Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway


Custer
Flinestone RV park/campground (Bedrock City)

Rapid City
Reptile Gardens
life-sized presidential statues on streets

Deadwood
Mount Mariah Cemetery (Hickock and Calamity Jane burials)

Devil’s Tower National Monument (trails)

Gregory
Outhouse Museum


Gary
Wild Game Cookoff

Sioux Falls
Big Sioux River (waterfalls)


Wall
Wall Drug (largest drugstore in country with shooting gallery, chapel, gold igging, shop for 7500 different cowboy boots--elephant, shark, python, lizard, cowhied, bullhide), presidential soap, George Washington's cologne, look for Jackalopes, try the ice water; watch for 250 signs along highway miles away)

South Carolina

Aiken
Lobster Races (May)

Beaufort
Plums (homemade ice cream)
Mad Tea Party (lunch w/ scones, dessert)
St Helena Island
Kathleen’s Grille (back patio view)

Bishopville
Fryar's Topiary Garden (amazing)
Waffle House

Camden
Fire Festival (Sept)

Charleston
Middleton Place (landscaped gardens)
Cypress Gardens (swamp boating)
Naval and Maritime Museum (Patriots Pt)
Noisy Oyster (seafood)
Bookstore Cafe (Southern, fried green tomatoes)
Boulevard Diner (fried dill pickle)
One of a Kind Smokehouse
Charlestown Cake Lady (varieties of pound cake)
Justine’s (corn fritters, fried green tomatoes)
Magnolia's (restaurant)
Cypress Gardens (swamp boating)
Naval and Maritime Museum (Patriots Point)
Noisy Oyster (seafood)
Bookstore Cafe (Southern, fried green tomatoes)
Boulevard Diner (fried dill pickle)
One of a Kind Smokehouse
Charlestown Cake Lady (varieties of pound cake)
Justine’s (corn fritters, fried green tomatoes)
Magnolia's Restaurant
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Charleston Museum
USS Yorktown (Congressional Medal of Honor Museum)
Hominy Grill (she-crab soup, boiled peanuts, the Big Nasty- skillet-fried chicken w/ sausage gravy)3

Columbia
Congaree National Park (bald cypresses, river otters, guided canoe tours)
Cromer’s Peanuts (boiled; cotton candy, caramel corn and apples, party supplies)

Gaffney
Harold’s Restaurant (meatball chili burger, corn muffins, fatback)3

Harleyville
Francis Beidler Forest (1/2 day canoe trips, cheap)

Mount Pleasant
USS Yorktown (military history)

Myrtle Beach
Hawaiian Rumble (mini-golf course w/ largest fire-spewing volcano in country; site of mini-golf masters; 87,000 sq ft course)

Sullivan’s Island
Fort Sumter National Monument

St George
World Grits Festival and Parade (April)

Tiverton
Evelyn’s Drive-In (fried clams, chowder, lobster chow mein)3

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Edisto River Canoe and Kayak Trail (sleep in riverside tree house w/ extras)
Blenheim Ginger Ale- gold cap-mild, glass bottle

Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

Bristol
200+-year-old Fourth of July Parade (nation’s oldest continually running; 10:30)

Charlestown
East Beach/ Ninigret Conservation Area

Cumberland
Diamond Hill State Park (mineral collecting)

East Providence
Little Neck Cemetary (1600s and up)

Middletown
Del’s Soft Frozen Lemonade
Norman Bird Sanctuary (hiking--Hanging Rock?, birding)

Newport
Historical Society Museum
International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum (lunch)
Art Museum
Redwood Library and Atheneum (rare books and portraits)
Common Burial Ground (1600s and up)
Touro Cemetery (2nd-oldest Jewish one in country)

Providence
Chez Pascal (chocolate fondant)
Scialo Brothers (blueberry pies and biscotti)
RISD’s Museum of Art (Greek and Roman antiquities, French and US paintings)
Empire Restaurant (Italian, made-to-order desserts)
Solmar Restaurant (Portuguese steak w/ fried egg)
Cafe Choklad (s’mores)
RISD Store
Atheneum
J & J’s Candy Bar
North Burial Ground (1700, artistic stones)
Al Forno (golden-delicious apple tart)
Original New York System (wieners--meat sauce, onions, mustard)


Watch Hill
Napatree Beach (hiking to Fort Mansfield ruins)

Westerly
Breakheart Trail (off Rt 165)

West Glocester
George Washington Management Area (camping, swimming, fishing, boating)

Wyoming
Meadowbrook Herb Garden (tours)

S. Kingston
Pettaquamscutt River betw Lacey and Middle Bridges (canoe rentals)

Portsmouth
Green Animals Topiary Gardens (California privet)
Children’s Victorian Toy Museum

Arcadia Management Area (boating, camping, swimming, hiking

Kimball Wildlife Refuge (glacial activity- kettle holes, trails)

Pennsylavania

Pennsylvania
Ashland
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train

Clearfield
Denny's Beer Barrel Pub (from 2 lb burgers to 50 lbs)3


Gettysburg
Farnsworth House Inn (restaurant, living history tour, book shop, Civil War damage)

Harrisburg
National Civil War Museum

Hallam
Shoe House (literally)

Hatboro
Daddy Bop's (breakfast: scrapple- pork scraps and cornmeal; home fries with onions)

Hershey
Hotel Hershey (chocolate chip pancakes, dessert--obviously)

Indiana
Jimmy Stewart Museum

Intercourse
Intercourse Canning
Aaron and Jessica’s Buggy Rides
American Edge
Intercourse Village Restaurant (Amish: )
Stoltzfus Farm Restaurant (Amish: )
Plain and Fancy Farm Restaurant (Amish: )
Kitchen Kettle Village (cooking demonstrations)
Lapp’s Coach Shop (wooden toys)
Starlit Acres B&B
Dienner’s Country Rest (shoofly pie, dinner buffet)

Johnston
Flood Museum
Flood Nat Memorial

Kutztown
Remingers Antique Market (450 antique and flea-market dealers)

Lahaska
Peddler’s Village (teddy bear picnic, July)
Cock n’ Bull Restaurant (colonial dinner during holidays)

Laughlintown
Compass Inn Museum

Lititz
Sturgis Pretzel Bakery (Amish horse and buggy pretzels)
Wilbur Chocolate Candy Americana Museum


Merion
Barnes Foundation

Mount Joy
Groff’s Farm Restaurant
General Sutter Inn

Mifflinburg
Buggy Museum

Philadelphia
The Cone Guys (different ice cream cones: pretzel, chocolate)
Savona Restaurant
Termini Bros Bakery (canollis)
Farmer’s Market
Pretzel Museum
Valley Green Inn
Morimoto Restaurant (Iron Chef)
Mutter Museum (medical history)
McNally’s (leftover T-Day sandwiches every day- grilled turkey with cranberries and stuffing)
Tastebuds (cakes, eclairs)
Johnnie’s Hots (sausage and fish in hot dog bun)
Bitar’s (fried fries and vegetables in pita bread, tabouli)
Gino’s (cheesesteak inventor)
Steve’s (“whiz with”- ie., cheesesteak with onions)
Bassetts Ice Cream (40 flavors of super premium; since 1870--oldest ice cream company in US)3
Philadelphia Soft Pretzels (hand-twisted)
Morris Arboretum
Pat's King of Steaks (birthplace of cheesesteaks)
Silk City Diner (meatloaf, grilled cheese, duck spring rolls, pot stickers, duck confit, twice-fried french fries, empanadas)
The Cone Guys (different ice cream cones: pretzel, chocolate)
Savona Restaurant
Termini Bros Bakery (canollis)
Farmer’s Market
Pretzel Museum
Valley Green Inn
Morimoto Restaurant (Iron Chef)
Mutter Museum (medical history)
McNally’s (leftover T-Day sandwiches every day- grilled turkey with cranberries and stuffing)
Tastebuds (cakes, eclairs)
Johnnie’s Hots (sausage and fish in hot dog bun)
Bitar’s (fried fries and vegetables in pita bread, tabouli)
Gino’s (cheesesteak inventor)
Steve’s (“whiz with”- ie., cheesesteak with onions)
Bassetts Ice Cream (40 flavors of super premium)
Philadelphia Soft Pretzels (hand-twisted)
Morris Arboretum
(local specialties- chipped beef, chicken croquettes, scrapple)
Basset’s Ice Cream (40 super premium flavors)
Pat’s
Phil Soft Pretzels (hand-twisted)
TastyKakes

(local specialties- chipped beef, chicken croquettes, scrapple)

Pittsburgh
Stephano’s Restaurant
Primanti Brothers (corned beef sandwich w/ fries and cole slaw on it)
Parma Sausage
il Piccolo Forno (Italian bakery, almond popovers)
Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor
Enrico’s Biscotti
Reinhold’s (create your own ice cream flavor)
Froggy’s (local sports memorabilia)
Pierogis Plus (over 30 varieties)
Station Square (stores)
The Strip district (3 blocks of restaurants and cafes)
Enrico Biscotti (former mechanic’s garage, many types of biscotti, full bakery, pizza)
Sand Hill Berries (raspberry sundae)
Nadine's (sandwiches- Reubens, meatball, fried bologna; inexpensive specials, free seconds; pasta and sausage)
Crystal's (Lebanese: kibbeh--like a meatball, Mediterranean quesadilla, lamb, tabouli)
Pennsylvania Macaroni
Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of History
Great Allegheny Ride (bike/hike path)
Cafe Zao (Portuguese rest)
Pamela's P & G Diner (breakfast)
De Luca's (breakfast, mixed grill, chocolate chip hot cake sundae)
Quaker State Lube

Punxsutawney
Pantall Hotel

Reading
Jimmie Kramer's Peanut Bar and Restaurant (free peanuts--customers encouraged to throw shells on floor; since 1933)

Shartlesville
Roadside America (huge miniature village)


Strasburg
National Toy Train Museum

Uniontown
Laurel Caverns (state’s largest cave)


Wilmington
Winterthur


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Winterthur Gdns
Delaware Water Gap to Crater Lake (hike)
Allegheny River- from Kinzua Dam to Tidioute (tubing, wilderness islands)
Youghiogheny River Gorge- canoe Middle Yough
Weatherbury Farm

Oregon

There's polygon, hexagon, pentagon and... Oregon.
OREGON

Portland
Powell’s Bookstore
Children’s Museum
Oregon Maritime Museum
Oregon History Center
American Adventure Museum
Pittock Mansion
World Forestry Center
Int’l Rose Test Gardens and Japanes Garden (Washington Park)
Hoyt Arboretum
Underground Portland (secret rooms and tunnels run along waterfront)
Mus of Science and Industry
Coffee People (coffee and people watching)
Besaw’s (breakfast)
Saturday Market (also held Sundays)
Heathman Hotel’s (tea)
Jake’s Famous Crawfish/Jake’s Grill
Justa Pasta Co
Cadillac Cafe (breakfast)
Irving Park (water fountain)
Nostrana (pizzeria)
JaCiva’s (7th Heaven chocolate torte)
Granny’s Shortbread (at coffee shops, handmade, many varieties)
The Heathman Restaurant (crabcakes Benedict, sidewalk dining)
Byway’s Cafe (corned beef junkie, blue corn pancake, amaretto French toast, German chocolate cake, Key lime pie)
Otto's (since 1937; homemade hot dogs, bratwurst, 50 kinds of sausage: chicken, pork, full deli; literally grilled on sidewalk barbecue)3
Poonah's Pit (Texas bbq: ribs, brisket, pulled pork, Texas plate, lamb, smoked salmon)3
Biscuit State? (North Carolina: biscuits with huckleberry jam, sausage gravy, stewed apples, egg on top of gravy, Reggie--fried chicken and bacon, grits

Bonneville
Cascade Locks Museum

Eugene
U of Oregon Museum of Art
Air and Space Museum
Doris Ranch (hazelnut farm)
National Historic Museum
Willamette Science and Tech Center
Kennedy School (now a moviehouse and B&B)
Burnside Bridge
P. Classical Chinese Garden
Lower Macleay Park
Forest Park (heavily forested)
Ira Keller Fountain (huge)

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Edgefield
The Black Rabbit (food)

Salem
State Fair (Aug)
AC Gilbert Discovery Village and Toy Hall of Fame (erector set inventor)
Gilbert House
Child’s Museum

Tillamook- ? (Pig/ Motorcycle race?)

Takilama
Out ‘n’ About Treehouse Restaurant

Florence
Sea Lion Caves
Fly Fishing Museum
Proxy Falls
Ft Dalles Museum
Lava River Cave (lava formations, South Ice Cave, Newberry Crater)

Pendleton
Underground tours (1870s Chinese city)

Mount Adams Wilderness

Siuslaw National Forest

Columbia River Gorge

Dunes National Recreation Area

Smith Rock State Park (formations)

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Camp 18 (lumberjack meal, atmosphere)

Bandon Beach

Oregon State Park system- yurts (futon, central heat, electricity, bunk beds, wooden floors)

Caves National Monument

Baker City
National Historic Trail Interp Ctr

Newport
Oregon Coast Aquarium; Haystack Rock at Cannon Bch (tidepools);

Cascades
Three Sisters Wilderness Area (Camp Lake)

Lincoln City
Devils Lake, D River (shortest river in the world- 120 +/- feet)

Bend
Lava Cast Forest (tree molds)
Paulina Park (drive to obsidian flow)
Newberry Caldera
Tumalo Feed Co

McMinneville
Evergreen Aviation Museum (Spruce Goose)

Multnoma Falls (Columbia River Gorge--6 waterfalls)

Corvalis
Kinetic Sculpture Races (on wheels, July)
da Vinci Festival

Sherwood
Robin Hood Festival (July)

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Christmas Valley Sand Dunes
World Kite Mus and Hall of Fame
Lewis and Clark Interpretative Center
Willie Keil’s Museum
Haystack Rock (tidepools)
Enchanted Forest
John Day Fossil Beds
end of the Trail Monument
Astoria Column
Stonehenge Memorial
Maryhill Museum
Ft Vancouver
Big Lava Bed
McLoughlin House National Historic Site
Gov’t Mineral Springs
Lava Bridge
Ice Caves
John Jackson House
Burrows House Museum
Multnomah Falls (US 30; Eagle Creek Trail)

OKLAHOMA!

Where the wind comes speeping down the plane! Stick some waving wheat between your teeth and check out America's most panlike panhandle.
Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA

Arcadia
Hillbillee’s Cafe (chicken-fried steak, tater tots)

Clinton
Route 66 Museum

McAlester
World’s Only Prison Rodeo (State Prison, Sept)

Meers
Meers Store (official USGS quake-monitoring station, personal burgers)

Okarche
Eischen's (fried chicken, bread-and-butter pickles, frito chili pie, chili cheese nachos ; oldest bar in Oklahoma; sells 24,000 chickens in a month)

Oklahoma City
Leo’s BBQ (ribs, split-level strawberry-banana cake)
Crescent Market (Polish sausage)
Queen Anne Cafeteria (rhubarb bread pudding)
Mama E (pig's feet, fried catfish, chicken waffles--wings plus, ribs, neck bones, chicken and and dressing, Kool-Aid)3
Nic's Grill (breakfast, onion burger, french fries, daily specials: chicken)3

Okmulgee
Pecan Festival (June)

Vinita
Clanton’s Cafe (chicken-fried steak, calf fries, chicken and dressing, apple pie)

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Witchita Mountains