• Ride the inland passage ferry
• Go fishing
• Ride the Mount Roberts Tram - Juneau
• Visit Mendenhall Glacier - Juneau
• Ride the train from Anchorage to Denali or Fairbanks
• Visit the Grizzly Bears on Admirality Island

Arizona

• Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
• Saguaro National Monument, Tucson
• Grand Canyon
• Lynx Lake in Prescott, AZ  (recommended by Pat Pierce)
• Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park (recommended by Pat Pierce)
• Visit the Grand Canyon

Arkansas

• Canoe the Buffalo River

California – North

• Yosemite
• Muir Woods National Monument
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Golden Gate Park and Japanese gardens
• Monterrey Aquarium
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Exploratorium, SF
• Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose
• Six Flags Marine World, Vallejo
• Steinbeck Center, Salinas
• Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
• San Francisco Zoo
• California State Railroad Museum, Old Sacramento
• Ardenwood Farm, Fremont
• Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk
• Columbia State Historic Park
• San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
• Oakland Museum of California
• Jack London State Park, Glen Ellen
• Sarfari West, Santa Cruz
• John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez

California – South

• Joshua Tree National Park
• Disneyland
• Devil’s Pilepost National Monument

Colorado

• Go to the Top of Pike’s Peak
• Cheyenne Zoo, Colorado Springs
• Hike at the Garden of Gods, Colorado Springs
• Tinytown, Morrison
• Children’s Museum, Denver
• Railroad Museum, Golden
• Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction
• Curucanti National Recreation Area
• Aquarium, Denver
• Botanical Garden, Denver
• Sangre De Cristo Arts & Conference Center and Buell Children's Museum. Pueblo
• The Silverton – Durango railroad ride

Deleware

• Capital in Dover
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
• Delaware Toy and Miniature Museum

Florida

• Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay
• Cape Canaveral
• Everglades
• Great Explorations Children Museum, St. Petersburg
• Ringling Brothers Circus Museum, Sarasota
• Disneyworld
• Canoe the Suwannee River
• Corkscrew Swamp
• Pontoon on Crystal River

Georgia

• Explore the Okefenokee Swamp
• Visit Cumberland Island National Seashore
• Round House Railroad Museum, Savannah

Hawaii
Maui Ocean Center

Idaho

• Craters of the Moon National Monument
• Nez Perce National Historic Site
• E-Peh-Tes Powwow
• Explore Hell’s Canyon
• Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey
• Ann Morrison Park, Boise
• Bruneau Dunes Observatory, Bruneau
• Idaho Ice World, indoor skating rinks, Boise
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
• Gooding City of Rocks, Shoshone
• The trailing of the sheep festival, Ketchum
• Bird watch at Grey’s Lake NWR
• Go to a Rodeo
• Watch the rock climbers at City of Rocks National Reserve
• Yellowstone National Park

Illinois

• John Deere Museum, Moline
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
• Adler Planetarium, Chicago
• Starved Rock State Park
• Rockford Children's Museum
• Shedd Aquarium
• The Navy Pier
• New Salem historic park
• Brookfield Zoo
• Volo Bog
• Anderson Japanese Garden, Rockford
• Millenium Park
• Miller Park, Bloomington

Indiana

• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• American Super Heroes Museum

Iowa

• Field of Dreams, Dyersville
• National Toy Museum, Dyersville
• National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque
• Effigy Mounds National Monument
• Canoe the Upper Iowa River
• Anderson Prairie, Estherville
• DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri Valley
• Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie City
• Pike's Peak State Park
• National Seed Exchange
• www.prairieheritagecenter.org

Kansas
Prairie Museum of Art
Moon Marble Company

Kentucky
Center for Puppetary Arts

Louisiana

Maine

• Acadia National Park

Maryland

• Assateague Island NWR

Massachusetts

• Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield
• Cape Cod
• Fenway Park
• Harvard Museum of Natural History

Michigan

• Fernwood Botanical Gardens & Nature Preserve, Niles
• Mackinac Island Museum of Ojibwa Culture
• Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum , University Center
• Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
• Quincy Mine State Historic Site, Hancock
• Marquette Maritime Museum , Marquette
• Frazier Historic Boat House, Marquette
• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore , Munising
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, Alpen
• Tulip Festival, Holland
• Lilac Festival Mackinac Island
• Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways, Mt Pleasant
• The Dow Gardens, Midland
• Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners
• Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso
• Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, Sault Ste Marie
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
• Fisherman’s Island State Park , Charlevoix
• The Capital, Lansing
• Trolley ride through 3 National Historic Districts, Petoskey
• Ludington State Park – Big Sable Point Light Station – canoe trail
• Grand Rapids Children Museum
• Canoe Au Sable River, Grayling
• Childrens Zoo, Saginaw
• Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn
• Frankenmuth River Place Lumberjack Festival
• Air Zoo – total flight experience, Kalamazoo
• Bay City Fireworks Festival , Bay City

Minnesota

• COMO PARK
• Fort Snelling
• Canoe the BWCA
• Split Rock Lighthouse
• St. Paul Childrens Museum
• Mille Lacs Band Pow Wow
• Duluth Depot
• Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
• L.A.R.K. Toys
• Harbor Fleet, Duluth
• Itasca State Park
• Root River Bike trail
• State Capital in St. Paul
• State historical museum, St. Paul
• Snake River Fur Post, Pine City
• Edinborough Park, Edina

Mississippi

• State Capital in Jackson
• Strawberry Plains Nature Center, Holly Springs
• Rainwater Observatory, French Camp
• Museum of Natural History, Jackson
• African American Military History Museum
• Explore the Gulf Islands National Seashore
• Picnic on the Natchez Trace
• Vicksburg National Military Park

Missouri

• Hannibal and Mark Twains home
• Busch gardens, St. Louis\
• Negro Leagues Baseball Hall of Fame, Kansas City
• The Arch, St. Louis
• Canoe the Current and Jack’s Fork rivers

Montana

• Canoe the chalk cliffs of the Upper Missouri River
• Raft the Big Hole River
• Glacier National Park
• Hike in the Beartooth Mountains
• Participate in a Cattle Drive at a guest ranch
• Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede
• Home of Champions Rodeo, Red Lodge
• State Capital, Billings
• Yellowstone National Park
• Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park
• Makoshika State Park and Dinosaur Museum, Glendive
• Pictograph Cave State Park
• Carousel for Missoula
• Smoke jumpers visitor center, Missoula
• Wahkpa Chu’gun Archaeology Site, Havre
• Livingston Depot Center
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Virginia City
• Follow the Montana Dinosaur Trail for museums, diggings, and fun
• Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman

Nebraska

• Fontenelle Forest Nature Center - Bellevue, NE, -
• Niobrara Wildlife Refuge

Nevada

• Valley of Fire

New Hampshire

• Presidents Range Appalachian Trail
• New England Ski Museum

New Jersey

New Mexico

• White Sands National Monument

New York

• Adirondack Mountains
• Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• American Museum of Natural History
• Cooperstown, National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Sapsucker Woods, Cornell University

North Carolina

• Kittyhawk
• Nantahala River rafting
• Joyce Kilmer Grove of old age trees

North Dakota

• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park

Ohio

• Aullwood Nature Center, Dayton
• Football Hall of Fame, Canton
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Firefighters museum, Oklahoma City
• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City

Oregon

• High Desert Museum, Bend
• Explore the tide pools
• Visit the sea lion cave
• Crater Lake
• Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport
• Oregon Zoo, Portland
• State Capital, Salem
• White water raft
• Air and Space Museum, Eugene
• Shakespeare festival, Ashland
• Oregon Sand Dune National Recreation Area
• Hike Trail of Ten Falls/Canyon Trail in Silver Falls State Park

Pennsylvania

• State capital in Harrisburg
• Enjoy the beaches at Presque Isle State Park, Erie
• Constitution square, Philadelphia
• Delaware Canal State Park
  • Hershey’s chocolate factory visitor center
• Explore old growth forest at Cook Forest State Park
• Canoe Creek State Park Bat Colony
• Explore the dark night Sky at Cherry Springs State Park
• View the prairie and look for rattlesnakes at Jennings state park
• Explore Pine Creek Gorge – Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon
• Ride the train and bicycle at Oil Creek state Park
• Gettysburg National Battlefield
• Valley Forge

Rhode Island

• Watch a sailboat regatta

South Carolina

South Dakota

• Badlands National Park at dawn or dusk
• Custer State Park wildlife loop
• Bear Butte State Park
• Ride the Hill City train
• Devil’s Den State Park

• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
• Bat bridge in Austin
• Big Thicket
• Padre Island

• Arches National Park

• Green mountain section of Appalachian Trail

• Monticello

• Mount Ranier
• Take a ferry ride in the San Juans
• Pike’s Place Market
• Explore the rain forest in Olympic National Forest
• Tulip Festival
• Seattle Aquarium
• Seattle Music Museum