Northwest
Idaho
1. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
2. Idaho Potato Country – including the Idaho Potato Museum, City of Blackfoot
3. Arco and EBR-I (Experimental Breeder Reactor I Museum), Atomic City
4. Shoshone Falls and the City of Twin Falls
Mid-Pacific
California
1. Sierra Nevada: Yosemite National Park (a World Heritage Site) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
2. Deserts and Inland Empire: Joshua Tree National Park, Inland Empire, and old Route 66
4. Central Coast: Monterey Peninsula, Pinnacles National Park, Route 1 Big Sur Coast (including Garrapata State Park and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park)
5. Los Angeles
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
3. Devils Tower National Monument
4. Cody – Rodeo Capital of the World – The Cowboy State
5. Cheyenne
Other: Rocky Mountain headwaters national forests (e.g., Shoshone National Forest)
Colorado
1. Rocky Mountain National Park
2. Mesa Verde National Park – a World Heritage Site
3. Dinosaur National Monument and the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway National Scenic Byway (shared with Utah) – Colorful Colorado
4. San Juan Mountains: San Juan National Forest, San Juan Skyway All-American Road (from Silverton to Ouray it is known as the Million Dollar Highway)
5. Colorado Ski Country (e.g., Vail) – Ski Country USA, Switzerland of America
Utah
2. Salt Lake City and the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, including This Is The Place Heritage Park (a former state park)
3. Bonneville Salt Flats (BLM Recreation Area)
Note: Dinosaur National Monument is listed under Colorado.
Note: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is listed under Arizona.
Nevada
1. Las Vegas and the Strip
2. Hoover Dam and Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Southwest
Arizona
1. Grand Canyon National Park – a World Heritage Site
2. Petrified Forest National Park – including Painted Desert
3. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park
4. Arizona portion of old Route 66
New Mexico
1. Chaco Culture National Historical Park – a World Heritage Site
2. Carlsbad Caverns National Park – a World Heritage Site
3. Santa Fe
4. Albuquerque and Petroglyph National Monument, plus old Route 66
5. Roswell and the International UFO Museum
Texas
1. San Antonio and Texas Hill Country
3. Houston and Painted Churches
4. Palo Duro Canyon State Park and Texas portion of old Route 66
Oklahoma
1. Oklahoma portion old Route 66
2. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma City National Memorial, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, and the Oklahoma State Capitol
3. Red Rock Canyon State Park
Great Plains
North Dakota
1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park
2. City of Medora
3. State Capital: Bismarck
South Dakota
2. Mount Rushmore National Memorial
5. Deadwood
Others: Crazy Horse Memorial, Mammoth Site and the City of Hot Springs, Jewel Cave National Monument, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, Wall Drug, and Mitchell Corn Palace
Nebraska
1. Chimney Rock National Historic Site
2. Scotts Bluff National Monument
3. State Capital: Lincoln
Kansas
1. Kansas portion of old Route 66
Iowa
1. Iowa City
Missouri
1. Saint Louis and Gateway Arch National Park (former Jefferson National Expansion Memorial)
2. Missouri portion of old Route 66
3. City of Saint Charles Historic District
Great Lakes
Michigan
1. Mackinac
2. Sleeping Bear Country and Traverse City
3. Michigan Riviera and Grand Rapids
4. MotorCities National Heritage Area (Detroit, Flint, etc.)
5. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Others: Copper Country, Tahquamenon Falls State Park, White Pine Country, The Thumb, and Escanaba Country, plus U.S. Route 12 Heritage Trail Byway
Wisconsin
1. Door County
2. Wisconsin Dells and the Dells of the Wisconsin River State Natural Area
4. Devil’s Lake State Park
5. Aldo Leopold Foundation
Others: Circus World Museum, Mineral Point, and House on the Rock
Minnesota
2. Big Ole the Big Viking Statue
Illinois
1. Chicago
3. Illinois’ Great River Road
4. Illinois portion of old Route 66
5. Illinois’ Ohio River Scenic Byway: Fort Defiance State Park and the City of Cairo
Indiana
1. Indiana Dunes National Park and State Park
2. Parke County Covered Bridges
3. Indianapolis: Indianapolis 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, and the Indiana State Capitol
4. Brown County State Park and Town of Nashville, plus the architecture of Columbus
5. South Bend, Saint Joseph County
Others: Falls of the Ohio State Park, New Albany, and Wabash
Ohio
1. Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park – World Heritage Tentative List
2. Serpent Mound State Memorial and Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – both on the World Heritage Tentative List
3. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
4. Cleveland – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Northeast
Maine
1. Baxter State Park (including Mount Katahdin – the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail)
4. Maine Lobster Festival – Rockland
5. Maine Lighthouses (e.g., Indian Island Light in Rockport)
Others: Audubon Puffin Cruise – Eastern Egg Rock
Vermont
Connecticut
1. State Capital: Hartford
Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania
1. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater – World Heritage Tentative List
2. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
3. Fort Necessity National Battlefield
4. Borough of Ohiopyle and Ohiopyle State Park
New Jersey
1. High Point State Park
Maryland
1. Baltimore: Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore Inner Harbor – USS Constellation
2. Annapolis – Home of the Maryland State House and the U.S. Naval Academy
Washington, DC
1. Capitol Hill: U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court Building, Library of Congress, and U.S. Botanic Garden
2. The White House: Lafayette Square, President’s Park, The Ellipse, and Pershing Park
3. Lincoln Memorial and the Reflecting Pool
4. Washington Monument and the National Mall
5. Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin memorials (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, etc.)
Others: National World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, National Archives, Smithsonian, and National Gallery of Art
Virginia
1. George Washington’s Mount Vernon – World Heritage Tentative List
2. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville – a World Heritage Site
3. Shenandoah National Park (including part of the Appalachian Trail)
South Central
Kentucky
1. Louisville: Belle of Louisville Riverboat
2. Bluegrass Country
3. Mammoth Cave National Park – a World Heritage Site
4. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
5. Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Others: Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, Carter Caves State Resort Park, Shaker Museum at South Union, Lost River Cave at Bowling Green, and Hidden River Cave at the City of Horse Cave
Tennessee
1. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (including part of the Appalachian Trail) – a World Heritage Site
2. Nashville – Music City: Music Row, Ryman Auditorium, Fort Nashborough, The Grand Ole Opry, and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, plus neighboring small town gem of Franklin
Listed under Mississippi: Natchez Trace Parkway (a National Park Service unit)
Arkansas
2. Arkansas Post National Memorial
Louisiana
1. New Orleans
2. Bayou Country (e.g., Barataria Preserve at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve)
Mississippi
1. Natchez and the Natchez National Historical Park
2. Natchez Trace Parkway (a National Park Service unit)
3. Indian Mounds of Mississippi (e.g., Emerald Mound and Grand Village of the Natchez State Historic Site)
4. Vicksburg National Military Park and USS Cairo Museum
Alabama
1. Civil Rights Movement Sites (e.g., Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail and Selma to Montgomery March Byway All-American Road)