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50 States Bucket List

Last Updated: Apr 5, 2026
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50 States Bucket List

Selling decals to every corner of the country gave us the travel bug. In March 2024 we started the 50 States Bucket List (originally “50 States in 50 Weeks,” but who’s counting?). We had each seen 20+ states on our own over the years, but this time we’re doing it from scratch as a family.

Our Journey So Far

33/50
States Visited
12+
Trips Completed
7/63
National Parks
18/42
Landmarks
9/15
Adventures
10,551+
Miles Traveled

The Trips

Trip 1
FL

Key West & Everglades

  • The Florida Keys (family favorite!)
  • Southernmost Point & Mile Marker 0
  • Everglades NP & beach camping at Boyd's
Trip 2
FL

Big Cypress Preserve

  • Lake Okeechobee (largest lake in FL)
  • Smallest Post Office in USA
  • Seminole Tribe Land
Trip 3
GASC

Georgia & South Carolina

  • Savannah & Charleston
  • Fort Sumter (first shots of the Civil War)
  • USS Yorktown & Parris Island
Trip 4
DCMDDEWVVAPA

Washington, DC

  • Kids' first flight!
  • White House, Capitol, National Archives
  • Fort McHenry, Harper's Ferry, Liberty Bell
Trip 5
ALMSARTNNC

Memphis, Nashville & Gatlinburg

  • Memphis BBQ, Graceland, Nashville Honky Tonk
  • Great Smoky Mountains NP
  • National Civil Rights Museum
Trip 6
LA

New Orleans

  • Cafe Du Monde beignets
  • Mardi Gras World & Bourbon Street
  • City Park (bigger than Central Park!)
Trip 7
MO

St. Louis

  • Gateway Arch NP
  • City Museum (absolute must-visit!)
  • St. Louis Zoo & Ballpark Village
Trip 8
NYNJ

New York City

  • Central Park & Times Square
  • Statue of Liberty
  • One World Observatory
Trip 9
OHKYIN

Cincinnati & Kentucky

  • King's Island
  • Mammoth Cave NP
  • Louisville Slugger Museum
Trip 10
MIWIILIAMNIN

Detroit to Chicago

  • Mackinac Island & Frankenmuth
  • Michigan UP, Field of Dreams & Chicago
  • Canada (Beyond the Border!)
Trip 11
MARICTVTNHME

New England

  • Boston, Salem, Plymouth, Cape Cod
  • Acadia NP & Easternmost Point
  • Woodstock VT (most beautiful town in America)
Trip 12+
TXOK

Texas & Oklahoma

  • Flew into Dallas
  • Sullivan's Old Town BBQ
  • WinStar World Casino (largest in the world!)

Watch: Texas & Oklahoma Trip

Interactive Map

Tap any pin to see where we’ve been. Open the menu on the left to show or hide different categories.

Landmarks

We’re tracking 42 iconic American landmarks on our scratch map. Here’s where we stand.

18 of 42
Grand Ole Opry St. Louis Arch Mackinac Island New Orleans French Quarter Charleston Historic District Great Smoky Mountains NP Walt Disney World White House U.S. Capitol National Mall Liberty Bell Statue of Liberty Times Square Cape Cod Natl. Seashore Plymouth Rock Empire State Building Freedom Trail Boston Kennedy Space Center Yosemite NP Golden Gate Bridge Denali NP Space Needle Yellowstone NP Glacier NP Arches NP Grand Canyon Carlsbad Caverns The Alamo Mount Rushmore Biltmore Estate Mall of America Pacific Coast Hwy Alcatraz Mount Hood Las Vegas Strip Hoover Dam Pikes Peak Atlantic City Boardwalk Williamsburg USS Arizona Memorial Hollywood Walk of Fame Niagara Falls

Adventures

Beyond the states and landmarks, we’re also scratching off 15 adventure experiences across the country.

9 of 15
Stargaze Milky Way Cave Exploring Snow Ski / Snowboard Hike/Camp National Park Mountain Biking Snorkeling Climb a Mountain Peak Swim in Atlantic & Pacific Beyond the Border (CA/MX) NYC New Year's Eve White Water Rafting Hot Air Balloon Ride Broadway Show Zip Line Parasailing

National Parks

We have a separate scratch map for all 63 U.S. National Parks. We’re just getting started, but the Out West trip is going to be a big one for this list.

7 of 63
Acadia Everglades Gateway Arch Great Smoky Mountains Indiana Dunes Isle Royale Mammoth Cave Arches American Samoa Badlands Big Bend Biscayne Black Canyon Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Channel Islands Congaree Crater Lake Cuyahoga Valley Death Valley Denali Dry Tortugas Gates of the Arctic Glacier Glacier Bay Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Basin Great Sand Dunes Guadalupe Mountains Haleakala Hawai'i Volcanoes Hot Springs Joshua Tree Katmai Kenai Fjords Kings Canyon Kobuk Valley Lake Clark Lassen Volcanic Mesa Verde Mount Rainier New River Gorge North Cascades Olympic Petrified Forest Pinnacles Redwood Rocky Mountain Saguaro Sequoia Shenandoah Theodore Roosevelt Virgin Islands Voyageurs White Sands Wind Cave Wrangell-St. Elias Yellowstone Yosemite Zion

What’s Next

We’ve got 11 states left to go, including a big Out West trip on the horizon that will knock out 6 states and a whole lot of National Parks. After that it’s the Pacific Northwest, Northern Plains, and eventually Alaska and Hawaii to finish the map.

This page gets updated after every trip. Follow along!

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