50 States, 50 Places to Visit -- What would you recommend for your state?
An article on CNN offered recommendations for 50 places to visit-- one for every state. I didn't necessarily agree with my state's offering, although it is a GREAT place to visit-- the Corvette Museum at Bowling Green, KY.
Personally, I would recommend the Kentucky Derby Museum , next to famous Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby.
Or, Mammoth Cave , and you can see both the Corvette Museum and explore the longest cave in the world! Or, take an afternoon and visit the Belle of Louisville , the last of the paddle wheel steam ships. If you want wildness, tourists can visit the Daniel Boone National Forest , or Land Between the Lakes .
The point is, there are many places to visit in all states! What are you most proud of in your state, or what would you recommend as a wonderful place to visit in your state!
Let's start our vacation planning early! If someone from NT was coming to your state for a vacation, what would you recommend?
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As more states are added, I'll add color to the map! Feel free to add to my suggestions for Kentucky, too!
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There is so much to see in all of our states! What would you suggest for your state?
Thanks for coming by! I'll update the map as often as I can!
That's simply beautiful!!! Are those Texas Bluebells? I have always heard that the hill country was beautiful! I've only been to Houston, and landed at the Dallas airport. Dallas may be gorgeous, but their airport looks like anyone else's airport... Houston was HOT. We were there in August 1966, in an Electra 225 convertible with no air conditioning. We nearly melted!!
Thanks! I'll "color in" Texas!!!
In New York, you would enjoy Letchworth State Park (the Grand Canyon of the East), Right down the road, is Niagara Falls and intertwining it all is the Historic Erie Canal, largely responsible for the Western Expansion in North America-also the breadbasket of the nation(Buffalo) during that expansion.
There is so much more-it's a vast place and has Cities (and the city), lakes, mountains, oceans, beaches, farms and mansions. Pretty much anywhere in New York you can find somethingunique to see! The Adirondacks is the largest State Park in the United States......
I've always wanted to go to NY State and see the sights! Thanks, dear friend!!! I'll color in NY, too!!!
Connecticut is a beautiful state!!! I worked there, once, in New Milford. What a lovely area!
Those daffodils, the fall foliage, and all of it looks WONDERFUL!
These look wonderful right about now...
Thanks, I'll color in Connecticut!
Come to Ohio, the birthplace of 8 presidents and the first man to walk on the moon.
The presidential homes and libraries are very interesting, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Dayton Aviation Heritage of Aviation Park and the Museum of the Air Force just to mention of few of the places to see and visit.
I am also a huge fan of the zoo's in Cleveland and Columbus and the museum of art in Cleveland
Come and visit have a good time in the Buckeye State
There are many things to see & do in Florida ... many festivals & art fairs at different times of the year . However , if you want year round sights to see , I recommend a lot of the stuff in the Miami area :
the Parrot Jungle [now called Jungle Island ]
the Monkey Jungle
the Seaquarium
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
fairchildgarden.org
the Miami Zoo [ but you can see zoos in any big city so why bother ?]
Here is an official list web site :
It has some excellent ones ... I especially recommend Vizcaya :
although in your case perhaps the Miami Museum of Science would be more suited to your tastes :
And here is another site with similar listings :
Here is a website which has links for many city attractions in other parts of Florida :
It has these links in particular :
Things to do in Orlando
Things to do in Tampa
Things to do in Fort Lauderdale
Things to do in Pensacola
Things to do in Sarasota
Things to do in Daytona Beach
Depending on time of year there are many warm weather attractions such as live dolphin attractions , the Florida Keys and especially Key West . Also canoe trips can be very enjoyable . Let me know if that is you interest & I can recommend some especially good locations .
There is some kind of little park-like place in Dayton, too, that is fascinating-- it is a main street about the time that Orville and Wilbur Wright were busy inventing the airplane! I loved it!
I will gladly color in Ohio-- and it's close enough that we could actually get there!
Thanks so much for your contribution!
I love going to Florida! The palm trees alone are worth visiting!
And the orange groves... Years ago, we camped in an orange grove and were allowed to eat any oranges on the tree next to our site. It was lovely!
I will gladly color in Florida, too! Thanks for your recommendations!
Fish,
Some years back (late 70's) I entered Texas at Texarkana and drove all the way to the Pecos River at Pyote. I might just be perverse, but the part I liked the best was the part West of Ft. Worth. Even though it's high plains desert, with mostly sagebrush and caliche, I found it fascinating. Might be because I'm from Michigan and we have lots of green hills (and even a few mountains), but really open country is scarce around here.
Dowser,
Most of what we have is pretty far North of here, and, right now, would be a bit hard to see under the snow. These are some of the nicer places (during the summer). While there are many interesting things to see in Michigan, from the sand dunes along the Lake Michigan shoreline to Cobo Hall in Detroit to Mackinac Island and the bridge; my favorites have always been in the Upper Peninsula. There are a number of main areas of interest that you wouldn't want to miss (not counting the Mackinac Bridge). In the far West, near the Wisconsin border is the Iron mining area, with old mines that can be explored. In the far East, along the Canadian border are the Soo Locks, built in the 1860's and allowing ship traffic from Lake Superior to Lake Huron, thus transporting Iron Ore down the lakes to the steel mills in Pittsburgh. Near the locks you will find both the shipwreck museum at Whitefish Point and the Taquamenon Falls. The other areas are the Pictured Rocks Lakeshore near Munising and the old copper mining area on the Keewenaw Peninsula, the farthest North you can get in Michigan without a boat (I recommend a big boat, Lake Superior can get rough). Here are some pictures.
Eighteen months later, it looked like this.
Shot taken from Brockway Mountain Drive. The lake in the background is twenty miles away. Between, except for some Forest Service roads, it's all trees. One hundred years ago, this area looked like a WWI battlefield, all the trees having been removed to build houses on the Great Plains and to supply ties for the Union Pacific Railroad. Then, in the 1930's, the Civilian Conservation Corps sent teams into Northern Michigan for the express purpose of reforestation. As a result, Michigan now has more pine trees than it had when the French explorers first came here.
Sorry it was so long Dowser, but there's some really pretty stuff up here. This isn't a tenth of the pictures I've got.
Pennsylvania,
The Pocono Mountains come fishing with me here
It's just physics . The Humboldt current is in charge . You puny humans can only shiver in response ...
St. Augustine is wonderful! I've been there 3-4 times, and loved it!
Beautiful picture! I remember when honeymoons in the Poconos were THE thing! Thanks, A. Mac! I'll color in PA!
Funny!!! Thanks, JFT! I'll color in California!
I was run out of town in St. Augustine by the local constabulary ...
Really pretty place. I grew up in Bay City and now live in the farm country between Lansing and Grand Rapids. I still go North every chance I get and have a deer camp up near Clare. For about 60 years now, my family has been going up to the Otsego Lake State Park near Gaylord. Not so much in the last few years, though, although I have hope for my son and his kids. We dropped off some when my wife developed health problems and, at the same time, figured out that camping was housework without the microwave.
Minnesota, there are many beautiful and historic places, but I'll go with Mother Natures masterpiece...The headwaters of theMighty Mississippi River.
Lake Itasca, on the up side of the rocks is Lake Itasca. This side of the rocks is the start of the Mighty Mississippi. One foot deep at the very start. It flows 40 miles NORTH to Lake Bemidji, than EAST, before it starts it's 2400 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico.
I knew that Randy. I just didn't know if anybody else did, so I didn't mention it. GR isn't bad for a big city, but Hopkins (or Clarksville) are better.
The weather has indeed been interesting for the last few days. Just finished digging the driveway out this morning, then the plow truck finally came through about 4:30 and blocked it again. My son just finished digging it out again a couple of hours ago.
Dear Friend SpikeGary:Jays Diner isthe topupstate spot in New York for me.
Everything else you mentionedare all good.
There are, of course the five boroughs of NYC too.
Upstate has the natural beauty. Downstate the concrete canyons, cultural icons, corporate landmarks. etc.
I have been in NY most all my adult days. Not yet exhausted the possibilities.
E.
Isn't Jay's Diner on the National register of historic buildings?
Kavika wishing for a Kosher Winnabagel from Jay's.
Day old Winnebagels are also known as concrete.
E.
I' lived here in Wyoming for better than 21 yrs and still haven't seen the whole thing , but the places I like are out of the way away from the common places thought of like Yellowstone and such. in the east there is devils tower , surrounded with what to me resembles the Missouri breaks , near the town of sundance ( yes home of the sundance kid) south of there is the Thunder basin national grassland , one of the last remaining areas of natural prairie as it was when the pioneers came west , as we head west in the state , there is douglas ,Wy home of the fabled jackalope .
A little further on we find the red desert , which means you actually cross the continental divide twice going east to west .
of course there are many tourist attractions , such as Ft bridger , named for Mnt man Jim Bridger , many rendezvous sites along the green river , and lake desmet named after a missionary who traveled the area. , There is Flaming gorge on the green river , on the Wy/Co state like which is part of the headwaters of the mighty Colorado river that carved the grand canyon.
Up north , there is the Tie hack memorial a simple turn out on the highway commemorating all the railroad ties cut and floated down the wind river for use on the railroad . a little further up the road near Jackson is the head waters of the Snake river , which flows into Idaho and a famous daredevil tried a rocket cycle jump of the canyon over there. of course there is a spot on the continental divide where there is a lake called two ocean lake , it has outlets that flow both to the pacific and eventually the atlantic via the gulf of mexico.
as you can tell , I like going a little out of the way and taking the road less traveled , but I think every one of the states ( I have been to all but 2 of the lower 48) hold something special and worthwhile and frankly if I had the time , ild spend a summer in each of them just looking for the hidden gems each hold in those out of the way places.
Not all that sure I can handle it now. Used to be that, when the temperature hit 20, I figured it was time to put on a long sleeve shirt. Now, I get all bundled up whenever the thermometer gets to freezing. On a positive note, though, when it gets this cold (-4 last night), my sinuses clear up and I don't need to take Allegra.
These are lovely! I'll be sure to color in Wyoming!
When traveling in Wyoming, I thought it was beautiful!!! Loved it! Still have friends there!
Thanks so much for adding it to the list!
Michigan, I've heard, is beautiful! I've been there, but not enough to actually see anything... Thanks so much for adding it!
That is truly beautiful! Yes, Minnesota is a beautiful state! Awfully cold now, but not when we're traveling in the summer!
Thanks so much for adding it to the list! I'll color in the map!
They can be pretty tough... It's a beautiful little city, and filled with so much history!
Funny!!!
This is simply beautiful! Michigan would be a lovely place to visit, and it's not that far from us! Thanks so much for adding it!
I'll be coloring in the map again tonight!
And today, it's REALLY a beautiful place to be.
When I woke up, it was 48 degrees.
It's 54 right now.
Hi of 64 expected.
Don't discard winter int he U.P.! There is a great trail network up there that can take you everywhere and see some fascinating places. One of the best trail systems in the nation for us sled heads!
I was remiss in not mentioning, Jay's, Enoch, but then again, does anyone really need to mention the patently obvious?
Jay's is a great restaurant, Gary. They're very honest with the customers. Right up over the counter, they have a big sign that says:
______ Days Since We Last Poisoned Someone.
I heard that, once, the number got as high as 5; so they had a big party to celebrate, at which half the staff got food poisoning.
Jay's also has one of the top Chef's in the world, Chief Chef Boiling Water Goldstein. Inventor of the world famous, ''Toe Mane'' soup.
We vacationed for a week on Mackinac Island three octobers ago and absolutely loved it. Stopped and stayed in Kalamazoo (on the way to Indiana), and had a wonderful time at the Bells Brewery Eccentric cafe ....taxi ride back to the hotel theat night---it was fun!
My favorite place in Minnesota is the North Shore, jump off from Duluth and head north all the way and there are a lotta beautiful places to explore. One of my favorites is Gooseberry falls .
Not just the UP either Gary. Some very nice trails in the Northern LP, a lot of them following old railroad rights of way. Also, several smaller river systems that freeze over when it gets cold and are used as trails. Not only scenic, but you can get up some major speed on those rivers.
We are doing a lot of that in New York (Rails --> Trails Conversions) into multi-use year round trails. Make smore sense than just leaving these to sit and become overgrown. I'm involved in one enterprise in the Adirondacks, attempting to convert a 'tourist' line that sees no use into a year round multi-use trail.......but as the government has to be involved, it's a slow process.
I've heard that also....somethng else....the soup is whatever is scrapped off plates that come back to the kitchen....of course, a little Frank's makes anything taste better.....
Sweet BF, I do love you.
Thanks!
UP = Upper Peninsula?
LP = Lower Peninsula?
Yeah, I'm dumb but I don't live there... So the Peninsula is that area that isn't a part of the mitten?
GREAT ideas and solutions! I wanted to get a picture of Harrod's Creek that has frozen over today! (That almost NEVER happens..) And, of course, the water plant is steaming... Neat!
It sounds like LOADS of fun!!!!
We had a high of 16... I'm worried about the birds-- there are no little birds around, just crows and buzzards out and about. I've been feeding them, and they're not even at the feeder...
I loved Wyoming...
That's beautiful!!!
I spent a summer in OK getting training . Took a very enjoyable canoe trip down the North Fork River [near the border with Arkansas] . But if you're out that way you are better off just going into Arkansas for your nature excursions . It is much nicer ...
Meaning absolutely no disrespect to Kansas, but it's about the same. We went to the Eisenhower museum in Abilene, and that was fabulous!!! We went to Garden City, about ten miles from Dodge City, and I NEVER want to go back. Ever. Did I say ever?
I would love for someone to tell me about a great place to visit in Kansas.
PS I love tulips!!!
I would def color in Arkansas . It is a lush beautiful river filled state .
I used to live in Md. I concur . It is quite scenic but still cosmopolitan since it is close to D.C.
I think you'd have to be a lot more specific on that one Fish.
Very nice Larry. I knew all the water from those 10,000 lakes had to go somewhere. They seem to have disposed of it in a very scenic manner.
A guy I went through the Police Academy with ended up as a cop in Garden City, Dowser. One winter he did a high speed chase; both vehicles were doing five miles an hour.
Since no one was covered Nevada, and I lived there for 8 years. Here it is.
Beautiful Lake Tahoe, photo taken from the Nevada side.
And the other wonder, the Colorado River in Southern Nevada. The Hoover Dam, a man made wonder.
NY. Jay's Diner. Ninth Modern Wonder of the World.
Enoch.
Loads of fun, if your bring your own Tums...
Love you, dear Enoch, and hope that you are feeling better!
Dear Friend Dowser: "Jay's: Where the food can't be praised too highly"!
I am on the mend, but making progress. I can now lift my six year old grandson to give him a hello and goodbye hug.
I will be totally healed when I can safely pick up something as heavy as the luncheon check at Jay's.
Peace, Abundant Blessings, and Good Weather for an Outdoor Father's Day Grill.
Enoch.
I'm in a New York state of mind...
Where to start?
For those who love the big city see this article:
A New York Minute in a Week
And visit some of the best museums in the world from The American Museum of Natural history to the Museum of Modern art.
For those of you who like something different.
We have beautiful beaches:
Love baseball? We have The Baseball Hall of Fame.
Love skiing? We have over 20 skiing resorts from Hunter mountain to Gore.
Love to hike or spelunking? We have one of the top 10 gorges in the world,
Like to visit stately homes? Come see Oheka, featured in the TV show "Royal Pains"
TheVanderbiltestate, TheGuggenheimestate, and the entire gold coast.
Shopping anyone? Everything from NYC's 5th ave. Or you cancruisethe the north shores "MiracleMile"
Go whale watching atMontauk.
Go wine tasting on our North Fork
Relax in the Hamptons. Pick some corn or strawberries and get some of the best potatoes anywhere.
Like the ponies? Come visit Belmont and see the beautiful park land that is the last leg of the Triple Crown.
Or just come and visit me and see where George Washington planned the battle of BrooklynHeights.
Matthew is getting ready for a big band trip to New York next year. They are going to see all the sites, and play a concert at Carnegie Hall! He is so excited, and I'm trying to get John to let us go with him, as adjuncts... WHAT FUN!!!
Anyway, if we can manage it, (or if I can be exceptionally persuasive), we'll drive up with the band, and MAYBE we can get to see you! I'll let you know as soon as I know something!
Now, wouldn't that be lovely?
I am hoping that my dear husband will have a lovely day! We'll do whatever he wants to do, and I foresee that we'll be out enjoying this gorgeous weather...
Take care, dear Enoch!