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I do a little better in this list, with 29 already visited. That’s because no city in Vermont, West Virginia or North Dakota made the top 400 cities to visit ranking unfortunately. It is slightly shorter but quite as impressive: it makes you go through the “Best City to Visit” in each state, according to TripAdvisor.īut you won’t have all the lower 48 states unlike the other itinerary. Here is the itinerary: City itinerary (credit: Randy Olson) If you’re more of a city-slicker, the map’s author has created a second version that routes you through amazing cities instead. It seems I’ve only seen 14 of those, so maybe I should hit the road again after all.Īs mentioned, the original itinerary focuses mostly on natural landmarks. These are all very enticing attractions, for the most part. Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, NCĢ1. Here is the complete list of all landmarks (48 states + Washington, DC + a bonus stop in California):ġ8. You can even take a shortcut from Michigan to Vermont through Canada, as the stop in Cleveland is only to keep Americans without a passport from crossing into the Great White North. You can start anywhere, it’s a continuous loop, and it passes through many spots near the Canadian border. If you only stop to sleep, you can complete this roadtrip in only 9 days, but we recommend taking at least a couple of weeks to explore all these places.Īnd gas is significantly cheaper in the US in case you were wondering. Roadtrips always make for great stories.Īnyway, the itinerary has also been optimized to be as efficient a route as possible to see all 48 states, so you can rest assured you won’t be wasting any time. So you’re not just seeing every state, you’re seeing cool parts of every state (which sadly wasn’t our case in North Dakota during our very random 1,200-miles-nonstop-in-two-days Flytrippers roadtrip across the Midwest). It was conceived by American PhD student Randy Olson, on his blog, and it was done scientifically: each stop represents a National Park or a Point of Interest. Here’s the itinerary: Itinerary (credit: Randy Olson)

I’m on the quest to visit all 50 myself, I’m not doing too bad with 46 already… but let’s just say it would’ve been much quicker to get to 48 with this roadtrip. The only two states you’ll have left to visit after this roadtrip will be Hawaii and Alaska. If you aim to eventually visit every state, this is as good as it gets. So here’s the map of the itinerary in honor of summer fast approaching… and a bonus new alternative version below. Many people don’t realize that the US have a lot of very varied landscapes, it’s a huge country ( even larger than Canada when considering land area alone). So if you like roadtrips, here’s one you’ll definitely enjoy: traveling to all 48 continental US states in one epic continuous loop, seeing some of the country’s top natural landmarks. Personally, I love roadtrips and I hit the road as much as I can, despite being an aviation geek: you can like both right? What matters is traveling and seeing new places, no matter how.

So one alternative is planning a roadtrip, because driving doesn’t become more expensive in peak travel times, unlike flights.

#ROAD TRIPPER R US HOW TO#

If you read our article on which weeks to choose for your summer vacation of you want to travel, you know that summer airfare deals (at least those at the very low prices we like to share on our cheap flight deals page) are very rare, so you won’t find as many (don’t miss our upcoming post about how to save money on summer airfares soon). Since the summer around-the-world itinerary we posted a few weeks ago was very popular, let’s stick to the same theme, with this longer trip suggestion for those of you who have a lot of time off to go on an epic trip but want to stay closer to home.Īlso, a lot of people ask for summertime deals. Do you like roadtrips? You might know that it’s a very “American” tradition… and we have the perfect itinerary to visit every State in the Continental U.S.

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