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100+ THINGS TO TRY ON A U.S. ROAD TRIP

Road trips are the perfect time to try something completely new. We have brainstormed up a list of over 100 fun & unique activities that you can partake in when traveling across the United States. We encourage you to try a few of these on your next road trip:

Go zip-lining
Take a wild cave tour
Rent a tube and float down a river
Go horseback riding
Try ATV-ing
Rent a dune-buggy
Go scuba diving
Stay in a tree-house
Visit a ghost town
Tour a winery
Attend a country fair
Take a factory tour
Visit a brewery
Go backpacking
Eat from a food truck
Walk under an arch or natural bridge
Drive through a redwood tree
Go deep-sea fishing
See real dinosaur tracks
Explore a slot canyon
Watch a geyser erupt
Attend a motorcycle gathering
Hire a fly-fishing guide
Walk a beach boardwalk
Tag a state highpoint
See some hoodoos
Take a dip in a natural warm or hot spring
Take a guided Jeep or Hummer tour
Catch an opera
Attend a food festival
Downhill mountain bike at a ski resort
Zoom down a mountain coaster or alpine slide
Climb a giant sand dune
Tour a closed prison
Tour a Japanese garden
Go surfing or paddleboarding
Visit a volcano and/or see lava fields
Enjoy a drive-in movie theater
Take a wildlife safari
Try snowmobiling
Watch a re-enacted western street gunfight
Go trekking with a llama
Gamble at a casino or race track
Take a gondola ride
Fly in a helicopter
Explore ancient Native American ruins
Visit the graveyards of the rich and famous
See historic churches
Rent a boat house
Fly in a historic warplane
Attend a rodeo
Visit a battlefield
Take a whale-watching or dolphin tour
Visit a wax museum
Take a canoe trip
Tour a giant dam
Tour a Frank Lloyd Wright home
See a lighthouse
Visit a music museum
Take a mountaineering or survival course
Join a Segway tour
Drive through a covered bridge
See pictographs or petroglyphs
Tour a whiskey distillery
Visit a decommissioned battleship or submarine
Tour a castle or gigantic mansion
Tour a southern plantation
Camp beside an alpine lake
Tour a famous college campus
Visit a swamp
See fall foliage
Climb a fire tower
Take a scenic train ride
Catch a sporting event in a different city
Go whitewater rafting
Visit a state capitol building
Go cross-country skiing
Visit a presidential museum
Stay in a yurt
Find a palm tree oasis
Attend a NASCAR event
Visit a movie set
Stay on a dude ranch
Go horseback riding on a beach
Go 4WD-ing
Ride on a steamboat
Go dog-sledding
Engage in a living history museum
Attend an air show
Stay in a backcountry hut
Bike or in-line skate on a rail trail
Try climbing at an indoor rock gym
Go skydiving
Take a trolley ride
Shoot guns at a gun range
Find your way in a corn maze
Canyoneering
Mountain bike on a slick-rock trail
Tour an underground gold mine
Pan for gold
Drive on a beach
Gamble aboard a riverboat casino
Join a live TV or game-show audience

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