100+ THINGS TO TRY ON A U.S. 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