Top 50
in the USA

New York

A city that needs no introduction — a must if you're coming to the US.

The Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Central Park, the Met and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. You feel the energy from the very first second. It's the movie city — and where most of our tours begin.

It's the starting point for most of our trips: we meet, get to know each other, load the bags into our RV — and hit the road!

Watkins Glen State Park, New York

A narrow gorge carved by water over thousands of years. 800 stone steps lead you past 19 cascading waterfalls, and the trail winds behind the falls and through caves in the rock.

Niagara Falls + Cave of the Winds, New York

Niagara Falls: three waterfalls — American Falls, Bridal Veil and the mighty Horseshoe Falls. Together they pour about 750,000 gallons of water every second.

Cave of the Winds: wooden walkways right at the foot of Bridal Veil Falls. On the "Hurricane Deck" you just stand there while tons of water crash down on you. It feels like the falls are about to swallow you whole.

Croton, Upstate New York

A one-of-a-kind historic spot just 2 hours from New York City. Croton Point Park on the Hudson River, the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail — a 19th-century aqueduct — and gorgeous views of the river and mountains. A way to escape the city without going far.

We do short 1–2 day trips here: we drive out of the city in our RV, spend the day in nature and camp by the Hudson. Perfect when you need a reset without a long drive.

Block Island + Cliff Walk + The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island

Block Island is an island in the Atlantic full of atmosphere. Mohegan Bluffs are 200-foot clay cliffs over the ocean, and Southeast Lighthouse is one of the prettiest lighthouses in America. Old New England at its best.

The Cliff Walk runs between the ocean and Gilded Age mansions: on one side the Atlantic and the rocks, on the other the palaces of the Vanderbilts and early-1900s millionaires. 3.5 miles along the coast.

The Breakers is the Vanderbilt palace: 70 rooms, Italian marble, gold and ocean views. It was built in 1895 as a "summer cottage" — inside it feels like a European royal palace.

Boston + Whale Watching, Massachusetts

Boston is the cradle of the American Revolution. The Freedom Trail — a red line on the sidewalk — takes you past 16 historic sites: Faneuil Hall, Old North Church, USS Constitution (the oldest commissioned warship still afloat). Old New England charm, with Harvard and MIT right next door.

Whale watching means heading out into the Atlantic by boat to see whales: humpbacks, fin whales and sometimes dolphins. The season runs April through October, and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is one of the best whale-watching spots on the East Coast.

Cadillac Mountain + Bar Harbor, Acadia, Maine

Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the US East Coast and one of the first places in the country to see the sunrise. 1,530 feet above sea level, with 360° views of the ocean, islands and forest.

Bar Harbor is a cozy town on the Atlantic: a waterfront, lobster straight from the ocean and little nautical shops. Every Acadia adventure starts here. It's New England through and through.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The city where America was born. The Liberty Bell with its famous crack, and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution (1787) were signed. Cobblestone streets in historic Old City. And the cheesesteak — Philly's famous sandwich you have to try.

Washington, D.C.

The US capital. The White House, the Capitol, the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial, and the Smithsonian museums (free!). The National Mall stretches 2 miles between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. A city of power, history and world-class museums.

Luray Caverns, Virginia

The most impressive caves on the East Coast. Huge chambers with millions of stalactites and stalagmites, Dream Lake with its perfect mirror reflection, and the Great Stalacpipe Organ — a one-of-a-kind instrument that plays the rock itself. It's 54°F inside all year round.

Harpers Ferry + New River Gorge Bridge Walk, West Virginia

A historic town where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet. From Jefferson Rock you can see three states at once — Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. John Brown's 1859 raid, which changed American history, happened right here.

The New River Gorge Bridge Walk takes you along a catwalk under the bridge, high above the canyon — about 876 feet up, on one of the highest bridges in the US. Below you: the gorge and the river. Around you: endless Appalachians.

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

The longest cave system in the world — over 420 miles of mapped passages, and counting. Frozen Niagara is an underground waterfall of stalactites, and the Domes & Dripstones chambers are as tall as a 10-story building.

Kentucky Bourbon Trail

Bourbon tastings at historic Kentucky distilleries — Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve. You learn how real American whiskey is made. Plus BBQ, Southern vibes and Kentucky hospitality.

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri

The symbol of the westward expansion: a 630-foot stainless steel arch over the Mississippi River. A tiny capsule tram takes you to the top for views of the whole city, the river and the endless plains beyond.

Chicago, Illinois

The Windy City on the shore of Lake Michigan. Skyscrapers and world-class architecture, Cloud Gate ("The Bean") — the mirrored sculpture in Millennium Park. Navy Pier, the lakefront, and deep-dish pizza two inches thick. The Willis Tower Skydeck has a glass ledge 1,353 feet up.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Sand dunes on the shore of Lake Michigan. The Dune Succession Trail takes you through dunes of different ages, and from West Beach you can see the Chicago skyline on the horizon, about 40 miles away.

Badlands National Park + Porter Sculpture Park, South Dakota

Badlands National Park is a Mars-like landscape right off the road: layered rock painted red, orange, white and yellow by wind and time. The Yellow Mounds look like a sci-fi movie set, and "Dances with Wolves" was filmed here.

Porter Sculpture Park is full of giant metal sculptures right along I-90 on the way to the Badlands: a 30-foot horse-skull, a huge head, a surreal bull. Think "Burning Man, but roadside."

Mount Rushmore + Wall Drug, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore: presidents carved into the mountain — Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln. Each face is 60 feet tall. It took 14 years (1927–1941) of dynamite and painstaking carving.

Wall Drug is the legendary stop on the way to Rushmore: 5-cent coffee (since 1931!), a life-size dinosaur, souvenirs, cowboy hats and good old American kitsch. Literally everyone stops here.

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

The world's first national park (1872). A massive area of geysers, canyons, waterfalls and wildlife. Grand Prismatic Spring is the most beautiful hot spring on the planet — about 370 feet across, with colors from deep blue to orange. Old Faithful erupts roughly every 90 minutes, up to 180 feet high. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone has the 308-foot Lower Falls and views from Artist Point. In Hayden Valley you'll see herds of bison and sometimes grizzlies.

Garden of the Gods, Colorado

Red rock monoliths against the snowy peak of Pikes Peak (14,115 ft). The rocks rise up to 300 feet in the wildest shapes — Kissing Camels, Balanced Rock. Free entry, parking and trails.

Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado

The tallest dunes in North America — up to about 750 feet. Sand against the snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Walk barefoot, sandboard down the dunes or just lie on the warm sand.

Mesa Verde — Cliff Palace, Colorado

An ancient Ancestral Puebloan city built into the cliffs around 1190–1260 — almost 1,000 years ago! About 150 rooms and 23 kivas (ceremonial rooms). Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America.

Arches National Park, Utah

More than 2,000 natural stone arches — more than anywhere else on Earth. Delicate Arch is Utah's most famous arch and the state symbol (it's on the license plates); it stands alone on the edge of a cliff and is stunning at sunset. Landscape Arch is one of the longest arches in the world (290 feet), and Double Arch is two arches joined together. Red rock, blue sky, Martian views.

Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah

The iconic Wild West view. Red buttes up to 1,000 feet tall rise above the Navajo desert. John Ford's Point is where "Stagecoach", "The Searchers" and dozens of other westerns were filmed.

Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

Red canyons, rock domes and arches. The Scenic Drive winds about 8 miles through red cliffs, and Hickman Bridge is a 130-foot arch at the end of an easy 1.8-mile round-trip hike. One of Utah's most underrated parks — few people, tons of beauty.

Bryce Canyon, Utah

An amphitheater of stone "hoodoos" — red rock spires carved into wild shapes by erosion. Thousands of orange towers and pinnacles. Sunrise Point and Inspiration Point are the best viewpoints, and at sunrise and sunset the rocks glow.

The Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah

A hike up the Virgin River inside a narrow canyon. The walls rise up to 1,000 feet and come so close together (20 feet apart in places) that the sky turns into a thin ribbon. You walk through water that's ankle-, knee- or waist-deep, surrounded by nothing but stone, light and silence.

Antelope Canyon + Horseshoe Bend + Canyon X, Arizona

Antelope Canyon is a narrow slot canyon with unreal beams of light. Upper Antelope is famous for its light beams, when the midday sun pierces from above. The walls flow in waves, in colors from orange to purple. It's a sacred place for the Navajo Nation.

Horseshoe Bend is a horseshoe-shaped bend in the Colorado River. The overlook sits about 1,000 feet above the river, and the view spans 270° as the river wraps around the rock in a perfect curve.

Canyon X (or Water Holes Canyon) is a lesser-known canyon nearby where you can swim through a narrow gorge. The walls close in overhead, the water is emerald green — just echoes and silence.

Black Rock City — Burning Man, Nevada

A temporary city of 70,000 people in the Black Rock Desert. It exists for one week a year, at the end of August. House-sized art installations, music 24/7, costumes and self-expression with no limits. The Ten Principles — radical self-expression, gifting (no money inside), participation. On Saturday night a giant wooden Man burns — the peak of the week.

Grand Canyon + Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada

Hoover Dam is the legendary dam between Nevada and Arizona, about 30 miles from Vegas. Built in 1931–1936 and 726 feet tall, it created Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US. A bridge over the Colorado River canyon gives you views of the dam, and you can tour inside (turbines, tunnels).

The Grand Canyon, Arizona (about 280 miles from Vegas), is one of the seven natural wonders of the world: over a mile deep and 277 miles long, carved by the Colorado River over millions of years. The South Rim has the main viewpoints (Mather Point, Yavapai Point). At sunrise and sunset the canyon shifts from purple to orange. The scale is impossible to describe — you have to see it.

Las Vegas + Valley of Fire + Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

Las Vegas is the city of lights in the middle of the Mojave Desert. The Strip has the legendary casino hotels: the Bellagio (with its musical fountains), the Venetian (canals and gondolas), Paris (the Eiffel Tower) and Luxor (the pyramid). The Sphere is the newest futuristic attraction — a giant sphere wrapped in LED screens inside and out. Fremont Street is old Vegas: a covered street with an LED canopy and street performers. Plus world-class shows (Cirque du Soleil), casinos and nightclubs.

Valley of Fire (about 50 miles from Vegas) has red rocks that literally look on fire at sunset. The Fire Wave is a swirl of red and white sandstone, the White Domes are pale rock domes, and there are ancient petroglyphs up to 3,000 years old. Desert in the morning, casino at night.

Red Rock Canyon, Nevada (about 15 miles from Las Vegas): scarlet cliffs and a 13-mile Scenic Loop Drive with a view at every turn. Calico Hills, High Point Overlook, hiking trails and rock climbing — beauty without the crowds.

Craters of the Moon, Idaho

Lava fields, craters and black landscapes that look like another planet. NASA astronauts trained here before the Moon missions in the 1960s. On the Devil's Orchard Trail, trees grow straight out of black lava (how is that even possible?!).

Smith Rock State Park, Oregon

The Crooked River canyon: red and orange cliffs with views of the snowy Cascade peaks. The Rim Rock Trail is an easy hike (about 2 miles) with incredible views of the canyon and river.

Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Ten waterfalls on one trail — the Trail of Ten Falls (about 7 miles). South Falls drops 177 feet, and you can walk behind it into a cave and watch the water fall in front of you. North Falls (136 feet) lets you walk behind it too. Oregon is the state of waterfalls.

Terwilliger Hot Springs, Oregon

Natural hot pools in the forest, fed straight from the spring. Several tiers, with water from about 100°F to 110°F. Very natural and very hippie — clothing optional (fair warning).

Crater Lake, Oregon

The deepest lake in the US — 1,949 feet. And the bluest: an intense, almost electric blue. Wizard Island is a volcanic island inside the lake, which formed about 7,700 years ago after a volcano erupted and collapsed.

San Francisco, California

A city of hills by the ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge is the iconic red bridge (1.7 miles long) and the symbol of the city. Alcatraz is the former island prison in the bay that nobody officially escaped from. Lombard Street is the crookedest street in the world, with 8 hairpin turns in one block. Fisherman's Wharf has sea lions, Dungeness crab and views of the bay. And cable cars have been running since 1873.

Los Angeles, California

The City of Angels and the entertainment capital. The Hollywood Sign in the hills, the Walk of Fame, and Griffith Observatory with views of the whole city and the ocean. Venice Beach has street performers, skaters and Muscle Beach, and Santa Monica Pier has its Ferris wheel and sunsets over the Pacific. Universal Studios and Disneyland are world-class theme parks.

Death Valley National Park, California

The hottest place on the planet — a record 134°F (1913). Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America (282 feet below sea level), a salt flat of white crystals. Zabriskie Point shows golden folded hills at sunrise, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes look like the Sahara, and Artist's Palette has rocks in pink, green and purple thanks to the minerals.

Redwood National Park, California

Ancient redwoods up to 380 feet tall (a 35-story building!) with trunks up to 26 feet across. The Lady Bird Johnson Grove trail winds among the giants. Walking between these trees, you feel like an ant.

Fern Canyon, Redwood National Park

A canyon with 50-foot walls completely covered in ferns. Scenes from "Jurassic Park" were filmed here (yes, that one!). You walk along the canyon floor surrounded by green walls, a creek and moss. It feels prehistoric.

Gold Bluffs Beach, Redwood

A wild Pacific beach where you can meet elk right on the sand. Yes, elk. On a beach. In California. Roosevelt elk are huge, with incredible antlers, and they stroll the shore like they own it.

Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

An active geothermal area — boiling springs, sulfur vents and steam rising from the ground. The Bumpass Hell Trail (yes, that's really its name) takes you past bubbling mud and the smell of sulfur. Manzanita Lake reflects Lassen Peak like a mirror.

Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada

The largest alpine lake in North America, 6,225 feet above sea level. The water is incredibly clear and blue — you can see up to 70 feet down. Emerald Bay, with Fannette Island in the middle, is the most photogenic spot on the lake. Summer means beaches, hiking and kayaking; winter means ski resorts (Heavenly, Palisades Tahoe). The California–Nevada state line runs right through the lake.

Mono Lake, California

A lake with limestone towers called tufa. They formed underwater over thousands of years, then the water level dropped and left them standing in the open. At sunrise and sunset the light turns pink and the towers reflect in the water. Pure surrealism.

Miami + Everglades National Park, Florida

Miami is a city of sun, beaches and Latin culture. South Beach has white sand, the Art Deco District has colorful 1930s buildings along Ocean Drive, Little Havana is the Cuban neighborhood with coffee, cigars and salsa, and Wynwood Walls is packed with incredible street art.

Everglades National Park is mangroves, swamps and alligators everywhere. On the Anhinga Trail, a boardwalk over the water, you see alligators from a few feet away. And an airboat ride through the swamps means speed, wind and gators.

Overseas Highway + Key West + Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

The Overseas Highway runs over the water across 42 bridges from the mainland to Key West — about 113 miles. The Seven Mile Bridge floats above the water and islands, and the turquoise sea on both sides makes you feel like you're flying.

Key West is the southernmost point of the continental US (just 90 miles to Cuba!). Duval Street means bars, music and a never-ending party. Mallory Square is the place to watch the sunset with street performers, musicians and jugglers — every evening the whole town applauds the sunset.

Dry Tortugas is a remote national park about 70 miles from Key West in the Gulf of Mexico, reachable only by ferry (2.5 hours) or seaplane (40 minutes). Fort Jefferson is a massive 19th-century brick fort, the largest masonry structure in the Western Hemisphere (16 million bricks!). World-class snorkeling: coral reefs, tropical fish, sea turtles and crystal turquoise water. White beaches and almost nobody around — one of the least visited national parks in the US.

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

America's space history: Saturn V rockets, the Space Shuttle Atlantis and real launch pads. If you're lucky, you'll catch an actual SpaceX or NASA launch (check the schedule online).

Orlando + Universal Studios, Florida

Orlando is the theme park capital of the world. Universal Studios Florida is built around the movies: Harry Potter (Diagon Alley, the Hogwarts Express), Jurassic World, Transformers and the Minions. Islands of Adventure, Universal's second park, has Hogsmeade, Jurassic Park and Marvel Super Hero Island. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter connects both parks by the Hogwarts Express — grab a Butterbeer and a magic wand.

New Orleans, Louisiana

The city of jazz, voodoo and Creole culture. The French Quarter has wrought-iron balconies and Bourbon Street with music around the clock. Mardi Gras (February–March) means parades, costumes and beads, and Jazz Fest (April–May) is the legendary jazz festival. Oak Alley Plantation, with its alley of 300-year-old oaks, tells the history of the South and of slavery.