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Many spots were obvious --
the Statue of Liberty in New York, the French Quarter in Louisiana. But who would have
guessed that Vermont's most-visited site is the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury?
From AL to WY, here are the top tourist places in each state, along with Tourist Board
sites for each state. Ask
our Vacation & Cruise
Specialists to assist you in arranging your travel to
America's Top Places to visit!
Alabama Alaska
Arizona Arkansas California
Colorado Connecticut
Delaware District
of Columbia Florida
Georgia Hawaii Idaho
Illinois
Indiana Iowa
Kansas Kentucky Louisiana
Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana
Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey New Mexico New York
North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania
Rhode Island South
Carolina South Dakota
Tennessee Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia
Washington West Virginia Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alabama
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Explore the past, present and
future of space exploration at this center in Huntsville. Attractions include space
vehicles, rockets and artifacts, simulated space rides, and a camp for kids
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Alaska
Inside Passage
This coastline of
southeastern Alaska is dotted with islands, inlets and waterways. The area teems with
seals, whales, bears and bald eagles.
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Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
This vast chasm -- carved
over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau -- offers America's most
awe-inspiring views.
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Arkansas
Hot Springs National Park
The park protects hot springs
that flow from the southwestern slope of Hot Springs Mountain. People have used the water
in therapeutic baths for more than 200 years to treat rheumatism and other ailments.
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California
Disneyland
Billed as "the happiest
place on Earth," Disneyland opened in 1955 in Anaheim, Calif., as the country's first
themed park.
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Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
The park has a hiking-trail
system that, if linked together, would stretch from Denver almost to Santa Fe, N.M. At
least 60 mountains in the park exceed 12,000 feet.
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Connecticut
Mystic Seaport
The seaport has spectacular
tall ships, a re-created 19th-century coastal village and lots of family activities. It's
a quintessential New England experience.
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Delaware
Winterthur
In the early 20th century,
Francis du Pont designed Winterthur in the spirit of 18th- and 19th-century European
country houses. Today, people can tour the fields, farmland, gardens and antiques museum.
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Washington, D.C.
National Air and Space Museum
See the original Wright 1903
flyer, Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis," the Apollo 11 command module
and a lunar rock museum at this museum on the National Mall.
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Florida
Walt Disney World
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Walt Disney World, in Lake
Buena Vista, has four theme parks, two water parks, 31 resort hotels, six golf courses and
a shopping and dining complex.
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Georgia
Savannah Historic District
A National Historic Landmark,
the district is known for its 18th- and 19th-century architecture. It encompasses the
original town plan laid out in 1733 by Gen. James E. Oglethorpe, founder of the British
colony of Georgia.
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Hawaii
Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
The park reflects 70 million
years of volcanism, migration and evolution. Its diverse environments range from sea level
to the summit of the Earth's most massive volcano, Mauna Loa, at 13,677 feet.
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Idaho
Sun Valley Resort
Since 1936, skiers worldwide
have been discovering the slopes of Sun Valley. Count Felix Schaffgotsch began building
what he called the "American Shangri-La" in 1935 in the Ketchum Valley. Railroad
magnate Averell Harriman shared the vision and created a resort worthy of its majestic
setting.
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Illinois
Navy
Pier
The pier, on
Lake Michigan east of downtown Chicago, opened in 1916 as a shipping and entertainment
area. Today, it's home to restaurants, shops, a Ferris wheel and other attractions.
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Indiana
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
The 15,000-acre park ranks
seventh among national parks in native plant diversity, with 1,418 species. The lakeshore
runs for nearly 25 miles along southern Lake Michigan and has beaches, sand dunes,
wetlands and woodland forests.
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Iowa
Amana Colonies
A religious group called the
Community of True Inspiration founded the Amana Colonies after the Civil War. The
German-speaking European settlers began a communal system of living divided into several
villages, encompassing 20,000 acres. The colonies are now a National Historic Landmark.
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Kansas
Sedgwick County Zoo
A new gorilla exhibit opens
this month at the 247-acre Witchita zoo, ranked among the world's best. It has 2,500
animals of 500 different species.
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Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave is the longest
recorded cave system in the world, with more than 348 miles explored and mapped.
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Louisiana
French Quarter
The best way to experience
the French Quarter, the old district of New Orleans, is by foot or by carriage. A stroll
up Bourbon Street can be an eye-opener, while visitors to Royal Street will find enough
art and antiques to stock a museum.
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Maine
Acadia National Park
You can hike to the top of
Cadillac Mountain, or bike tree-lined carriage roads at Acadia. Acadia, on Maine's rugged
coast, was the first national park established east of the Mississippi.
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Maryland
National Aquarium
At Baltimore's National
Aquarium, you can eat a continental breakfast and then watch a live shark feeding. How
about a sleepover to explore the aquarium after dark? The aquarium has more than 10,500
animals.
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Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall was
built in 1742 in Boston and sits at the site of the old town dock. Town meetings were held
in the old market building from 1764 to 1774, when Samuel Adams and others led protests
against the imposition of taxes on the colonies.
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Michigan
Mackinac Island
Since the
mid-1800s, tourists have visited Mackinac Island in the summers to escape the heat of the
cities and enjoy the fresh lake breezes. Because cars are prohibited, visitors today enjoy
the same solitude that has characterized the island for hundreds of years.
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Minnesota
Mall of America
If you spent 10 minutes in
each store in the Mall of America, it would take you 86 hours to complete your visit. The
mall has 525-plus specialty stores, four national department stores, 50 restaurants, seven
nightclubs and 14 movie theaters.
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Mississippi
Tunica Casinos
The arrival of 10 Las
Vegas-style casinos has turned the sleepy town of Tunica into and up-and-coming travel
destination. Two new attractions, RiverPark and Tunica National Golf and Tennis, are
expected to add to the draw.
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Missouri
Gateway Arch
Standing 630 feet tall on the
St. Louis riverfront, the stainless-steel arch was completed in 1965 at a cost of less
than $15 million. A museum below the Arch has an extensive collection of mounted animal
specimens, American Indian artifacts and Lewis and Clark exhibits.
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Montana
Glacier National Park
This park on the Canadian
border is a hiker's paradise, with 700 miles of maintained trails. The spectacular
glaciated landscape preserves more than a million acres of forest, alpine meadows and
lakes.
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Nebraska
Henry Doorly Zoo
The zoo in Omaha has evolved
from the small Riverview Park zoo, established in 1894, into a world-class tourist
attraction and a leader in environmental education.
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Nevada
Las Vegas Strip
This "Sin
City" of the Southwest was once just a collection of casinos -- now it has tons of
attractions that have nothing to do with cards or dice. You can dine in a five-star
restaurant, watch the spectacle of the Cirque du Soleil or ride in a gondola gliding
through a make-believe Venetian canal.
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New Hampshire
Storyland
Kids will feel
like royalty at Storyland, a charming, reasonably priced park themed to classic fairy
tales. Attractions at the Glen, N.H., park include a ride in a pumpkin coach, an antique
car or a pirate ship.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City Casinos
The casinos along the
Atlantic City boardwalk are enjoying a rebirth. The Atlantic City Hilton -- with Italian
marble, beveled glass, murals and paintings -- is one of the classiest. Bally's Wild West
Casino is built to resemble a Western frontier town. Caesars is big, gaudy and a haven for
high rollers.
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New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
This national park has more
than 100 known caves, including the nation's deepest limestone cave, and countless
formations. Tours are offered year-round.
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New York
Statue of Liberty
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The Statue of Liberty was a
gift of international friendship from France to the United States. Closed to the public
since 9-11, Lady Liberty reopened in early August with security and safety upgrades.
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North Carolina
Outer Banks
The Outer Banks is where
England first attempted to colonize the Americas and where Wilbur and Orville Wright
defied gravity from a sandy dune. Because of the area's fragile environment, the federal
government set aside much of these islands as the country's first national seashore.
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North Dakota
Badlands National Park
In the heart of the colorful
North Dakota badlands, the park is home to a variety of plants and animals, including
bison, prairie dogs and elk. Theodore Roosevelt first came to the badlands in 1883 on a
hunting trip. He returned the next year and established the Elkhorn Ranch.
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Ohio
Cedar Point Amusement Park
Adrenaline junkies get their
fix at Cedar Point, home to the world's greatest number of rides (67) and roller coasters
(16). Amusement Today regularly names Cedar Point the country's best overall park.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
 
 
The memorial to the victims
of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building includes 168 empty glass and
granite chairs in honor of each of the dead. The museum walks visitors through that
disastrous day, through interviews with survivors, rescue workers and victims' relatives.
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Oregon
Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Multnomah Falls is the
second-highest year-round waterfall in America. The water drops 620 feet from its origin
on Larch Mountain. Hiking paths surround the scenic area.
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Pennsylvania
Independence National Historic Park
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Visitors to this downtown
Philadelphia park can see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of
Independence and the U.S. Constitution were created.
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Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Art Print - Sabin
Point, Narragansett Bay
The bay is an estuary, a
place where fresh water from rivers and streams meets and mixes with saltwater. The result
is one of the most biologically productive ecosystems in the world. Narragansett Bay is a
spawning ground, nursery, habitat, workplace and playground for hundreds of species -- and
a destination for 12 million humans each year.
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South Carolina
Charleston Historic District
The "cultural capital of
the South" is a living museum of 18th-century homes and plantations, museums, a city
market and art galleries.
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South Dakota
Mount Rushmore
The four figures
carved in stone on Mount Rushmore -- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Theodore Roosevelt -- represent the first 150 years of American history.
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Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The park is
renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life, the beauty of its ancient mountains,
and its remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture.
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Texas
River Walk in San Antonio
The walk, lined
with hotels and restaurants, is considered a city park. Visitors can take 35-minute
narrated boat tours of the San Antonio River. There also are dining boats, and you can get
married on Marriage Island.
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Utah
Temple Square
The centerpiece
of the historic square in downtown Salt Lake City is the six-spired Salt Lake Temple.
Adjacent is the domed Tabernacle, home of the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the great
Tabernacle organ.
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Vermont
Ben & Jerry's factory
Ben & Jerry's Factory
Tour
Two words: Free samples! Take
a 30-minute tour of this factory and end up in the Flavoroom for samples of the day. The
famous factory sits on a hill in the Green Mountains, just north of Waterbury.
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Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg
From 1699 to 1780,
Williamsburg was the political and cultural center of the most influential of the American
colonies. Today, more than 80 of the original structures are preserved for tours.
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Washington
Olympic
National Park
Eight kinds of
plants and 15 kinds of animals are found nowhere else on Earth but Olympic National Park.
About 95 percent of the park is designated as wilderness, with glacier-capped mountains,
the wild Pacific coast and magnificent stands of old-growth forests.
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West Virginia
New River
Gorge National River
The rugged New River in
southern West Virginia flows through deep canyons and is among the oldest rivers on the
continent.
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Wisconsin
The Dells
The Wisconsin
Dells, 57 miles northwest of Madison, has cornered the market on water parks. The Dells
has the world's largest go-cart facility, the state's tallest bungee tower and Wizard
Quest, a fantasy world.
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Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Every year,
millions of tourists faithfully show up to see Old Faithful and the world's first national
park.
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