California is best planned as several trips rather than one quick circuit: the official state tourism site divides the state into regions that range from Pacific beaches and major cities to deserts, wine country, redwood forest...

Florida is best planned by region because its visitor experiences are spread across long coastlines, theme-park corridors, springs, wetlands, islands, and historic towns. Visit Florida highlights beaches, theme parks, cool citi...

Hawaii is an island-by-island trip rather than a single destination. Go Hawaii, the official visitor guide, organizes planning around Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and the Island of Hawaii, with categories for adventure, c...

Idaho is an outdoor-first state where the best trips are built around rivers, mountains, hot springs, dark skies, scenic byways, small cities, and wide-open public lands. Visit Idaho highlights state parks, hot springs, scenic...

Nevada is more than Las Vegas: it is a huge desert-and-mountain road-trip state with ghost towns, hot springs, mining history, Basque food, Lake Tahoe, dark skies, art installations, state and national parks, rockhounding, wint...

Oregon is best understood through its seven regions and strong east-west contrasts: Pacific coastline, Portland and the Willamette Valley, the Columbia River Gorge, the Cascades, Southern Oregon, Central Oregon high desert, and...

Pennsylvania is a large Mid-Atlantic state where U.S. founding history, Civil War history, industrial cities, Amish Country, mountains, rivers, lakefront, small towns, and food traditions are all plausible trip themes. Visit Pe...