Places

US National Parks 21 / 62

Acadia

Maine

American Samoa

American Samoa

Arches

Utah

Visited October 2019

Badlands

South Dakota

Big Bend

Texas

Biscayne

Florida

Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Colorado

Visited July 2020

Bryce Canyon

Utah

Canyonlands

Utah

Visited October 2019

Capitol Reef

Utah

Visited July 2023

Carlsbad Caverns

New Mexico

Visited January 2024

Channel Islands

California

Congaree

South Carolina

Visited August 2017

Crater Lake

Oregon

Visited October 2016

Cuyahoga Valley

Ohio

Death Valley

California & Nevada

Visited August 2015

Denali

Alaska

Dry Tortugas

Florida

Everglades

Florida

Gates of the Arctic

Alaska

Gateway Arch

Missouri

Glacier

Montana

Glacier Bay

Alaska

Grand Canyon

Arizona

Visited May 2016

Grand Teton

Wyoming

Great Basin

Nevada

Visited July 2023

Great Sand Dunes

Colorado

Visited August 2015

Great Smoky Mountains

North Carolina, Tennessee

Guadalupe Mountains

Texas

Visited January 2024

Haleakala

Hawaii

Visited August 2018

Hawaii Volcanoes

Hawaii

Visited July 2022

Hot Springs

Arkansas

Indiana Dunes

Indiana

Isle Royale

Michigan

Joshua Tree

California

Katmai

Alaska

Kenai Fjords

Alaska

Kings Canyon

California

Kobuk Valley

Alaska

Lake Clark

Alaska

Lassen Volcanic

California

Visited October 2015

Mammoth Cave

Kentucky

Mesa Verde

Colorado

Mount Rainier

Washington

North Cascades

Washington

Olympic

Washington

Petrified Forest

Arizona

Visited May 2016

Pinnacles

California

Redwood

California

Visited January 2016

Rocky Mountain

Colorado

Visited August 2015

Saguaro

Arizona

Visited May 2016

Sequoia

California

Shenandoah

Virginia

Theodore Roosevelt

North Dakota

Virgin Islands

U.S. Virgin Islands

Voyageurs

Minnesota

White Sands

New Mexico

Visited January 2023

Wind Cave

South Dakota

Wrangell-St. Elias

Alaska

Yellowstone

Idaho, Montana, Wyoming

Yosemite

California

Visited July 2015

Zion

Utah

US States 27 / 51

Alabama

Alaska

Visited Fairbanks, November 2016

Arizona

Visited Flagstaff, May 2016

Arkansas

California

Visited San Francisco, September 2008

Colorado

Visited Alamosa, August 2015

Connecticut

Delaware

District Of Columbia

Visited Washington D.C., September 2012

Florida

Visited Miami, February 2015

Georgia

Visited Atlanta, March 2011

Hawaii

Visited Maui, August 2018

Idaho

Visited Sandpoint, September 2016

Illinois

Visited Chicago, September 2013

Indiana

Iowa

Visited Leon, September 2023

Kansas

Visited Lawrence, July 2015

Kentucky

Louisiana

Visited New Orleans, June 2022

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Visited Kansas City, July 2015

Montana

Visited Noxon, September 2016

Nebraska

Nevada

Visited Las Vegas, August 2015

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Visited New York, November 2014

North Carolina

Visited Durham, October 2023

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Visited Portland, September 2009

Pennsylvania

Visited Philadelphia, August 2016

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Visited Columbia, August 2017

South Dakota

Tennessee

Visited Nashville, August 2019

Texas

Visited Austin, August 2015

Utah

Visited Salina, October 2019

Vermont

Virginia

Visited Crystal City, September 2012

Washington

Visited Spokane, September 2016

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Visited Bighorn National Park, August 2021

Engineering 5 / 13

Active Mine

One with a very long ride down in a lift.

Aircraft Carrier

Active would be great, but just an old one is fine.

Visited USS Hornet, June 2014

Airplane Factory

Airliners, fighter jets, or perhaps tiny planes.

Anechoic Chamber

Not big, but still quite impressive.

Deep Space Observatory

You know, the really high up ones. Full of science.

Fission Reactor

Preferably without too much radiation exposure

Fusion Reactor

Big, round and very, very hot.

Visited JET, May 2010

Huge Dam

We're talking giant here. Preferably with an inside.

Visited Hoover Dam, August 2015

Oil Rig

One of those absolute units in the sea, not a little one.

Particle Accelerator

Big, round, and very, very cold.

Visited Diamond Light Source, March 2012

Rocket Launch

Something reasonably large. Moon launch best.

Visited KSC, FL, March 2015

Tallest Building in the World

Waiting until this is no longer in Dubai.

Top of a Wind Turbine

Underneath is easy. Up top? Less so.

Nature 7 / 19

Antarctica

I'd include the other continents, but they're too easy.

Deep Cave

Something that needs proper caving equipment to reach.

Desert

Beautiful in its desolation.

Visited Mojave National Preserve, January 2017

Fijords

They give a continent a baroque feel.

Visited Tromsø, January 2014

Gates of Hell

A continuously-burning hole in the desert.

Giant Waterfall

Victoria Falls, then perhaps Angel Falls.

Glacier

A nice big one, full of ice.

Hot Spring

Of the volcanic kind, naturally.

Visited Takaragawa, Japan, April 2016

Mount Erebus

Specifically, the ice caves.

North/South Pole

One is fine, two is amazing.

Northern Lights

I know, not a place, but still amazing.

Visited Tromsø, Norway, January 2014

Ocean Trench

A long trip in a tiny submersible...

Rainforest

And not just the little bit in the Eden Project.

Relampago del Catatumbo

The world's most constant lightning storm.

Space

Why not? It's not that far away...

Taiga

The world's Arctic forest.

Visited Fairbanks, Alaska, November 2016

Tiny Ocean Atoll

Where there's no other land in sight.

Total Eclipse

A miraculous cosmological coincidence

Visited Greenville, SC, USA, August 2017

Volcano

We're talking full-on lava lake here.

Visited Kīlauea, Hawai'i, July 2022

Countries 34 / 34

Argentina

Visited March 2016

Australia

Visited July 2014

Belarus

Visited February 2020

Belgium

Visited February 2011

Brazil

Visited October 2017

Canada

Visited July 2010

Colombia

Visited February 2020

Cyprus

Visited May 2011

Czech Republic

Visited May 2009

Denmark

Visited April 2019

Estonia

Visited August 2022

France

Visited January 1995

Germany

Visited October 2012

Hong Kong

Visited June 2012

Hungary

Visited April 2014

Ireland

Visited June 2003

Israel

Visited June 2018

Italy

Visited January 2002

Japan

Visited June 2015

Netherlands

Visited June 2011

New Zealand

Visited June 2017

Norway

Visited January 2014

Poland

Visited May 2013

Portugal

Visited August 2013

Serbia

Visited October 2019

Singapore

Visited June 2015

Spain

Visited January 1992

Sweden

Visited April 2019

Switzerland

Visited June 2012

Taiwan

Visited June 2017

Ukraine

Visited October 2010

United Kingdom

Visited April 1988

United States of America

Visited September 2008

Vatican City

Visited February 2014