Explore America
Suggested itineraries
These are suggestions to adapt, not schedules. Time at each stop is our estimate. Distances are straight-line only — check a maps service for real routes and travel times, and the operator's website for hours and tickets.
3 days · Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia
Washington, D.C.: Government and national memory
See where Congress meets and where the founding documents are kept, walk the memorials on the National Mall, and spend a day in free Smithsonian museums.
Themes: Government, Founding documents, Remembrance, Museums
See and customize2 days · New York City and New York Harbor
New York: Immigration and American stories
Follow the immigrant journey from the harbor to the apartments of the Lower East Side, then reflect at two of the city's most important memorials.
Themes: Immigration, Family history, Civil rights, Remembrance
See and customize4 days · Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
Philadelphia and Boston: The founding era
Stand where the Declaration and Constitution were signed, then walk Boston's Freedom Trail through the places where the Revolution began.
Themes: Founding, Revolution, Constitution
See and customize4 days · Georgia and Alabama
Atlanta, Birmingham, and Selma: The civil rights movement
Trace the movement from Dr. King's childhood neighborhood to the Birmingham campaign and the march for voting rights.
Themes: Civil rights, Voting rights, Nonviolence
See and customize3 days · Texas
San Antonio and Houston: Missions and spaceflight
Explore the Spanish colonial missions and the Alamo, then visit the home of NASA's Mission Control.
Themes: Regional culture, Indigenous history, Science
See and customize2–4 days in one park · Arizona, California, or Wyoming–Montana–Idaho
Western national parks: Choose one
These parks are huge and far apart. Pick one and give it time, rather than trying to see them all in one trip.
Themes: Nature, National parks, Indigenous homelands
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