Top 150 Alternative Bucket List Locations

The below ranking shows the top 150 alternative bucket list locations across America, as voted for by 3,000 families.

RankingLocationState
11 Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Tennessee
12 Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Montana
13 Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee) Wisconsin
14 Manitou Springs Penny Arcade Colorado
15 Whale Watching in Juneau Alaska
16 Chihuly Garden and Glass (Seattle) Washington
17 Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg) Virginia
18 Meteor Crater & Barringer Space Museum Arizona
19 Ozark National Scenic Riverways Missouri
20 Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Massachusetts
21 The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino) California
22 Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg) Maryland
23 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Idaho
24 Assateague Island National Seashore Maryland
25 Trees of Mystery California
26 Goblin Valley State Park Utah
27 Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Rhode Island
28 Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Minnesota
29 Grayson Highlands State Park Virginia
30 Ohiopyle State Park Pennsylvania
31 Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Virginia
32 Paint Mines Interpretive Park Colorado
33 Tahquamenon Falls State Park Michigan
34 Tallulah Gorge State Park Georgia
35 Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area Kansas
36 Clifty Falls State Park Indiana
37 Spearfish Canyon South Dakota
38 Atchafalaya Basin Louisiana
39 Grafton Notch State Park Maine
40 Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Georgia
41 The Mammoth Site (Hot Springs) South Dakota
42 Bandelier National Monument New Mexico
43 Gloss Mountain State Park Oklahoma
44 Biosphere 2 Arizona
45 Okefenokee Swamp Park & Adventures Georgia
46 Newport Mansions (Newport) Rhode Island
47 Maquoketa Caves State Park Iowa
48 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Kansas
49 Blackwater Falls State Park West Virginia
50 Cape Lookout National Seashore North Carolina
51 Dog Sledding on a Glacier Alaska
52 Dinosaur Ridge Colorado
53 Luray Caverns (Luray) Virginia
54 Isle Royale National Park Michigan
55 Minnewaska State Park Preserve New York
56 Lake Erie Islands Ohio
57 Palo Duro Canyon State Park Texas
58 Pike Place Market (Seattle) Washington
59 Canyonlands National Park (The Needles District) Utah
60 Devils Tower National Monument Wyoming
61 International Peace Garden North Dakota
62 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Chaska) Minnesota
63 Mystic Hot Springs (Monroe) Utah
64 Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Michigan
65 Horicon Marsh Wisconsin
66 Idaho Potato Museum (Blackfoot) Idaho
67 Palisades State Park South Dakota
68 Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Birmingham) Alabama
69 Cape May Point State Park New Jersey
70 Cape Perpetua Scenic Area Oregon
71 Catoctin Mountain Park Maryland
72 Kayaking at Silver Springs State Park Florida
73 Salvation Mountain California
74 The Wave at Coyote Buttes Arizona
75 Mystery Spot California
76 White Sands National Park New Mexico
77 Wind River Range Wyoming
78 Blanchard Springs Caverns Arkansas
79 Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania
80 Kentucky Horse Park (Lexington) Kentucky
81 Little River Canyon National Preserve Alabama
82 Natural Bridge State Resort Park Kentucky
83 Red River Gorge Geological Area Kentucky
84 Shoshone Falls Idaho
85 Sleeping Giant State Park Connecticut
86 The Pine Barrens New Jersey
87 Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument New Mexico
88 John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oregon
89 Maah Daah Hey Trail North Dakota
90 Mobile-Tensaw Delta Alabama
91 Natchez Trace Parkway Tennessee
92 Colt State Park Rhode Island
93 Pisgah National Forest North Carolina
94 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Michigan
95 Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Maryland
96 Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land Maine
97 Dinosaur State Park Connecticut
98 Edisto Beach State Park South Carolina
99 Gillette Castle State Park Connecticut
100 Turkey Run State Park Indiana
101 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Minnesota
102 Petroglyph National Monument New Mexico
103 Bluespring Caverns (Bedford) Indiana
104 Caesars Head State Park South Carolina
105 Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge West Virginia
106 Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park Florida
107 Fort Robinson State Park Nebraska
108 Lamoille Canyon Nevada
109 Mohawk Trail State Forest Massachusetts
110 Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman) Montana
111 Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area North Dakota
112 Poverty Point World Heritage Site Louisiana
113 Presque Isle State Park Pennsylvania
114 The Moundville Archaeological Park Alabama
115 Camel's Hump State Park Vermont
116 Deception Pass State Park Washington
117 Door County Wisconsin
118 Effigy Mounds National Monument Iowa
119 Enchanted Highway (Regent) North Dakota
120 Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Louisiana
121 Kettle Moraine State Forest Wisconsin
122 Montezuma Castle National Monument Arizona
123 National Automobile Museum (Reno) Nevada
124 Thimble Islands Connecticut
125 Vicksburg National Military Park Mississippi
126 Voyageurs National Park Minnesota
127 Bonneville Salt Flats Utah
128 Cache River State Natural Area Illinois
129 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park Missouri
130 Lost River Gorge and Boulder Caves New Hampshire
131 Monument Rocks Kansas
132 Mushroom Rock State Park Kansas
133 Musical Instrument Museum (Phoenix) Arizona
134 Shelburne Farms Vermont
135 Thorncrown Chapel (Eureka Springs) Arkansas
136 Natchez Trace Parkway Mississippi
137 Patapsco Valley State Park Maryland
138 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Delaware
139 Kisatchie National Forest Louisiana
140 Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site North Dakota
141 Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Iowa
142 Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park Michigan
143 Toadstool Geologic Park Nebraska
144 Dolly Sods Wilderness West Virginia
145 Mount Greylock State Reservation Massachusetts
146 Fly Ranch Gezer Nevada
147 Thor's Well Oregon
148 The Enchanted Highway North Dakota
149 The Neon Museum Nevada
150 The International Cryptozoology Museum Maine