The “perfect” road-trip

[CDGator]

The perfect US road trip, down to a science! Expert uses AI to develop 13,699-mile route that takes you through 50 landmarks in three months​

• A data scientist created the ultimate cross-country trip that takes three months
• It has stops in all of the lower 48 states and takes nine days nonstops driving

What will you see along the perfect US road trip?​

Grand Canyon, Arizona
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Craters of the Moon, Idaho
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Pikes Peak, Colorado
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
The Alamo, Texas
The Platt Historic District, Oklahoma
Toltec Mounds, Arkansas
Elvis Presley's Graceland, Tennessee
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
USS Alabama, Alabama
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Okefenokee Swamp Park, Georgia
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
Lost World Caverns, West Virginia
Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, North Carolina
Mount Vernon, Virginia
White House, Washington, DC
Colonial Annapolis Historic District, Maryland
New Castle Historic District, Delaware
Cape May Historic District, New Jersey
Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania


Statue of Liberty, New York
The Mark Twain House & Museum, Connecticut
The Breakers, Rhode Island
USS Constitution, Massachusetts
Acadia National Park, Maine
Mount Washington Hotel, New Hampshire
Shelburne Farms, Vermont
Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan
Spring Grove Cemetery, Ohio
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
West Baden Springs Hotel, Indiana
Abraham Lincoln's Home, Illinois
Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri
C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, Kansas
Terrace Hill Governor's Mansion, Iowa
Taliesin, Wisconsin
Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Ashfall Fossil Bed, Nebraska
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Fort Union Trading Post, North Dakota
Glacier National Park, Montana
Hanford Site, Washington
Columbia River Highway, Oregon
San Francisco Cable Cars, California
San Andreas Fault, California
Hoover Dam, Nevada

Here is the perfect US road trip, down to a science

A data scientist has lend a hand in planning the ultimate US road trip that takes you cross-country to see 50 iconic landmarks, including Mount Rushmore and San Francisco's cable cars.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[CDGator]

Would you do a 14,000 mile road trip in 3 months?

 

[g8r.tom]

Only if I have a driver.

 

[CDGator]

Only if I have a driver.

Uber

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

That list of attractions is a bit underwhelming

 

[soflagator]

That list of attractions is a bit underwhelming

 

[Seedy]

Where are the "your mom's house isn't listed" comments?

 

[Detroitgator]

That list of attractions is a bit underwhelming

I'd rather take the trip that Kirsten Dunst put together for Orlando Bloom in Elizabethtown.

 

[AugustaGator]

That list of attractions is a bit underwhelming

Some are good but several are bad.

 

[Gator by the Sea]

Meh...most of the places that are worth seeing on that list, I've already seen.

 

[Detroitgator]

Much like the mom's of the members of this board, some are good but several are bad.

FIFY

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Only five reasons to ever set foot in California ever again:

1. Reagan Library
2. Nixon Library
3. Take in game at Dodger Stadium, although I despise them, the history oozes.
4. Take in game at Rose Bowl, even if UCLA home game.
5. Take in game at LA Coliseum, even if USC home game.

The last thing I want to do is go see a bunch of ****** cocksuckers taking a **** off the side of a cable car.

If I ever get to drive cross country again in my lifetime, I'd love to avoid interstate highways completely and take back roads and see what's left of real America out there.

 

[soflagator]

I'd rather take the trip that Kirsten Dunst put together for Orlando Bloom in Elizabethtown.

To be fair, I actually agree with @Bernardo de la Paz here. My general experience has been that most of the time the things that you must see are the least impressive. I much prefer getting a feel for an area as opposed to just doing the obvious tourist traps. The first time I took my family to New York, that’s what we did. Having spent so much time there, I wanted to avoid those types of things. We briefly walked through Times Square and saw the Empire State Building from the outside. Also my wife wanted to the see the Brooklyn Bridge and SoL, so I scheduled our return flight out of JFK. The last day I paid the car service a few extra dollars to take us south from Midtown over the Brooklyn Bridge and said, “hey kids, that’s the Statue of Liberty in the distance”.

 

[Detroitgator]

To be fair, I actually agree with @Bernardo de la Paz here. My general experience has been that most of the time the things that you must see are the least impressive. I much prefer getting a feel for an area as opposed to just doing the obvious tourist traps. The first time I took my family to New York, that’s what we did. Having spent so much time there, I wanted to avoid those types of things. We briefly walked through Times Square and saw the Empire State Building from the outside. Also my wife wanted to the see the Brooklyn Bridge and SoL, so I scheduled our return flight out of JFK. The last day I paid the car service a few extra dollars to take us south from Midtown over the Brooklyn Bridge and said, “hey kids, that’s the Statue of Liberty in the distance”.

Yes, that was the entire point of my mentioning the trip in Elizabethtown.

 

[soflagator]

Yes, that was the entire point of my mentioning the trip in Elizabethtown.

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. And then expounded, despite not being asked to.

 

[Detroitgator]

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. And then expounded, despite not being asked to.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Only five reasons to ever set foot in California ever again:

1. Reagan Library
2. Nixon Library
3. Take in game at Dodger Stadium, although I despise them, the history oozes.
4. Take in game at Rose Bowl, even if UCLA home game.
5. Take in game at LA Coliseum, even if USC home game.

The last thing I want to do is go see a bunch of ****** cocksuckers taking a **** off the side of a cable car.

If I ever get to drive cross country again in my lifetime, I'd love to avoid interstate highways completely and take back roads and see what's left of real America out there.

I agree with your sentiment completely.

Having already done 4 of those 5 things you have validated my belief that I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to step foot in California again.

 

[AugustaGator]

If this is not on the list, I’m not interested.

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[CDGator]

10

Actually visited or seen from a distance (WH, statue of Liberty)

 

[AlexDaGator]

We should plan out a GCMB recommended road trip of sh!ttyness.

All the stops are overrated, underwhelming, and disappointing tourist traps.

I’ll start with…Daytona Beach.


Alex.