Slide Rock State Park
Slide Rock pairs a historic orchard with Oak Creek Canyon scenery. Swim areas are closed until October 1, 2026; check the park’s notice before visiting.
Things to Do in United States
United States — Thing to Do on ViaTravelers
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Chapel of the Holy Cross
The Chapel of the Holy Cross rises straight out of Sedona’s red rock buttes — it’s one of the few roadside stops that actually earns the detour.
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Devil’s Bridge
Devil’s Bridge is the largest sandstone arch near Sedona — the 1.8-mile hike is moderate, but standing on it with Red Rock views in every direction is not.
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Cathedral Rock
Cathedral Rock earns its reputation — the scramble up is genuinely tough, but that vortex energy and 360° red rock panorama make it Sedona’s most rewarding hike.
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Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks at 925 feet gives you the full SF grid, both bridges, and fog rolling in faster than you’d expect — timing your visit matters.
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Lafayette Square
Lafayette Square is where locals actually spend their Wednesdays — live music, picnic blankets, and none of the French Quarter crowds.
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Old Absinthe House
The absinthe frappe was invented here in 1807. The business cards still cover every wall. Order at the copper bar, not the tourist side.
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Marie Laveau House
Marie Laveau wasn’t just a Voodoo Queen — she was a hairdresser, healer, and power broker in a city that ran on all three.
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Joan of Arc Statue
New Orleans’ Joan of Arc Statue was cast by the same sculptor behind Paris’ version — that detail alone reframes the whole French Quarter.
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Niagara Falls
The falls are obvious. What most Boston day-trippers miss: Inniskillin’s ice wine and the Haudenosaunee history that predates every tourist trap.
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American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection
The Navarre Building alone is worth the stop — but 300 paintings of the American West inside make it one of Denver’s most underrated afternoons.
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Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum
Hangar No. 1 at Lowry AFB holds 50+ aircraft and simulators — Colorado’s air and space history packed into one massive, walkable space.
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Meow Wolf Denver Convergence Station
Convergence Station is 90,000 sq ft of alternate-reality Denver — the kind of place where you lose your group for 45 minutes and don’t mind.
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Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
Como Zoo is free, has been free since 1897, and somehow still surprises people. The conservatory alone justifies the detour from downtown St. Paul.
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Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Cafe
The building that inspired Ramone’s shop in Cars is real — and it’s a 1936 Art Deco gas station still standing on Route 66 in Shamrock, Texas.
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Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre
Sacré-Cœur’s dome view stretches 50km on clear days — but the mosaic inside is what most visitors walk past without looking up.
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Cheers Bar Beacon Hill
The real bar behind the TV show is smaller than you’d expect, but the Bull & Finch’s wood-paneled interior still earns the pilgrimage.
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Koko Crater Botanical Garden
Koko Crater fits 60 acres of baobabs, plumeria, and rare succulents inside a volcanic crater — free admission, no crowds, bring water.
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Kapiolani Park
Kapiolani Park is where Honolulu actually lives — Royal Hawaiian Band, outrigger canoes, and 300 acres the tourists mostly walk past.
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Iolani Palace
The only royal palace on U.S. soil, Iolani Palace is where Hawaii’s last queen was imprisoned — that detail alone reframes everything you see inside.
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Pearl Harbor
The oil still seeps from the Arizona — slow, dark streaks the staff call black tears. That detail alone reframes everything you thought you knew.
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Marukame Udon
Marukame’s open kitchen shows dough kneaded by mechanical feet, noodles cut fresh all day — and bowls start at ¥500.
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Hawaii Childrens Discovery Center
38,000 sq ft of hands-on exhibits in Kakaako where kids can step inside traditional Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and Portuguese homes.