Travel Bucket List

Inspired by my lovely and very talented friend, Synke, I’ve decided to move my Travel Bucket List out of Evernote and publish it as part of my blog.

What do you recommend that I add to my list, either around Kansas City, a close drive away, or elsewhere in the world?  Leave your suggestion(s) in the comments section below!

Local / Day Trips on My Travel Bucket List

On the Kansas Side of Kansas City

• English Afternoon Tea at the Clock Tower Bakery – See my English afternoon tea post
• Tag Monarch Butterflies with MonarchWatch.org
• Plant Milkweed through MonarchWatch.org
• Hike the Cedar Crest Trail
• Amelia Earheart’s Home, Atchison, KS
• Overland Park Farmer’s Market
• Eat at the Original Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que
• Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop
• Prairie Park Nature Center, Lawrence, Kansas
• Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary, Louisburg, Kansas
• Topeka Zoo, Topeka, Kansas
• Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, Pleasanton, Kansas
• Equality House in Topeka – See my Equality House post
• Brown v Board of Education

On the Missouri Side of Kansas City

• Smithville Lake, Clay County, MO
• Jamesport
• Independence Square Walking Tour
• Finish my Kansas City Fountains and Kansas City Sculptures Lists
• Experience the Duck Derby
• Little House on the Prairie Museum, Independence, KS
• John Wornall House
• Alexander Majors House
• Bingham-Wagner Estate
• Shatto Milk, Osborn, MO
• Nelson Atkins Shuttlecocks
• Powell Gardens
• Kauffman Garden
• Truman Presidential Library – See my Truman Presidential Library posts

Weekend Trip or Travel Elsewhere in the US on My Bucket List

Arkansas

• Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville – See my Crystal Bridges post
• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana
• Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock, AR

Arizona

• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California

California

• Drive the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to Santa Barbara
• Hearst Castle
• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California
• Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, Lancaster, CA in Late March
• Bodie Historic State Park, California
• Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA
• Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, CA – See my Nixon Presidential Library post
• Photograph the Palace of Fine Arts at Night
• Walk Across the Golden Gate Bridge

Florida

• Drive from Miami to Key West

Hawaii

• Hana Highway, Maui

Illinois

• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California
• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana
• Galena, IL

Iowa

• Bridges of Madison County, Iowa
• Photograph the Molecule Man statue in Council Bluffs, IA at the Mid-America Center
• Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA
• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana
• John Wayne’s Birthplace

Kansas

• Wichita Botanica Garden #KSBucketList
• Monument Rocks and Castle Rock in Grove County, Kansas
• Lindsborg, KS and Nearby Coranado Heights #KSBucketList
• Pillsbury Loop
• Hike the Konza Prairie
• Flint Hills National Wildlife Preserve, Hartford, KS
• Alcove Spring, Near Blue Rapids, KS
• Hedrick’s Exotic Animal Farm, near Hutchinson, KS
• Four State Lookout, White Cloud, KS
• Seelye Mansion, Abilene, Kansas
• Mushroom Rock State Park, Marquette #KSBucketList
• Nicodemus National Historic Site, Nicodemus #KSBucketList
• Gypsum Hills Scenic Byway, Barber and Comanche Counties, KS
• Maxwell Wildlife Refuge, Canton #KSBucketList
• Mushroom State Park and Rock City, Ellsworth and Ottawa Counties, KS
• Covered Bridge Near Jamestown Wildlife Refuge 
• Eagle Valley Raptor Center, Garden City, Kansas
• Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Goddard, Kansas
• Hutchinson Zoo, Hutchinson, Kansas
• Milford Nature Center, Junction City, Kansas
• Sunset Zoo, Manhattan, Kansas
• Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina, Kansas
• Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Kansas
• Cimarron National Grasslands, Elkhart #KSBucketList
• Clark Drug, Soda & Ice Cream Parlor, Cimarron #KSBucketList
• Big Basin Prairie Preserve, Ashland, Kansas
• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California
• The Keeper of the Plains and Footbridge, Wichita
• Eisenhower Presidential Library – See my Eisenhower Library post

Kentucky

• Bourbon Trail, Kentucky
• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Louisiana

• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Maine

• Acadia National Park, Maine

Massachusetts

• Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, MA – See my post from the Kennedy Presidential Library

Michigan

• Ford Presidential Library, Grand Rapids, MI
• Detroit Zoo
• Henry Ford Museum

Minnesota

• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Mississippi

• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Missouri

• Meet the Clydesdales at Warm Springs Ranch
• Katy Trail, MO
• Highway Z, Missouri
• St. Louis
• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California
• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Montana

• Glacier Park, MT
• Flathead Lake, MT
• Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana
• Yellowstone National Park – See my post about Yellowstone National Park

Nebraska

• Highway 2, Nebraska

New Mexico

• White Sands National Monument – Read what to do when you visit White Sands and what to pack when you visit White Sands
• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California

New York

• Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY
• Statue of Liberty

North Carolina

• Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC

Oklahoma

• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California

Ohio

• Cincinnati, OH – See my Cincinnati posts
• Ohio River Scenic Byway, Cincinnati to Louisville

Oregon

• Drive the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to Santa Barbara

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia, PA

South Carolina

• Charleston, SC

South Dakota

• Ingalls Homestead, De Smet, SD
• Custer State Park, SD
• Mount Rushmore

Tennessee

• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

Texas

• Travel the Entire Route 66 as Inspired by Route 66 Backroads, Illinois to California
• Johnson Library, Austin, TX
• Bush Presidential Library, Dallas, TX
• Bush Presidential Library, College Station, TX

Utah

• Antelope Island – Read about my experience on Antelope Island
• Red Butte Gardens

Vermont

• Ben & Jerry’s, Vermont

Washington

• Drive the Pacific Coast Highway from Seattle to Santa Barbara

Washington DC

• Visit the White House

Wisconsin

• Great River Road, Minnesota to Louisiana

International Destinations on My Travel Bucket List

Iceland

• Visit Iceland

Germany

• Berlin, Germany – See my post about the Berlin Wall

New Zealand

• New Zealand

Norway

• Visit Norway

Sweden

• See More of Sweden

Thank you for sharing!