Smoky Moutain National Park
Appalachian Trail
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Virginia Beach
First Landing State Park
Kitty Hawk  (Jr. Ranger program)
Fort Henry
Nauticus
USS Wisconsin
Shirley Plantation-oldest plantation in the US
St. John's Church-site of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech
Monticello
Montpelier
Mount Vernon
the War Memorials in Washington DC
the Presidential Memorials in Washington DC
National Archives
Arlington National Cemetery
met Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker
Amish country - Lancaster, PA
US Mint
Independence Hall
Ben Franklin's house
B Free Franklin Post Office
Betsy Ross House
Liberty Bell
Statue of Liberty
Ground Zero
The Body Exhibition in NYC
saw "Stomp"
Gettysburg
Yorktown
Plimouth Plantation
Mayflower II
Plimouth Rock
Jenney Gristmill
Mystic Seaport
Slater's Mill
Valley Forge (we tried to visit the Scout Museum but it was closed)
MIT museum
Boston's Freedom Trail
Old North Church
Boston Commons
Boston Massacre site
Minuteman National Park-rode our bikes 10 miles on the Battle Road Trail - the road that Paul Revere took to warn the townspeople that the regulars were coming
Salem Witch House
Portland, ME - took our art supplies and sketched 6 lighthouses including the famous Portland Head Light
Bennington Monument - VT
Herkimer Diamond Mines - we mined for diamonds and found one
Baseball Hall of Fame - boy scout scavenger hunt
we did a live TV interview with Fox News
Niagara Falls - the Maid of the Mist and the Cave of the Winds Tours
crossed into Canada
Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum
Churchill Downs
Creation Museum
Strong Children's Museum
Chicago - Museum of Science and Industry, Adler Planetarium, picnic by Lake Michigan, Shedd Aquarium, Isle a la Cache, Illinois and Michigan Canal
Lincoln Presidential Museum - Springfield, IL
Mark Twain Home and Museum - Hannibal, MO
St. Louis - Magic House Children's Museum, zoo, Old Courthouse (Dred Scott Case), Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Museum and Arch, Forest Park, Botanical Gardens, City Museum, Municipal Theater for High School Musical on Stage, Art Museum
International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City, MO
Olympic Training Center - Colorado Springs, CO
Pike's Peak
Royal Gorge and Royal Gorge Bridge
interview with Fox News in Denver
hiked the Flatirons in Boulder, CO
hiked Rocky Mountain National Park
Oregon Trail Ruts - Guernsey, WY
Register Cliff
Fort Laramie (Jr. Ranger program)
Custer State Park
Needles Highway
Mount Rushmore (Jr. Ranger program)
Crazy Horse Monument
Mammoth Site - Jr. Paleontologist Dig
Cody, WY Rodeo
Buffalo Bill Museum
Yellowstone National Park (several hikes, Jr. Ranger program, Young Scientist program)
Grand Teton National Park (hike Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point at Jenny Lake, Jr. Ranger program, Menor's ferry)
Chuckwagon ride in Jackson Hole, WY (the boys got to drive the wagon)
Space Needle
whale watching - Anacortes
hiked in Olympic National Park
visited an organic farm in WA
hiked on Mt. Rainier
delivered cookies to firefighters in WA on 9-11 (the station where firefighters marshaled to fight fires from Mt. St. Helens)
Ft. Clatsop (end of Lewis and Clark trail)
Ft. Stevens
Mount St. Helens (Jr. Ranger program)
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
hiked the Columbia River Gorge
Multnomah Falls
glass blowing in Lincoln City, OR
tide pools near Newport, OR
crabbing in Charleston, OR
Redwood National Forest - hiked Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Trail, Cathedral Trees Trail (Jr. Ranger program)
Avenue of the Giants
tour of the Jelly Belly Factory
Adventure Playground
Golden Gate Bridge
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - 4-wheeling
Las Vegas - Bellagio Fountains
Hoover Dam tour
hiked Cathedral Rock in Sedona, AZ
Grand Canyon - hiked part of the Bright Angel Trail (Jr. Ranger program)
Mesa Verde (Jr. Ranger program)
Carlsbad Caverns (Jr. Ranger program)
Alamo
Johnson Space Center
Houston port boat tour
Biloxi bayou swamp tour
Katrina memorial
Tallahassee - BMX track
Navy base tour in Jacksonville, FL
St. Augustine - Catillo de San Marcos
Savannah, GA - civil war walking tour
Charleston, SC - Ft. Moultrie (Jr. Ranger program) Ft. Sumter National Monument - where the Civil War began
Stone Mountain - Atlanta, GA
Martin Luther King National Monument  (Jr. Ranger program)
Ice skating at Olympic Park
Cyclorama - civil war painting - Atlanta
TN aquarium - Chattanooga, TN
Children's Discovery Museum - Chattanooga