Here’s my travel bucket list – first shared in a post on Sept 12, 2014.
| ID | Category | Bucket List Name | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit all 50 states in the United States | 48/50 - just need Alaska And Hawaii |
| 2 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit all 3143 counties in the United States | Currently at 1751 out or 3143, or 55.7% |
| 5 | Road-geek / map-geek | Travel the entire Route 66 | |
| 6 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit every subway station in New York City | |
| 8 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit 6 continents | Still need South America, Africa and Australia / Oceania |
| 9 | Road-geek / map-geek | Cross the two Bosphorus Bridges in Istanbul | |
| 10 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit Baarle-Hertog, Belgium / Baarle-Nassau Netherlands | |
| 11 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit the southernmost point of the US (Key West) | |
| 12 | Road-geek / map-geek | Drive on every Interstate - currently at 111 / 345 | |
| 15 | See the sights | See Angkor Wat | |
| 16 | See the sights | See Macchu Picchu | |
| 18 | See the sights | See the Great Wall of China | |
| 19 | See the sights | Visit Galapagos Island | |
| 20 | See the sights | See Northern Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar | |
| 22 | See the sights | See the Pyramids | |
| 23 | See the sights | Take a ride through the Panama Canal | |
| 24 | See the sights | Travel on a canal boat in Venice | |
| 25 | See the sights | Drive through a redwood tree | |
| 26 | See the sights | See the Moai Statues on Easter Island | |
| 27 | See the sights | See Victoria Falls in Zambia / Zimbabwe | |
| 30 | Outdoor adventures | Hike a 14er in Colorado | we took the railroad up Pikes Peak but I'm not counting that |
| 31 | Outdoor adventures | Watch the Kentucky Derby | |
| 32 | Outdoor adventures | Hike the Appalachian Trail | |
| 33 | Outdoor adventures | Take an African Safari | |
| 34 | Outdoor adventures | Hike Y Mountain | |
| 35 | Outdoor adventures | See the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) | |
| 36 | Outdoor adventures | Watch the sunrise on the east coast of Maine | |
| 37 | Outdoor adventures | Experience 24 hours of sunlight in the Arctic Circle | |
| 39 | Outdoor adventures | Visit all 50 state highpoints | |
| 40 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Stay a night in an overwater bungalow | |
| 43 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Swim in the highest swimming pool - Ritz Carlton Hong Kong | |
| 45 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Stay a night in an ice hotel | |
| 47 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Take the Island Hopper | |
| 48 | Vendomy-style travel goals | See the fireworks in France on Bastille Day | |
| 49 | Things specific to who I am / where I live | Visit Wiesbaden, Germany (birthplace but I left as a toddler) | |
| 50 | Things specific to who I am / where I live | See the birthplace of Benjamin Miller in Ireland (my first ancestor to come to the US in the mid 1700s) | |
| 51 | Things specific to who I am / where I live | Visit Madeira Island in Portugal (my hometown shares its name, though it was actually named for a guy named John Madeira) | |
| 52 | Outdoor adventures | Float in the Dead Sea | |
| 53 | See the sights | Visit the Olympics |
Completed travel bucket list items
| ID | Category | Bucket List Name | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Road-geek / map-geek | Visit all 88 counties in Ohio in 24 hours | COMPLETED in 2006 in 23 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds |
| 3 | Road-geek / map-geek | Ride my bike on every street in Madeira, Ohio | COMPLETED in 2006 (and then again in 2007) |
| 38 | Outdoor adventures | Jump in all 5 Great Lakes in one day | COMPLETED in August 2012 (YouTube video) |
| 14 | See the sights | Visit 4 corners | COMPLETED: March 4, 2015 |
| 44 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Take an overnight train ride | COMPLETED: June 10, 2015 |
| 21 | See the sights | See Old Faithful | COMPLETED: June 14, 2015 |
| 28 | See the sights | See Mt. Rushmore | COMPLETED: June 17, 2015 |
| 7 | Road-geek / map-geek | Take a ride on the London Underground | Completed September 2016 |
| 17 | See the sights | See Stonehenge | Completed September 2015 |
| 13 | See the sights | See the Grand Canyon | Completed November 10, 2015 |
| 29 | See the sights | Visit the 11/11 11:11:11 themed Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona | COMPLETED: November 11, 2015 |
| 42 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Fly first class on an overnight flight | Completed 3 times, starting March 8th, 2016 - (JAL first class, ORD-NRT, Emirates first class SIN-DXB, Emirates first class DXB-JFK) |
| 41 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Visit the world's tallest building (currently the Burj Khalifa) | COMPLETED: March 15, 2016 |
| 46 | Vendomy-style travel goals | Take a round the world plane itinerary | COMPLETED: March 2016 |
Adjustments
Sept. 2014 – Removed Hike Appalachian Trail as I had it on there twice – added Drive on every US Interstate
June 2015 – Crossed off see an overnight train ride, see Old Faithful and see Mt. Rushmore
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Great list! I would love to visit some of these places too. I really want to go to Key west…. and watching the northern lights would be amazing.
-Amber
I love your travel bucket list. You have inspired me to write mine down I have it in my head. But one of my mane goals is to now visit Antarctica it will be my last continent to visit. Not sure when I will get there because is so expensive and the main way you can get there is by cruising and that’s completely off limits for awhile. Also I live in Barbados so getting there is also complicated. One day I hope to tick this off my list!
Great bucket list! I definitely would love to visit these places too. Thank you for this article.