Here is the first installment of American destinations which did not make the top 250 best travel destinations in the world. They are arranged by state.
Alaska
Denali National Park — contains the tallest mountain in North America, Mt McKinley.
Inspiration Point, Denali
Fairbanks – a delightful city in the Alaskan interior
Golden Heart Plaza, Fairbanks
Kenai Peninsula
Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park — also features the Painted Desert
Petrified Forest National Park
Sedona — classic canyon scenery with red sandstone rock sentinels
Oak Creek Canyon, Sedona
California
Lake Tahoe — winter and summer playground
Lake Tahoe
Lassen Volcanic National Park — many thermal features testifying to the geological activity of this area
Kings Creek, Lassen Volcanic NP
Monterey Bay — Seventeen-Mile Drive takes travelers past classic rocky shore scenery
Lone Cypress, Seventeen Mile Drive
Redwood National Park — features the tallest trees in the world
Giant Redwoods
Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park — features the largest living things on the planet
General Grant Tree
Wine Country (Napa & Sonoma Valleys) — one of the world’s most popular wine-growing regions
Amaroso Vineyard
Colorado
Aspen – playground of the rich and famous
San Juan Skyway — one of America’s most spectacular scenic drives
San Juan Skyway Vista
Vail — A Swiss alpine village in the Colorado Rockies
Florida
Kennedy Space Center — home of America’s space program
Vehicle Assembly Building
Miami & Miami Beach — known around the world for its Art Deco architecture and upscale nightlife
Holocaust Memorial, Miami Beach
Sanibel Island — typical Gulf Coast beach which is popular with collectors of seashells
Sanibel Island Beach
St Augustine — oldest town in America
Flagler College, St Augustine
Georgia
Atlanta & Stone Mountain — impressive city and the southern version of Mt Rushmore
Stone Mountain
Callaway Gardens — spectacular in spring with its many varieties of azaleas
Callaway Gardens
