What to do on cross-country road trip?
March 20, 2025 2:18 PM Subscribe
My millennial son and I are planning a cross-country road trip for three weeks in April, and want to know about things we shouldn’t miss along the way. We’re interested in history, local culture, easily accessible nature attractions (walking but not hiking), architecture and in particular, places where movies/scenes have been shot. Also anything weird.
We’re starting from California’s Central Valley, heading down I-5 and over to Las Vegas, where we’ll spend a couple days. What is there to do in Vegas that’s not gambling? We’ll head on to the Grand Canyon, then over to Houston for a day or two (with maybe a side trip to Carlsbad Caverns).
We’re especially interested in what to do in New Orleans, where we’ll be for about three days. I’m already planning a walking tour of the French Quarter, a visit to Whitney Plantation, a swamp boat tour (no airboat), Music Box Village and the WWII museum. Maybe Mardi Gras World and the New Orleans Voodoo Museum.
Next, up to Memphis for the Civil Rights Museum, then on to Gettysburg and two or three days in Philadelphia. Anything Civil War along the way would be cool. A stop for a while in Washington, D.C., where our Congressman has promised a personal VIP tour of the Capitol, if he’s in town. Finally, a stop for several days in New York City (actually, we’ll be staying in Great Neck, where my cousins live). Then, turn around and head back, stopping for anything that we missed along the way.
We’re starting from California’s Central Valley, heading down I-5 and over to Las Vegas, where we’ll spend a couple days. What is there to do in Vegas that’s not gambling? We’ll head on to the Grand Canyon, then over to Houston for a day or two (with maybe a side trip to Carlsbad Caverns).
We’re especially interested in what to do in New Orleans, where we’ll be for about three days. I’m already planning a walking tour of the French Quarter, a visit to Whitney Plantation, a swamp boat tour (no airboat), Music Box Village and the WWII museum. Maybe Mardi Gras World and the New Orleans Voodoo Museum.
Next, up to Memphis for the Civil Rights Museum, then on to Gettysburg and two or three days in Philadelphia. Anything Civil War along the way would be cool. A stop for a while in Washington, D.C., where our Congressman has promised a personal VIP tour of the Capitol, if he’s in town. Finally, a stop for several days in New York City (actually, we’ll be staying in Great Neck, where my cousins live). Then, turn around and head back, stopping for anything that we missed along the way.
A dozen years ago my friend paid for both of us to do the half-day behind-the-scenes tour of the WWII museum and it was wild. We climbed on the displays and went through the storage areas (my buddy posed for a picture holding the Emmy given to Stephen Ambrose!) and sat in a tank. And we had a docent all to ourselves, who told amazing stories about the artifacts and the history.
It's spendy but you'll never forget it.
posted by wenestvedt at 2:25 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
It's spendy but you'll never forget it.
posted by wenestvedt at 2:25 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I just worked it out on a calendar, and I see that I’m over-ambitious. We’ll have to cut short visits in some of the cities, but we’re still working out our plan.
posted by ogooglebar at 2:34 PM on March 20
posted by ogooglebar at 2:34 PM on March 20
with maybe a side trip to Carlsbad Caverns
I know it's not really near enough to anything to be a proper side trip, but since you're considering it already, please go. I have been to most of the National Parks, and Carlsbad is my favorite. Just an unbelievably cool place. It's worth the hours of dry creek beds and sagebrush it takes to get there.
As you're heading from Memphis to PA, stop in Berea, Kentucky. Berea was founded by abolitionists and was created around Berea College, the first college in the US south that was racially integrated and coed. It's also completely free to attend, even today.
posted by phunniemee at 2:35 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
I know it's not really near enough to anything to be a proper side trip, but since you're considering it already, please go. I have been to most of the National Parks, and Carlsbad is my favorite. Just an unbelievably cool place. It's worth the hours of dry creek beds and sagebrush it takes to get there.
As you're heading from Memphis to PA, stop in Berea, Kentucky. Berea was founded by abolitionists and was created around Berea College, the first college in the US south that was racially integrated and coed. It's also completely free to attend, even today.
posted by phunniemee at 2:35 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
You could probably do all your stuff if you flew back. Maybe rent a car?
We did a Mass > Los Angeles trip back in the aughts—we really enjoyed Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, in Virginia. It's not a huge place, but there are clever corners and it's nicely presented. I recall it's a bit out of the way but it's been 20 years so I'm a little foggy on the details. Nice drive along quiet roads, anyway. And you can get some Revolutionary War in, instead of just Civil War!
posted by clone boulevard at 2:39 PM on March 20
We did a Mass > Los Angeles trip back in the aughts—we really enjoyed Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, in Virginia. It's not a huge place, but there are clever corners and it's nicely presented. I recall it's a bit out of the way but it's been 20 years so I'm a little foggy on the details. Nice drive along quiet roads, anyway. And you can get some Revolutionary War in, instead of just Civil War!
posted by clone boulevard at 2:39 PM on March 20
After you've seen official Washington (the Capitol, National Mall, Smithsonian, monuments), visit a neighborhood via one of the DC Neighborhood Heritage Trails.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 2:40 PM on March 20 [2 favorites]
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 2:40 PM on March 20 [2 favorites]
-Between CA and Las Vegas, Death Valley is one of the most incredible landscapes I've seen - it's otherworldly. You don't have to hike to see many of them - some of the coolest views are from a parking lot. But maybe you've already been there. Red Rock Canyon is a scenic drive with plenty of trail options (including very short walks) near Vegas, there is also the Valley of Fire on the other side - while you can hike, it's popular for scenic drives/short walks.
-Unless you want to gamble and/or have tickets to a show, I'm not sure I'd advise spending much if any time in Vegas. Vegas is weird though.
-New Orleans. I used to live there. You're missing music from your itinerary. While the French Quarter has parts that are still charming, the Marigny, Bywater, Bayou St. John, and Garden District are more pleasant to walk around in and generally have much better food and more interesting shops (FQ is largely a tourist trap, with a couple of exceptions - but I strongly advise spending most of your time outside of the FQ). Audubon Park is lovely, and you may catch some migrating birds. City Park is also worth a visit - especially the sculpture garden and art museum. Go on a swamp tour before you arrive in NOLA - and if you like weird, visit Avery Island and take a tour of the Tabasco factory and stroll the grounds (also to the west of NOLA). If you can time it well, Cajun Country (the area around Lafayette) has lots of live music on the weekends and is a unique place - you can find several generations dancing together in a packed dance hall in the middle of nowhere. No pressure to dance.
posted by coffeecat at 2:53 PM on March 20 [5 favorites]
-Unless you want to gamble and/or have tickets to a show, I'm not sure I'd advise spending much if any time in Vegas. Vegas is weird though.
-New Orleans. I used to live there. You're missing music from your itinerary. While the French Quarter has parts that are still charming, the Marigny, Bywater, Bayou St. John, and Garden District are more pleasant to walk around in and generally have much better food and more interesting shops (FQ is largely a tourist trap, with a couple of exceptions - but I strongly advise spending most of your time outside of the FQ). Audubon Park is lovely, and you may catch some migrating birds. City Park is also worth a visit - especially the sculpture garden and art museum. Go on a swamp tour before you arrive in NOLA - and if you like weird, visit Avery Island and take a tour of the Tabasco factory and stroll the grounds (also to the west of NOLA). If you can time it well, Cajun Country (the area around Lafayette) has lots of live music on the weekends and is a unique place - you can find several generations dancing together in a packed dance hall in the middle of nowhere. No pressure to dance.
posted by coffeecat at 2:53 PM on March 20 [5 favorites]
If you are driving from Memphis to Gettysburg, you will pass within a few miles of the Battle of Franklin, just south of Nashville.
It was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the war. See the Southern plantation that became a Confederate field hospital and two homes at Ground Zero of the fighting. One still shows scars (bullet holes). Bodies were so thick in the yard of the other that you couldn't walk without stepping on one.
Largest privately owned Confederate cemetery in the U.S.
posted by John Borrowman at 3:10 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
It was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the war. See the Southern plantation that became a Confederate field hospital and two homes at Ground Zero of the fighting. One still shows scars (bullet holes). Bodies were so thick in the yard of the other that you couldn't walk without stepping on one.
Largest privately owned Confederate cemetery in the U.S.
posted by John Borrowman at 3:10 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
You may or may not be aware of Atlas Obscura but you can search for 'weird' or offbeat things to do in all the areas you may be near. I always check it before I travel somewhere new.
posted by greta simone at 3:13 PM on March 20 [9 favorites]
posted by greta simone at 3:13 PM on March 20 [9 favorites]
Seconding the idea of renting a car and flying back. I just finished a coast-to-coast road trip (CA To NY) and we made it in 7 days - but we made only 3 short sightseeing stops. It's a *lot* of driving.
posted by Ardea alba at 3:20 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
posted by Ardea alba at 3:20 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
I'm not going to duplicate it here, but if you search Ask for Reno, myself and some other people went through a lot of the things to do and see there. If Burning Man art is of interest, there's a number of cool pieces permanently installed there. Similarly, if you find yourself lacking things to do in DC, there's several recent and good posts on what to do there. I added some notes specific to your historic interests that weren't necessarily covered in those posts.
What is there to do in Vegas that’s not gambling?
Neon Museum, especially the twilight tour.
Meow Wolf (buy the $2 upgrade pass that's available _inside_, it adds a lot to the experience) and other Area 15 attractions. I've not been to the combination rum tasting/burlesque one yet, but a bunch of my friends have and liked it.
Cirque De Solei - O is probably my favorite. If you've seen their touring acts, the Vegas (and other permanently installed ones) are even better
There's places that will let you drive high performance cars on a track or shoot esoteric guns if you're into either of those.
Valley of Fire and Red Rock Canyon
Akhob - note the need for reservations
World class dining, though a lot of it has gone downhill since the pandemic (and expect world class prices - the most expensive meals of my life were in Vegas)
The shark tank at Mandalay
If you can handle the crowds/noise/lights, I don't hate walking the strip at night and seeing the art/things like the Bellagio fountain might be worth it if you've never done that
You might find some bands playing there that you'd be into, especially some of the classic ones that don't tour much anymore and just do residencies there
I've not been since the pandemic so it may have changed, but I like the little Taiwan area (off the strip) - you can go to the delis and get a nice assortment of stuff you don't find most places for a picnic in one of the parks
But rather than spending a _few_ days there, I'd consider a trip to Zion National Park and/or Cedar City Utah. The drive there and back is absolutely stunning. Zion is a world class park and Southern University of Utah has a great Shakespeare program, including a recreation of the Globe. I don't know if they run it year round or just during their festivals, but one thing I love about it is that they have a childcare center with evening hours, so you have less of a chance of having screaming and bored kids disrupting the show.
In Death Valley, there's the Clown Hotel and Opera House as well as the park itself. If you're not familiar with driving in that area, pay attention to where the few gas stations are and make sure you've got water with you.
If you can swing through Austin, there's tons of live music on the main drag as well as a ton of other activities.
In Philly, Vetri was one of my favourite meals of my life and is right near a bunch of attractions including the Academy of Music if there's any shows there of interest. It's a classic 19th century theatre that's been well updated for the current age.
Manassas Battlefield and other key civil war parks are near DC. The National Cemetery has civil war content as well. Mount Vernon if you've never seen it. The Octagon House is an architecture specific museum. The Postal Museum is my favorite quirky national museum there and if you're into stamps, you could easily spend hours looking at their collection (there's also exhibits on things other than stamps, like how the distinctive postal service cars evolved and what freight transit in the 19th century was like).
Finally as a note, if you've not done a drive like this, consider downloading a map or the driving instructions. You should have cell signal on the interstates, but if you venture off to see ghost towns or things like that, particularly in the west, there's tons of dead spots.
posted by Candleman at 3:42 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
What is there to do in Vegas that’s not gambling?
Neon Museum, especially the twilight tour.
Meow Wolf (buy the $2 upgrade pass that's available _inside_, it adds a lot to the experience) and other Area 15 attractions. I've not been to the combination rum tasting/burlesque one yet, but a bunch of my friends have and liked it.
Cirque De Solei - O is probably my favorite. If you've seen their touring acts, the Vegas (and other permanently installed ones) are even better
There's places that will let you drive high performance cars on a track or shoot esoteric guns if you're into either of those.
Valley of Fire and Red Rock Canyon
Akhob - note the need for reservations
World class dining, though a lot of it has gone downhill since the pandemic (and expect world class prices - the most expensive meals of my life were in Vegas)
The shark tank at Mandalay
If you can handle the crowds/noise/lights, I don't hate walking the strip at night and seeing the art/things like the Bellagio fountain might be worth it if you've never done that
You might find some bands playing there that you'd be into, especially some of the classic ones that don't tour much anymore and just do residencies there
I've not been since the pandemic so it may have changed, but I like the little Taiwan area (off the strip) - you can go to the delis and get a nice assortment of stuff you don't find most places for a picnic in one of the parks
But rather than spending a _few_ days there, I'd consider a trip to Zion National Park and/or Cedar City Utah. The drive there and back is absolutely stunning. Zion is a world class park and Southern University of Utah has a great Shakespeare program, including a recreation of the Globe. I don't know if they run it year round or just during their festivals, but one thing I love about it is that they have a childcare center with evening hours, so you have less of a chance of having screaming and bored kids disrupting the show.
In Death Valley, there's the Clown Hotel and Opera House as well as the park itself. If you're not familiar with driving in that area, pay attention to where the few gas stations are and make sure you've got water with you.
If you can swing through Austin, there's tons of live music on the main drag as well as a ton of other activities.
In Philly, Vetri was one of my favourite meals of my life and is right near a bunch of attractions including the Academy of Music if there's any shows there of interest. It's a classic 19th century theatre that's been well updated for the current age.
Manassas Battlefield and other key civil war parks are near DC. The National Cemetery has civil war content as well. Mount Vernon if you've never seen it. The Octagon House is an architecture specific museum. The Postal Museum is my favorite quirky national museum there and if you're into stamps, you could easily spend hours looking at their collection (there's also exhibits on things other than stamps, like how the distinctive postal service cars evolved and what freight transit in the 19th century was like).
Finally as a note, if you've not done a drive like this, consider downloading a map or the driving instructions. You should have cell signal on the interstates, but if you venture off to see ghost towns or things like that, particularly in the west, there's tons of dead spots.
posted by Candleman at 3:42 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
Blep, I had the wrong path in mind when I mentioned Reno. But if you want to take the alternate path on the way back for the last leg, that would take you through Death Valley, Reno, Tahoe,
and Donner Pass.
posted by Candleman at 3:46 PM on March 20
and Donner Pass.
posted by Candleman at 3:46 PM on March 20
Omega Mart in Vegas is amazing. It might seem expensive at first blush, but when you realize that it's probably less than losing 3 games of blackjack it ain't that bad.
If you end up liking that, the company that built it, Meow Wolf, also has their original thing, the House of Eternal Return, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
If you really really like it, they also have an installation in Houston. And one in the DFW metroplex.
posted by LionIndex at 4:22 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
If you end up liking that, the company that built it, Meow Wolf, also has their original thing, the House of Eternal Return, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
If you really really like it, they also have an installation in Houston. And one in the DFW metroplex.
posted by LionIndex at 4:22 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, Louisiana
Natchez National Historic Park, Natchez, Mississippi
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center, Glendora, Mississippi
National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, Tennessee
Manhattan Project National Historic Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Anderson Rosenwald School, Mars Hill, North Carolina
Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum, Jenkins, Kentucky
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, Matewan, West Virginia
Thurmond Historic Town in New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia
Green Bank Observatory Science Center, Green Bank, West Virginia
Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kinzua Bridge State Park, Kane, Pennsylvania
Cherry Springs International Dark Sky Park in Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark and Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania
President James Buchanan’s Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania
National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Thomas Edison National Historic Park, West Orange, New Jersey
posted by mdonley at 4:35 PM on March 20 [5 favorites]
Natchez National Historic Park, Natchez, Mississippi
Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center, Glendora, Mississippi
National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, Alabama
National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, Tennessee
Manhattan Project National Historic Park, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Anderson Rosenwald School, Mars Hill, North Carolina
Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum, Jenkins, Kentucky
West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, Matewan, West Virginia
Thurmond Historic Town in New River Gorge National Park, West Virginia
Green Bank Observatory Science Center, Green Bank, West Virginia
Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kinzua Bridge State Park, Kane, Pennsylvania
Cherry Springs International Dark Sky Park in Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark and Railroaders Memorial Museum, Altoona, Pennsylvania
President James Buchanan’s Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Pennsylvania
Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania
National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Thomas Edison National Historic Park, West Orange, New Jersey
posted by mdonley at 4:35 PM on March 20 [5 favorites]
I recently went to Monument Valley in northern AZ/southern UT and it was spectacular. Lots of movies filmed there, from westerns to Thelma and Louise and more. I recommend staying at least 1-2 nights in the (Navajo owned) "park" - we stayed at Gouldings Lodge where they have a lot of old movie related info (it's where John Ford and John Wayne and others used to stay while filming, there's a room in their museum about the movies filmed there, etc.) and you should take a tour to see really see the park. We used Navajo Spirit Tours and loved it, so much history (including ancient pictographs). Also, if you like Civil War history, a suggestion is to listen to the audiobook Grant by Ron Chernow - so good.
posted by j810c at 5:23 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
posted by j810c at 5:23 PM on March 20 [1 favorite]
In Great Neck, while I am sure your cousins will have places to go, if you like a real NY Kosher deli, the Kensington Deli is delicious stuff. The real deal.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 6:40 PM on March 20
posted by JohnnyGunn at 6:40 PM on March 20
Your route takes you to or near some great outsider art spots, which could fall under the "anything weird" heading:
Tinkertown in New Mexico
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore
The Magic Gardens in Philadelphia
There's plenty more but those are some of my personal favorites!
posted by Mender at 6:52 PM on March 20 [2 favorites]
Tinkertown in New Mexico
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore
The Magic Gardens in Philadelphia
There's plenty more but those are some of my personal favorites!
posted by Mender at 6:52 PM on March 20 [2 favorites]
This is not an exact answer, but I found Audio to be pretty fun -- location-aware stories that pop up on your phone while you're driving, so that the context and surroundings around you become interesting and meaningful!
posted by many more sunsets at 7:19 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
posted by many more sunsets at 7:19 PM on March 20 [3 favorites]
Civil War stuff:
Think I have only been to four.
Pea Ridge NB up a bit in Arkansas.
Shiloh NB in Corinth, (an amazing presentation of the ebb and flow of this battle)
Vickburg NB, (kind of boring, everything has grown back from the watseland it was, cool old boat there though).
And Stones River NB near Murfreesboro TN. Not great, but kind of interesting.
There are also a couple of Civil war spots in Chattanooga/Chicamagua. Have never stopped at those.
I've never been a Gettysburg stan, (though I have a fair amount of lightly/unplayed wargames on the subject, but would like to go someday).
Agree that Carlsbad it amazing, (I have a degree in Geology), and there are come caves in TN that are supposed to be cool, but privatized and such, so I have never been.
posted by Windopaene at 8:35 PM on March 20
Think I have only been to four.
Pea Ridge NB up a bit in Arkansas.
Shiloh NB in Corinth, (an amazing presentation of the ebb and flow of this battle)
Vickburg NB, (kind of boring, everything has grown back from the watseland it was, cool old boat there though).
And Stones River NB near Murfreesboro TN. Not great, but kind of interesting.
There are also a couple of Civil war spots in Chattanooga/Chicamagua. Have never stopped at those.
I've never been a Gettysburg stan, (though I have a fair amount of lightly/unplayed wargames on the subject, but would like to go someday).
Agree that Carlsbad it amazing, (I have a degree in Geology), and there are come caves in TN that are supposed to be cool, but privatized and such, so I have never been.
posted by Windopaene at 8:35 PM on March 20
Memphis: Sun Studios tour
BBQ at Germantown Commissary or Central or Memphis BBQ co. (NOT Rendezvous), or skip the BBQ scene entirely and eat at Second Line
Flagstaff and Sedona are beautiful and if you find yourself further south, Tucson is my favorite place in the world with the best and most varied regional Mexican cuisine scene. Lots of great hikes - Mount Lemmon is cool and Sabino Canyon won’t be too hot yet. Also the Desert Museum, also Bisbee which is a neat historical mining town.
Have fun!!
posted by honeybee413 at 4:51 AM on March 21
BBQ at Germantown Commissary or Central or Memphis BBQ co. (NOT Rendezvous), or skip the BBQ scene entirely and eat at Second Line
Flagstaff and Sedona are beautiful and if you find yourself further south, Tucson is my favorite place in the world with the best and most varied regional Mexican cuisine scene. Lots of great hikes - Mount Lemmon is cool and Sabino Canyon won’t be too hot yet. Also the Desert Museum, also Bisbee which is a neat historical mining town.
Have fun!!
posted by honeybee413 at 4:51 AM on March 21
One place that has been in many movies is Grand Central Terminal in NYC.
posted by SemiSalt at 5:00 AM on March 21
posted by SemiSalt at 5:00 AM on March 21
We visited Valley Forge, about 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia by car, and it really reset my braian about the scale of the Civil War.
We hiked the perimeter of the park (we were there with Scouts, after all), and it encompassed how much history happened in such a small physical space. And that made me start to think about that time in America's past as something much physically smaller and more immediate. Plus, in the springtime, it was green and wet. The church is beautiful, and...well, Philadelphia is right nearby with all its wonders!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:39 AM on March 21 [1 favorite]
We hiked the perimeter of the park (we were there with Scouts, after all), and it encompassed how much history happened in such a small physical space. And that made me start to think about that time in America's past as something much physically smaller and more immediate. Plus, in the springtime, it was green and wet. The church is beautiful, and...well, Philadelphia is right nearby with all its wonders!
posted by wenestvedt at 6:39 AM on March 21 [1 favorite]
The scenic route from the Central valley to Las Vegas involves highway 178 out of Bakersfield to Ridgecrest California then you want wild Rose road to Ca 190 & DVNp. Leave Las Vegas from Henderson, lake Mead parkway North shore road to Overton Nv. Interstate 15 to Littlefield Utah, Old highway 91 to St George Utah. The best spring water for drinking and filling your jugs is Maxwell canyon State Park Hilldale / Colorado City . The Grand canyon is very nearby,
. Not as fast as the freeway but very scenic and not many big trucks and traffic. Page Arizona to the four corners ,
posted by hortense at 10:18 AM on March 21
. Not as fast as the freeway but very scenic and not many big trucks and traffic. Page Arizona to the four corners ,
posted by hortense at 10:18 AM on March 21
Roadside America is great for offbeat stuff. (They also have an app.)
Highly recommend the North Rim of the Grand Canyon vs the South Rim. It's less crowded and IMHO even prettier. You can stop at Zion on the way--check out Grafton ghost town nearby.
If you opt for the South Rim, take the loop of Old Route 66 instead of I-40 from Kingman to Williams (don't miss Hackberry) if you have the time.
posted by gottabefunky at 11:30 AM on March 21 [2 favorites]
Highly recommend the North Rim of the Grand Canyon vs the South Rim. It's less crowded and IMHO even prettier. You can stop at Zion on the way--check out Grafton ghost town nearby.
If you opt for the South Rim, take the loop of Old Route 66 instead of I-40 from Kingman to Williams (don't miss Hackberry) if you have the time.
posted by gottabefunky at 11:30 AM on March 21 [2 favorites]
The Mob Museum in Vegas is pretty fun.
https://themobmuseum.org/
posted by soundslikeobiwan at 2:47 PM on March 21
https://themobmuseum.org/
posted by soundslikeobiwan at 2:47 PM on March 21
Response by poster: The Mob Museum in Vegas is pretty fun.
Yes! This is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for! My wife told me about it, and I’m dying to go.
posted by ogooglebar at 7:34 PM on March 22
Yes! This is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for! My wife told me about it, and I’m dying to go.
posted by ogooglebar at 7:34 PM on March 22
places where movies/scenes have been shot
Seems like you haven't had a lot of suggestions on this topic.
Albuquerque has tours available of a lot of Breaking Bad locations if that is a show of interest. There are commercial tour operators, or people do self guided tours, bicycle tours, etc.
posted by yohko at 4:24 PM on March 25
Seems like you haven't had a lot of suggestions on this topic.
Albuquerque has tours available of a lot of Breaking Bad locations if that is a show of interest. There are commercial tour operators, or people do self guided tours, bicycle tours, etc.
posted by yohko at 4:24 PM on March 25
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