Ideas for road trip?

What a great journey that can be!

Wisconsin. There is a place definately worth seeing called "The House on the Rock". You can google it and find out more about it. Especially look at the Infinity Room. That sight alone makes the trip worthwhile.

Driving coast-to-coast would be an awesome experience for you. I agree with the trek down the less traveled roads would be a blast. One of the best vacations I ever took was back roads from here (KY) to New Orleans. Back roads where people still sit on their porch & wave at you at you pass through.

Mississippi River is a sight to see. Especially where the Ohio begins to feed in to it. Cario Illinois is that location. The power of the mighty Mississippi is a sight to behold.

If you're going to hit Elizabethtown on your trek, I'd go 25 miles further to Bardstown & visit "My Old Kentucky Home". And while there I'd tour the Makers Mark Distillery - a trip worth taking too.

Mammoth Cave is near there too in Bowling Green KY area.

Memphis Tennessee. Home of the blues. Good trip. Of course you must tour Graceland (Elvis) while there.

I know you said to not list the obvious, but I have to tell you to consider also perhaps a jaunt that I took last year. I white water rafter the Grand Canyon & camped on the canyon floor for 3 days! A journey I'll not forget. And what better time to go on a trip to find you than right after graduation.

So many things can be hit along the way. Far too many to mention! But here are some starters.

Regardless of your choice --- know this - your journey has just begun! Life will be the greatest journey of them all. And as a budding adult - YOU are just beginning! Have a blast.

And remember this .... the goal of life is not to arrive at after your journey at deaths door in a preserved body that you worked hard to protect --- the best is to arrive there yelling "wow! what a ride!"

PS I loved Elizabethtown. It's only about 100 miles from here.

I have been doing road trips for years now, and my favorites are always something like this. First of all, you plan one or maybe two main places to go, the rest of the time, you just kinda fly by the seat of your pants. You see something, could be anything, like a road sign or a recommendation from a local, and you just go there. You will have no expectations and you will find places that you will never forget. You could also do some kind of theme trip, like finding the best hole in wall bars, going to as many different baseball parks as possible, lighthouse tours, or follow a favorite music group to different locations. To me, a good road trip is about spontaneity, following whims, and in my case, going to a few of the places my parents would never take me when I was a kid (like Gatorland in Florida or Cadillac Ranch in Texas).

Try the Route 66 in USA. Route 66 is one of the most famous roads in America that reveals authentic picture of American living. The road is filled with the blend of past and the present, messy and the cherished, the plains and the peaks, the junctions and crossroads, the art culture and the pop culture and the places that uncover the wonderful section of American life. Route 66 was built in 1926, running from Chicago through the plains of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri and connects the lands of Texas, Arizona desert land, New Mexico peaks end to the golden plains of California, stretching to 2,448 miles.

California has lots variety it may be not undemanding to work out everthing in one trip. Lake Tahoe and Yosemite are large. San Francisco is relaxing Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, Fishermans Wharf. Hollywood/ L.A. is a relaxing place to hangout. popular Studios, Disneyland, the Getty museum.

I'm in the planning stages of a motorcyle road trip from SoCal to Colorado, you get everything from desert to forests so it's a nice slice of American landscape.

I've lived all over the US. One of the best road trips I've done is PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) from one end of Cali to the other. If you live in the south, start at the Mexican border; if you live in the north, start at the Oregon border.

Why dont you drive the old route 66 and see Calico between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and other ghost towns of the old west?There are alot in Arizona and New Mexico.