Welcome to my Bucket List! I can’t remember when I started this list, but it has grown and evolved over the years. And I expect it to continue to do so! This list provides me with motivation to pursue my dreams, as well as gratitude for what I’ve been able to do.

I’ve taken massive inspiration for this list from Bucket List Journey, but I’ve made it my own. I hope it helps inspire you! Enjoy!

Adventure 

1. Airboat across an alligator infested swamp
2. Camp on a beach
3. √ Cave exploring (Belize, Iceland, Cuba, Slovenia, Lebanon)
4. √ Cliff jumping (Hawaii 1998, 2003)
5. Dive in an aquarium
6. Do the Rickshaw Run 
7. Eat fire
8. √ Fly an airplane
9. √ Fly a helicopter (2018)
10. Fly in a seaplane
11. Fly in a U2
12. √Go bungee jumping (Cabo 2023)
13. Go into outer space
14. Go Skijoring
15. Hitchhike
16. Indoor skydiving
17. √ Kite-surfing (Morocco 2009)
18. √ Live aboard a boat (San Juan Islands 2000, Antigua 2024)
19. Navigate a Personal Underwater SUB
20. √ Paragliding (Germany 2004)
21. √ Parasailing (Hawaii 1998, 2003)
22. Pick up a hitchhiker
23. Rickshaw Run
24. √ Ride in a hot air balloon (Napa Valley and the Serengeti)
25. Ride in a Luge
26. √ Ride in a race car on the Daytona 500 track (Daytona 2002)
27. Ride on a dog sled
28. Ride on one of the Largest Roller Coasters
29. Ride with the Blue Angels
30. √ Rope Swing Into Water (Penticton, BC)
31. √ Scuba diving (see ”
    Dive Sites” below)
32. √ Skydiving (18th birthday with my dad, 40th birthday Cabo)
33. √ Sleep in a cave (Wadi Rum 2018)
34. Sleep on a deserted island
35. Spelunking
36. Stay in an old fire lookout
37. √ Tobogganing (Austria)
38. Travel by motorbike
39. Try flyboarding
40. Walk on hot coals
41. √ White water rafting (Snake River, Jackson Hole WY, 1997)
42. √ Zipline (Costa Rica and Belize)
43. Zorbing

Creativity/Skills/Personal Growth

1. √ Start a blog
2. Become a Divemaster
3. √ Become a first responder (lifeguard, ski patroller, rescue diver)
4. Blow Glass
5. Create a Piece of Art & Sell it
6. √ Crochet a blanket
7. √ Do professional modeling
8. Do something that truly scares me
9. Enter my Photography in an Exhibit
10. √ Get a certificate in photography (UW 2018)
11. √ Get a motorcycle license
12. √ Get a private pilot’s license
13. Learn to apply eyeliner
14. √ Learn to knit
15. Learn to live self-sufficiently
16. Learn to pick a lock
17. Learn to sail a boat
18. √ Make a handmade gift
19. Make mosaic art
20. Master a new language
21. √ Meditate
22. √ Sell my photos
23. √ Sew my own clothing
24. Spend a Week at a Silent Retreat
25. Start a fire without a match
26. Survive in the wild
27. Take a pottery class
28. Take an Creative Writing Class
29. Unplug for a week
30. Work on a farm/WWOOF
31. Write a book and have it published
32. Write a children’s book

Dive Sites

1. Aliwal Shoal | South Africa
2. √ Andaman Sea | Thailand
3. Blue Corner | Palau
4. Blue Holes | Palau
5. C47 Skytrain | Kas, Turkey
6. Ceningan Channel | Indonesia
7. Channel Islands | California, USA
8. Chuuk Lagoon | Micronesia
9. √ Dalmatian Islands | Croatia
10. Deception Pass | Washington, USA
11. Diamond Knot Wreck | Washington, USA
12. √ Dos Ojos (Nicte-ha) | Tulum, Mexico
13. Galapagos Islands | Ecuador
14. √ Gordo Banks | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
15. Great Barrier Reef | Australia
16. √ Hawaiian Islands | HI, USA
17. Jardines de la Reina | Cuba
18. Lake Atitlan | Guatemala
19. √ Lands End | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
20. Liberty Wreck | Bali, Indonesia
21. Los Roques Archipelago | Venezuela
22. Mabul | Malaysia
23. √ Mary’s Place | Roatan, Honduras
24. Mataking | Malaysia
25. Menjangan Island | Bali, Indonesia
26. √ Mnemba Island | Zanzibar, Tanzania
27. Monterey Bay | California, USA
28. √ Puget Sound | Washington, USA
29. Raja Ampat | Indonesia
30. √ Red Sea | Jordan
31. Silfra Fissure | Iceland
32. Sinai Peninsula | Dahab, Egypt
33. Sipidan | Malaysia
34. √ The Blue Hole | Belize
35. √ The Red Sea | Jordan
36. Titan I Missile Silo | Washington, USA
37. Underwater Museum | Isla Mujeres, Mexico
38. √ Wreck of the Kittiwake | Cayman Islands

Entertainment

1. √ Apply to be on a reality show
2. √ Be a Member of a TV Studio Audience (MTV’s Spring Break, Key West FL, 2001)
3. Be an extra in a movie
4. √ Be in a music video for one of my favorite artists
5. Compete on Dancing With the Stars
6. Go on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
7. Run on the Amazing Race
8. √ See a Broadway musical (Hamilton)
9. √ See an off-Broadway musical (Smokey Joe’s Cafe)
10. See an opera in the Sydney Opera House
11. √ See a West End musical (Les Miserables)
12. See Girls Aloud in concert
13. √ See the Spice Girls in concert

Festivals

1. Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta | New Mexico
2. Battle of the Oranges | Italy
3. Burning Man | USA
4. Calgary Stampede | Calgary, Canada
5. Cannes Film Festival | France
6. Carnaval de Québec | Québec, Canada
7. Carnival of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
8. Carnival of Venice | Italy
9. Chinese New Year | China
10. Coachella | USA
11. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) | Mexico
12. Diwali | India/Nepal
13. Glastonbury | England
14. Harbin Ice and Snow Festival | China
15. Hogmanay | Scotland
16. Holi Festival | India
17. Human Tower Competition | Spain
18. √ Indian Wedding | India
19. La Tomatina | Spain
20. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade | New York
21. Mardi Gras | New Orleans
22. National Cherry Blossom Festival | Washington DC
23. New Years Eve Times Square | New York
24. Obon Festival | Japan
25. √ Oktoberfest | Germany
26. Pingxi Lantern Festival | Taiwan
27. √ Saint Patricks Day | Ireland
28. San Vino Wine Fight | Spain
29. Sandfest | Texas
30. √ Semana Santa | Spain
31. Snowbombing | Austria
32. Songkran Water Festival | Thailand
33. Sundance Film Festival | Utah
34. Thaipusam Festival | India
35. √ Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation | Massachusetts
36. Up Helly Aa Fire Festival | Scotland
37. Westminster Dog Show | New York
38. Winterlude | Ottawa, Canada
39. Yi Peng Lantern Festival | Thailand

Finance/Luxury

1. Be a Self-Made Millionaire
2. Buy an airplane (1950’s Beechcraft Bonanza 35 v-tail)
3. Buy my dream car (1990’s Land Rover Defender)
4. √ Buy a house
5. Buy a motorcycle (vintage 1960’s Triumph)
6. √ Charter a yacht (Antigua 2024)
7. Create a passive income
8. √ Earn 6 figures per year
9. Find a career I love
10. Flip a house
11. Fly in a private jet
12. Get paid to travel
13. Have 9 Months of Bills in Savings
14. √ Have a healthy retirement account
15. Have a house cleaner
16. √ Have a positive net worth
17. √ Have no consumer debt
18. Hire a personal shopper
19. √ Invest in the stock market
20. √ Own a pair of YSL shoes
21. √ Own a pair of Loubotin shoes
22. Own a successful business
23. √ Own investment real estate
24. Own Tiffany jewelry
25. √ Set up an emergency fund
26. Start a business
27. √ Stay at an all-Inclusive resort
28. √ Stay in a 5-star hotel

Food

1. √ Attend a beer festival
2. √ Attend a clam bake
3. Attend a low country boil
4. √ Attend a pig roast
5. Attend the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
6. √ Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
7. √ Cook a Traditional Dish from a Different Culture
8. Cook Every Dish in One Cookbook
9. Cook With a Celebrity Chef
10. √ Cook Without a Recipe
11. Create my Own Cocktail
12. Create my Own Recipe
13. √ Drink a Bottle of Trendy Champagne
14. Drink at an Ice Bar
15. √ Drink Juice from a Fresh Coconut
16. √ Drink Moonshine
17. Drink Tea at a Tea House
18. √ Eat a Meal Cooked by a Celebrity Chef
19. √ Eat an Insect
20. √ Eat at a Michelin 3-star Restaurant
21. Eat Southern BBQ in the South
22. Enter Something in a Food Competition
23. Extract Honey from a Bee Hive
24. Fillet a fish
25. √ Grow a vegetable garden
26. Have a progressive dining experience
27. Have a Wine Collection
28. √ Have Afternoon Tea
29. Hunt for Wild Mushrooms
30. Learn a Flair Bartending Trick
31. Learn to cook without a recipe
32. Make an elaborate Gingerbread House
33. Order One of Everything on a Menu
34. Partake in a Food Fight
35. Stomp Grapes
36. √ Take a Cooking Class
37. Toss Pizza Dough in the Air
38. Understand food and wine pairings
39. Wade in a Cranberry Bog

Food: Fine Dining

1. Alinea | Chicago, Illinois
2. Atelier Crenn | San Francisco, California
3. √ Boka | Chicago, Illinois
4. √ Central | Lima, Peru
5. Chez Panisse | Berkeley, California
6. √ Eleven Madison Park | New York, New York
7. Hell’s Kitchen | Las Vegas, Nevada
8. √ Hisa Franko | Kobarid, Slovenia
9. Jacinto | Montevideo, Uruguay
10. Jiro’s Sushi | Tokyo, Japan
11. Mirazur | Menton, France
12. Nobu | Anywhere
13. Noma | Copenhagen, Denmark
14. √ Otto Ristorante | Sydney, Australia
15. Saison | San Francisco, California
16. √ The French Laundry | Yountville, California
17. Varoulko | Athens, Greece
18. Willows Inn | Lummi Island, Washington

Food: Weird

1. √ Alligator (Savannah)
2. √ Alpaca (Peru)
3. Ants
4. Baby Eel
5. √ Bear (Seattle)
6. √ Beef Tongue (Slovenia)
7. Bird Nest Soup
8. √ Bison (Montana)
9. Blood Sausage
10. √ Bone Marrow (Slovenia)
11. Cactus
12. Casu Marzu
13. Century Egg
14. Cheeks
15. Chicken Feet
16. Conch
17. √ Crickets (Seattle)
18. Crocodile
19. √ Durian (Singapore)
20. √ Eel (Seattle)
21. √ Elk (Seattle)
22. √ Escargot (Seattle)
23. √ Flowers (Slovenia)
24. √ Foie Gras (Napa Valley)
25. Frickles
26. √ Frog Legs (Singapore)
27. Fugu
28. Gizzards
29. Green Tuna Fruit
30. Haggis
31. Head Cheese
32. √ Heart (Boston)
33. Herring
34. Jelly Fish
35. Kangaroo
36. Kæstur Hákarl (Rotten shark)
37. Kimchi
38. √ Kudu (Namibia)
39. Lamb Tongue
40. Lambs Brain
41. Lambs Rump
42. Liver
43. √ Lutefisk (Seattle)
44. Mealworm
45. Mochi
46. √ Octopus (Seattle)
47. √ Oryx (Namibia)
48. Ostrich
49. Pickled Herring
50. Pig Trotters (Feet)
51. Pigeon
52. Pigs Ear
53. Pigs Feet
54. Pigs Head
55. Pigs Tail
56. √ Rabbit (Slovenia)
57. √ Raw Oysters (Seattle)
58. Reindeer
59. Rocky Mountain Oysters
60. Scorpion
61. Scrapple
62. Sea Slug
63. √ Sea Urchin (Chicago)
64. √ Silk worm (Thailand)
65. Snake
66. √ Springbok (Namibia)
67. √ Sweetbreads (Slovenia)
68. Tarantula
69. Tequila Worm
70. Tripe
71. Ugli Fruit
72. √ Whole squid (Portugal)
73. √ Wild Boar (Seattle)
74. Worm Cakes
75. Yak
76. √ Zebra (Namibia)

Giving Back

1. √ Adopt an elephant
2. Build a House With Habitat for Humanity
3. Do a Charity Challenge
4. √ Do a Random Act of Kindness
5. √ Give blood
6. √ Help Someone With a Check on Their Bucket List
7. √ Plant a tree
8. Practice Gratitude Everyday
9. Raise $50k for charity
10. √ Send a Care Package to a Soldier
11. Serve Food at a Soup Kitchen
12. Start a charity
13. √ Volunteer at an animal shelter
14. Work at an animal sanctuary

Health/Fitness/Sports

1. Attend a Triple Crown Horse Race
2. √ Attend the Copa America tournament (2016)
3. Attend the Iditarod Dogsled race
4. √ Attend the MLS Cup (Sounders vs Toronto 2019)
5. Attend the Olympics
6. Catch a foul/homerun ball at a baseball game
7. √ Complete the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (2017)
8. √ Complete the Tough Mudder (2012)
9. Do a Handstand
10. Do the Splits
11. √ Fly on a trapeze
12. Go Deep Sea Fishing
13. Go Flyfishing
14. Go Heli-Skiing
15. Go Ice Fishing
16. Go to a World Series Game
17. Go to a Yoga Retreat
18. Go to the Men’s World Cup
19. √ Go to the SuperBowl (Seahawks vs Patriots, AZ 2014)
20. √ Go to the Women’s World Cup (Vancouver BC 2015)
21. √ Learn to Surf (Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, El Salvador, Massachussetts)
22. Make a Hole in One
23. √ Participate in a 5k Race (Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure)
24. Play a Tennis Match
25. Run a marathon
26. See a Wimbledon Match Live
27. See the Tour de France in person
28. Skeet Shoot
29. Spin a Basketball on my Finger
30. √ Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga
31. √ Take a Self Defense Class
32. Tap Dance
33. Throw Out the First Pitch at a Major League Baseball Game
34. √ Win fantasy football

Hikes/Walks

1. Aconcagua | Argentina
2. Appalachian Trail | USA
3. Camino de Santiago | Spain
4. Dolomite’s | Italy
5. Enchanted Valley and Anderson Glacier | Washington
6. Everest Base Camp | Nepal
7. Glacier Peak | Washington
8. Haiku Stairs of Oahu | Hawaii
9. Havasu Falls | Arizona
10. Hoh River Trail to Blue Glacier | Washington
11. Hollywood Sign | California
12. √ Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu | Peru
13. Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia
14. Lands End to John O’Groats | Great Britain
15. √ Mailbox Peak | Washington
16. Matterhorn Trail in Zermatt | Switzerland
17. Mt Adams | Washington
18. Mt Baker | Washington
19. Mt Elbrus | Russia
20. Mt Fitz Roy | El Chalten, Argentina
21. Mt Katahdin | Maine
22. √ Mt Kilimanjaro | Tanzania
23. Mt Rainier | Washington
24. √ Mt St Helens | Washington
25. Mt Washington | New Hampshire
26. Nakasendo Trail Tokyo to Kyoto | Japan
27. Pacific Crest Trail | USA
28. Pikes Peak | Colorado
29. Sentiero Azzuro, Cinque Terre | Italy
30. Tahoe Rim Trail | Nevada
31. Timberline Trail | Oregon
32. The Enchantments | Washington
33. The Wave | Arizona
34. W Trek, Torres del Paine | Chile
35. Wonderland Trail | Washington
36. Yoshida Trail, Mt Fuji | Japan

Hotels

1. A-frame Nordland cabin | Măguri-Răcătău, Romania
2. Atlantis The Palm | Dubai, UAE
3. Beverly Hills Hotel | California
4. Burj al Arab | Dubai, UAE
5. Calilo | Ios, Greece
6. √ Chateau Frontenac | Montreal, Canada
7. Claridges | London, England
8. √ Four Seasons (Beirut, Lebanon)
9. Edgewater | Washington USA
10. Giraffe Manor | Kenya
11. Ice Hotel | Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
12. Jade Mountain | St. Lucia
13. Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort | Finland
14. Marina Bay Sands | Singapore
15. Muraka | Maldives
16. Over-water bungalow | Tahiti
17. Plaza Hotel | New York, USA
18. Ross Lake Floating Lodge | Washington USA
19. Taj Mahal Palace | Mumbai, India
20. The Ritz | Paris, France

Local: New England & New York

1. Adirondacks | New York
2. √ Bar Harbor | Maine
3. √ Boothbay Harbor | Maine
4. √ Burlington | Vermont
5. Cadillac Mt | Maine
6. √ Camden | Maine
7. √ Cape Ann | Massachusetts
8. √ Cape Cod | Massachusetts
9. √ Cape Elizabeth | Maine
10. Cape May | New Jersey
11. √ Fenway Park | Massachusetts
12. √ The Freedom Trail | Massachusetts
13. √ Hammond Castle | Massachusetts
14. Hanover | New Hampshire
15. Ice Castles | New Hampshire
16. √ Kennebunkport | Maine
17. Lake Placid | New York
18. √ Lexington & Concord | Massachusetts
19. MASS MoCA| Massachusetts
20. √ Minute Man National Historic Park | Massachusetts
21. √ Montpelier | Vermont
22. Mystic Harbor | Connecticut
23. Nantucket & Martha’s Vineyard | Massachusetts
24. √ Newburyport | Massachusetts
25. Newport Jazz Festival | Rhode Island
26. Niagara Falls | New York
27. Niantic | Connecticut
28. √ Park Loop Road | Maine
29. √ Portland Head Lighthouse | Maine
30. √ Plimoth Plantation & Plymouth Rock | Massachusetts
31. √ Russel Orchards | Massachusetts
32. Sabbaday Falls | New Hampshire
33. √ Salem Witch House | Massachusetts
34. Seaside | New Jersey
35. Sleepy Hollow | New York
36. Stockbridge | Massachusetts
37. √ Stowe | Vermont
38. √ Strawbery Banke Museum | New Hampshire
39. √ Sugarbush Farm | Vermont
40. √ The House of Seven Gables | Massachusetts
41. √ The Strand | New York
42. Washington Depot | Connecticut
43. Weekend in the Berkshires | Massachusetts
44. Weekend in the Hamptons | New York
45. White Mountain National Forest | New Hampshire
46. √ Wiscasset | Maine
47. Wolfeboro | New Hampshire
48. √ Woodstock | Vermont

Local: Pacific Northwest

1. √ Alki Foot Ferry | Washington
2. Apple Cup | Washington
3. √ Ballard Locks | Washington
4. Beacon Rock State Park | Washington
5. √ Blake Island Tillicum Village | Washington
6. √ Cape Flattery | Washington
7. √ Cape Kiwanda | Oregon
8. √ Cape Perpetua | Oregon
9. Chihuly Garden | Washington
10. Columbia River Gorge | Washington & Oregon
11. √ Columbia Tower | Washington
12. √ Deception Pass | Washington
13. √ Devil’s Punchbowl | Oregon
14. √ Dungeness Spit | Washington
15. √ Ellensburg Rodeo | Washington
16. √ EMP (MoPOP) | Washington
17. √ Fremont Troll | Washington
18. √ Gas Works Park | Washington
19. Goldmyer Hot Springs | Washington
20. √ Great Wheel | Washington
21. √ Heceta Head Lighthouse | Oregon
22. Hells Canyon | Oregon
23. High Tea at the Empress | Victoria B.C.
24. √ Hoh Rain Forest | Washington
25. √ Kalaloch Lodge | Washington
26. √ Kerry Park | Washington
27. √ Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park | Washington
28. √ Lake Pend Oreille | Idaho
29. √ Leavenworth | Washington
30. √ Lenin Statue | Washington
31. √ Long Acres Mile at Emerald Downs | Washington
32. Multnomah Falls | Oregon
33. MOHAI | Washington
34. √ Ocean Shores | Washington
35. Oregon sand dunes | Oregon
36. √ Olympic Sculpture Park | Washington
37. √ Otis Cafe | Oregon
38. √ Pacific City | Oregon
39. Painted Hills | Oregon
40. √ Palouse Falls State Park | Washington
41. Pendleton Roundup | Oregon
42. √ Pike Place Market | Washington
43. √ Priest Lake | Idaho
44. √ Powell’s Books | Oregon
45. √ Rialto Beach | Washington
46. √ Ride the Ducks | Washington
47. √ Ruby Beach | Washington
48. √ San Juan Islands | Washington
49. √ Sandpoint | Idaho
50. √ Scenic Hot Springs | Washington
51. Seaplane flight | Washington
52. √ Seattle Art Museum | Washington
53. √ Seattle Pacific Science Center | Washington
54. Seattle Underground Tour | Washington
55. Sequim Lavender Festival
56. √ Schweitzer Mt | Idaho
57. √ Skagit Valley Tulip Festival | Washington
58. Smith Rock | Oregon
59. √ Smith Tower | Washington
60. √ Snoqualmie Falls | Washington
61. √ Sol Duc Falls/Hot Springs | Washington
62. √ Space Needle | Washington
63. Stanley Park | Vancouver B.C.
64. √ Sun River | Oregon
65. √ Sun Valley | Idaho
66. Tamolitch Blue Pool | Oregon
67. The Wallowas | Oregon
68. Umpqua Hot Springs | Oregon
69. √ Victoria Clipper | Victoria B.C.
70. √ Volunteer Park Conservatory | Washington

Miscellaneous

1. Attend a fashion show during Fashion Week
2. Coin a word
3. Collect a library of first editions
4. Experience weightlessness
5. Find a pearl in an oyster
6. Go zero-waste
7. √ Have a white Christmas
8. Have my name mentioned for something in the New York Times
9. Invent something
10. Live in another country
11. √ Live in another state
12. Meet a world leader
13. Meet the Dalai Lama
14. Meet the president of the United States
15. Name a star
16. √ Own an Original Piece of Artwork
17. Receive a fan letter
18. √ Saber a Champagne Bottle
19. See the beach art by Andres Amador
20. √ See the Northern Lights (Iceland, Massachusetts)
21. See the Southern Lights
22. √ Smoke a Hookah
23. √ Solve a Rubiks Cube
24. Stay in a cabin in the woods in the snow
25. √ Survive a blizzard
26. √ Swim in a naturally hot river
27. √ Walk on a glacier
28. √ Witness a solar eclipse

National Parks

1. √ Acadia | Maine
2. American Samoa | American Samoa
3. Arches | Utah
4. √ Badlands | South Dakota
5. Big Bend | Texas
6. Biscayne | Florida
7. Black Canyon of the Gunnison | Colorado
8. Bryce Canyon | Utah
9. Canyonlands | Utah
10. Capitol Reef | Utah
11. Carlsbad Caverns | New Mexico
12. Channel Islands  | California
13. Congaree | South Carolina
14. Crater Lake | Oregon
15. √ Cuyahoga Valley | Ohio
16. Death Valley | California, Nevada
17. Denali | Alaska
18. Dry Tortugas | Florida
19. Everglades | Florida
20. Gates of the Arctic | Alaska
21. Gateway Arch | Missouri
22. Glacier Bay | Alaska
23. √ Glacier | Montana
24. Grand Canyon | Arizona
25. √ Grand Teton | Wyoming
26. Great Basin | Nevada
27. Great Sand Dunes | Colorado
28. Great Smoky Mountains | Tennessee, North Carolina
29. Guadalupe Mountains | Texas
30. √ Haleakalā | Hawaii
31. Hawaiʻi Volcanoes | Hawaii
32. Hot Springs | Arkansas
33. √ Indiana Dunes | Indiana
34. Isle Royale | Michigan
35. Joshua Tree | California
36. Katmai | Alaska
37. √ Kenai Fjords | Alaska
38. Kings Canyon | California
39. Kobuk Valley | Alaska
40. Lake Clark | Alaska
41. Lassen Volcanic | California
42. Mammoth Cave | Kentucky
43. Mesa Verde | Colorado
44. √ Mount Rainier | Washington
45. √ North Cascades | Washington
46. √ Olympic | Washington
47. Petrified Forest | Arizona
48. Pinnacles | California
49. Redwoods | California
50. Rocky Mountain | Colorado
51. √ Saguaro | Arizona
52. Sequoia | California
53. Shenandoah | Virginia
54. Theodore Roosevelt | North Dakota
55. Virgin Islands | United States Virgin Islands
56. Voyageurs | Minnesota
57. White Sands | New Mexico
58. Wind Cave | South Dakota
59. Wrangell–St. Elias | Alaska
60. √ Yellowstone | Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
61. Yosemite | California
62. Zion | Utah

Travel: General

1. √ Backpack solo through Europe
2. Do something completely off the beaten path
3. √ Drive on the other side of the road (Namibia)
4. √ Fly first class (El Salvador > Miami)
5. √ Go on a safari (Tanzania, Namibia, India)
6. See the 7 natural wonders
7. See the 7 wonders of nature
8. See the new 7 wonders of the world
9. √ Self-drive a safari (Namibia)
10. Sleep in a yurt
11. Sleep in an igloo
12. √ Sleep on an overnight train (Europe, Morocco)
13. Stand on the equator
14. Stay in an underwater hotel
15. √ Study abroad (Pécs University; Pécs, Hungary)
16. √ Take a cross country road trip
17. Throw a dart at the map and go
18. Travel to all 7 continents
19. √ Walk on a glacier (Mt Rainier)

Travel: Domestic

1. Visit all 50 states
2. Drive Route 66
3. Stand on the Four Corners National Monument
4. Ride a Horse Along the Pony Express National Historic Trail | Missouri – California
5. Descend into the Neversink Pit | Alabama
6. Tour Birmingham Civil Rights Institute | Alabama
7. Kayak around glaciers in Kenai Fjords | Alaska
8. Trek the Mendenhall Glacier Caves | Alaska
9. Antelope Canyon | Arizona
10. River rafting through the Grand Canyon | Arizona
11. Sit on the edge of Horseshoe Bend | Arizona
12. Walk the Wave | Arizona
13. √ Watch a gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Arizona
14. Visit Anthony Chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens | Arkansas
15. √ Hollywood Walk of Fame | California
16. Ride on a Cable Car in San Francisco | California
17. Road trip the Pacific Coast Highway | California
18. Rappel into Moaning Caverns | California
19. See the salt flats at Death Valley | California
20. Stand Under the Hollywood Sign | California
21. √ Tour Alcatraz | California
22. Walk Across the Golden Gate Bridge | California
23. Walk on a Glass Beach | California
24. √ Wine tasting in Napa Valley | California
25. Go Sandboarding at Great Sand Dunes National Park | Colorado
26. √ Red Rocks Amphitheater | Colorado
27. See the Ice Castles at Silverthorne | Colorado
28. √ Ski Aspen | Colorado
29. Take the Viaferada (Iron Route) | Colorado
30. √ Cape Canaveral | Florida
31. Explore the Everglades | Florida
32. √ Southernmost Point in the Continental US | Florida
33. √ Walt Disney World | Florida
34. √ Take a walking tour in Savannah | Georgia
35. √ Attend a luau | Hawaii
36. √ Drive the Road to Hana | Hawaii
37. √ Learn to surf on Ohahu | Hawaii
38. √ Visit Pearl Harbor | Hawaii
39. Walk on Waianapanapa Black Sand Beach | Hawaii
40. √ Go to the top of the Sears Tower | Illinois
41. √ See the Cubs play at Wrigley Field | Illinois
42. √ Take an architecture boat tour in Chicago | Illinois
43. Go to the Iowa State Fair | Iowa
44. Go to the Kentucky Derby | Kentucky
45. Listen to Jazz in the French Quarter | Louisiana
46. √ Eat Maine Lobster | Maine
47. Boat around Isle Royale | Michigan
48. Follow the Mississippi Blues Trail | Mississippi
49. Travel by steamboat on the Mississippi River | Mississippi
50. Ozark Caverns | Missouri
51. √ Walk the Las Vegas Strip | Nevada
52. √ Fall foliage in New England | New England
53. Marvel at White Sands National Monument | New Mexico
54. Taos | New Mexico
55. √ Catch the ferry to Ellis Island | New York
56. Kayak among Finger Lakes wineries | New York
57. √ Go to the top of the Empire State Building | New York
58. √ Grand Central Station | New York
59. Play at Coney Island | New York
60. √ See the 9/11 Memorial | New York
61. √ See the Statue of Liberty | New York
62. √ Stand in Times Square | New York
63. Niagara Falls | New York/Canada
64. Biltmore Estates | North Carolina
65. See the Great Smokies from Clingmans Dome | North Carolina
66. Eat a Philly Cheesesteak in Philadelphia | Pennsylvania
67. Go to a Mud Sale in Lancaster County | Pennsylvania
68. Explore the halls of the Athenaeum library | Rhode Island
69. Visit Mount Rushmore | South Dakota
70. Spot buffalo in Black Hills | South Dakota
71. √ Go walking on Beale Street in Memphis | Tennessee
72. √ Grand Ole Opry in Nashville | Tennessee
73. Party at Honky Tonk | Tennessee
74. √ Tour Graceland | Tennessee
75. Eat BBQ in Austin | Texas
76. Explore Big Bend | Texas
77. Visit the Alamo | Texas
78. Visit the Silos in Waco | Texas
79. Make maple syrup | Vermont
80. Catch a Fish at Pike Place Market | Washington
81. √ Tour the National Mall and Smithsonian | Washington D.C.
82. Visit the White House | Washington DC
83. See the ice formations at Apostle Islands | Wisconsin
84. Attend the Biggest Outdoor Rodeo | Wyoming
85. √ Go to Grand Prismatic Spring | Wyoming
86. √ See bears and bison in Yellowstone National Park | Wyoming
87. Climb Devil’s Tower | Wyoming

Travel: International

1. Travel the Silk Road
2. Ride the Orient Express
3. See the Beach Art by Andres Amador
4. Visit the Amazon on a river cruise
5. Visit Antarctica
6. Red Crab migration on Christmas Island | Australia
7. √ Sydney Harbor Bridge Climb | Australia
8. Salar de Uyuni | Bolivia
9. √ Mostar Bridge | Mostar, Bosnia
10. Copacabana | Brazil
11. Christ Redeemer | Brazil
12. Iguazu Falls | Brazil/Argentina
13. √ Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia
14. √ Canadian Rockies | Canada
15. Swim in the World’s Largest Pool | Chile
16. Easter Island | Chile
17. Take the Walk of Faith, Tianmen Mountain | China
18. See the Hanging Temple in Mount Hengshan | China
19. Great Wall | China
20. √ Plitvice Lakes | Croatia
21. √ Havana | Cuba
22. Swing at the “End of the World” | Ecuador
23. Great Pyramids | Giza, Egypt
24. √ See the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace | England
25. Walk Across Abbey Road in London | England
26. Attend Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris | France
27. See the Eiffel Tower Glitter at Night | France
28. See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre | France
29. Visit the Palace of Versailles | France
30. Walk Through the Lavender Fields in Provence | France
31. Eiffel Tower | Paris, France
32. √ Neuschwanstein Castle | Germany
33. Christmas Markets | Germany
34. Attend the Windjammer Parade | Germany
35. Watch the Sunset in Santorini | Greece
36. √ Acropolis | Athens, Greece
37. √ Olympia and the Statue of Zeus | Greece
38. Hike the Active Pacaya Volcano | Guatemala
39. Tikal | Guatemala
40. Kaieteur Falls | Guyana
41. Tour a Windmill | Holland
42. √ Soak in the Blue Lagoon | Iceland
43. √ Snorkel the Silfra Fissure | Iceland
44. √ Taj Mahal | India
45. √ Float on the backwaters of Kerala | India
46. Living Root Bridges, Sohra (Cherrapunjee) | India
47. Komodo National Park | Indonesia
48. Walk through a Rice Terrace | Indonesia
49. Persepolis | Iran
50. Visit the Holy Land in Jerusalem | Israel
51. Attend the Palio Horse Race in Siena | Italy
52. Explore the Coliseum in Rome | Italy
53. Hear Andrea Bocelli sing opera in Milan | Italy
54. Hear the Pope Speak at the Vatican | Italy
55. Learn to Make Pasta From Scratch | Italy
56. Make a Wish in the Trevi Fountain | Italy
57. Pose With the Leaning Tower of Pisa | Italy
58. Ride a Vespa in Tuscany | Italy
59. Ride in a Gondola in Venice | Italy
60. Sleep in a Tuscan Villa | Italy
61. Swim in the Blue Grotto | Italy
62. Walk Across the Tibetan Bridge in Claviere | Italy
63. See the Robot Restaurant Show | Japan
64. See a Sumo Wrestling Practice at a Sumo Stable | Japan
65. Stroll Through Sagano Bamboo Forest | Japan
66. Tour the Japanese Gardens in Kyoto | Japan
67. Visit the Jigokudani Monkey Park | Japan
68. Walk Through the Wisteria Tunnel at Kawachi Fuji Gardens, in Kitakyushu | Japan
69. Golden Temple | Kyoto, Japan
70. √ Petra | Jordan
71. √ Float in the Dead Sea | Jordan
72. √ Stay in a Bedouin camp in Wadi Rum | Jordan
73. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust | Kenya
74. Visit Stonehenge | United Kingdom
75. Climb to Tin Tian, Big Buddha | Hong Kong
76. Float Down Mekong River | Laos
77. Explore Tam Ting Caves | Laos
78. √ Baalbek | Lebanon
79. √ Byblos | Lebanon
80. Mulu National Park | Malaysia
81. Stay at the Boat Hotel in Cocoa Island | Maldives
82. Eat in the Underwater Hotel | Maldives
83. √ Chichen Itza | Mexico
84. Teotihuacan | Mexico
85. Palenque | Mexico
86. Swim/dive in a cenote | Mexico
87. Go “crack camping” | Mexico
88. √ Sahara Desert | Morocco
89. √ Etosha National Park | Namibia
90. Explore the Van Gogh Museum | Netherlands
91. See the Kinderdijk Windmills | Netherlands
92. Explore the Waitomo Glowworm Cave | New Zealand
93. Get Warm Near the Champagne Pool | New Zealand
94. Go Black Water Rafting | New Zealand
95. Heli-Hike the Franz Josef Glacier | New Zealand
96. Sit on the Edge of Preikestolen | Norway
97. Explore the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon | Palau
98. Panama Canal | Panama
99. √ Fly over the Nazca Lines | Peru
100. √ Inca Trail to Machu Picchu | Peru
101. √ Visit the floating reed islands of Lake Titikaka | Peru
102. St Basil’s Cathedral | Moscow, Russia
103. Trans Siberian Railroad | Russia
104. Mecca | Saudi Arabia
105. √ Gardens by the Bay | Singapore
106. Cape of Good Hope | South Africa
107. Drive the Garden Route | South Africa
108. South Georgia & Falkland Islands
109. √ Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain
110. Watch the Monjuic Magic Fountain | Spain
111. See the Rio Tinto River | Spain
112. Run With the Bulls in Pamplona (if it becomes less cruel to the bulls) | Spain
113. Climb to the Top of Sigiriya Rock | Sri Lanka
114. Eat Fondue in Switzerland | Switzerland
115. Sit in the Outdoor Jacuzzi at Iglu-Dorf Hotel | Switzerland
116. Ski the Swiss Alps | Switzerland
117. √ Serengeti | Tanzania
118. √ Visit the Masaai | Tanzania
119. Witness the Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti | Tanzania
120. See the Tessellated Pavement | Tasmania
121. Let Go of a Floating Lantern at Yi Peng Festival | Thailand
122. √ Hagia Sofia | Turkey
123. √ Blue Mosque | Turkey
124. Balloon Over Cappadocia’s Fairy Chimneys | Turkey
125. See the Whirling Dervishes | Turkey
126. Soak in Pamukkale Hot Springs | Turkey
127. √ Go to the top of the Burj Khalifa | Dubai, UAE
128. Gorilla Safari | Uganda
129. River rafting on the Nile | Uganda
130. Cross the Tunnel of Love | Ukraine
131. Samarkand | Uzbekistan
132. Take a Boat Tour of Halong Bay | Vietnam
133. Shop at the Floating Market | Vietnam
134. Victoria Falls | Zambia

Wildlife

1. Dive with great white sharks, no cage
2. √ Dive with bull sharks
3. √ Dive with hammerhead sharks
4. √ Feed a stingray
5. Galapagos giant tortoises
6. √ Go whale watching
7. Gorillas in Africa
8. √ Kayak with dolphins
9. Komodo dragons in Indonesia
10. Mola mola’s in the wild
11. Orangutans in Sumatra/Borneo
12. √ Pet/swim/dive with sharks
13. √ Play with a baby howler monkey
14. Release sea turtles into the sea
15. Ride a horse in the water
16. Sea dragons in Australia/New Zealand
17. See a dugong
18. √ See flying fish fly
19. √ See a quetzal, scarlet macaw and toucan in the wild
20. See a tiger in the wild
21. √ See all of Africa’s Big 5
22. √ See elephants in the wild
23. See penguins in the Antarctic
24. See polar bears in the Arctic
25. √ Swim with crocodiles
26. Swim in a jellyfish lake
27. Swim with manatees
28. Swim with pigs
29. Swim with pink dolphins in the Amazon river
30. √ Swim with whale sharks
31. Take a selfie with a quokka

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