American Road Trip

The idea of a road trip it's about as American as it gets.
Finding the “best” U.S. driving route is a bit of a brainteaser.

Tracy Staedter at Discovery News and Randy Olson—Michigan State University doctoral student took it upon themselves to to figure out for us ideal of the United States road trip.
It had to hit all of the 48 continental states, every stop had to be a National Natural Landmark, a National Historic Site, a National Park, or a National Monument, and of course, had to be confined to car travel.
The journey starts at the Grand Canyon, but you could theoretically begin anywhere as long as you drive in sequence after that. It would take 10 days of driving straight through, but realistically is a three to four month trip.
The list has 50 stops but it only hits the 48 continental states.
Now all what remains on your bucket list is Alaska and Hawaii and you have seen all 50 states.

Here are the destinations: