# Which U.S. States Have You Been To? (includes 'None' option) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 4, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810 "2011-07-04T14:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/81 "2011-07-07T16:28:15Z")
I need 8 more and I have trips mostly planned out to get them. \*\*Hawaii \*\*- I just need to find time for our 2nd honeymoon. \*\*Louisiana \*\*and \*\*Mississippi \*\* I can do in one trip. **Washington,** **Oregon** , and **Idaho** can all be done at the same time in another trip. I need **Nevada** which will be taken care of with a weekend in Vegas. Then I need **North Dakota**. Why the heck would I go there?? It’s not on the way to anything (I live in Ohio), I don’t know anyone who lives there, and I’ve already been to South Dakota. Can anyone think of a reason for me to go to North Dakota other than “I haven’t been there yet?” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/82 "2011-07-07T18:42:42Z")
Gedd: > [@](#): > > Can anyone think of a reason for me to go to North Dakota other than “I haven’t been there yet?” Not particularly. When I did North Dakota, it was part of a conscious effort to see all 50 states and all 10 Canadian provinces, and the way we planned our route, there it was between Minnesota and Montana. We found stuff to do, but if it’s completely out of the way, I can’t imagine it’s justified. On the other hand, if you want to cover Northwestern states you haven’t done yet, why not consider making it a driving trip which takes you across North Dakota (and through Montana) on your way to Idaho, Washington and Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/83 "2011-07-07T19:02:12Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Gedd… > > On the other hand, if you want to cover Northwestern states you haven’t done yet, why not consider making it a driving trip which takes you across North Dakota (and through Montana) on your way to Idaho, Washington and Oregon? Then head north into Canada, and pick up British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario on your way back to Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/84 "2011-07-07T19:29:33Z")
That’s actually what we did on the aforementioned trip, minus British Columbia (and heading back to New York rather than Ohio). We made the Pacific Northwest a separate trip from that drive. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/85 "2011-07-07T19:31:55Z")
I’m kind of surprised that South Dakota isn’t higher. For some reason I expected more people to have visited Mount Rushmore at some time in their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/86 "2011-07-07T19:42:41Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Flying over does not count; setting foot on solid ground (so to speak) does. I selected 37 + D.C per “family rules” which requires you to have left the airport. If just setting foot in the state counts it’s 38, since I’ve changed planes in Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/87 "2011-07-07T22:11:31Z")
I only checked those I’ve had sex in. It makes for a short list. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/88 "2011-07-07T22:13:03Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Can anyone think of a reason for me to go to North Dakota other than “I haven’t been there yet?” Easy. [Theodore Roosevelt National Park](http://www.nps.gov/thro/index.htm). Beautiful scenery, lots of history, worth a visit all on its own. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/89 "2011-07-07T22:16:49Z")
All of them but Michigan and Minnesota…for some reason I have never been to either (or even driven through them). At least not that I remember… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/90 "2011-07-07T22:35:08Z")
17 for me. I didn’t count states that I was only in the airport for a layover. That would add about 5 more. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/91 "2011-07-08T01:04:52Z")
Lok: > [@](#): > > Easy. Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Beautiful scenery, lots of history, worth a visit all on its own. I considered mentioning that, but quite frankly, you get pretty much the same (IIRC) scenery in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and South Dakota has more interesting stuff besides. ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/92 "2011-07-08T05:34:11Z")
38 including DC, going by my own rule that if I haven’t taken a crap there I haven’t been there. I’ve also set foot on RI, OK, DE, and ID, but those really were just stretching legs en route from point a to point b, so I don’t count em. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/93 "2011-07-08T09:18:41Z")
I have never visited Alaska nor Hawaii for nonCONUS states, and Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota for CONUS states I have not yet visited. I will admit that I may have driven through either Oklahoma and Missouri on some trip or another without realizing it. I do know for a certainty that I have never visited either Dakota, Nebraska and Montana. I do have the goal of visiting each state and the territories before I drop dead. You know you did not include our territories? [Territories of the United States - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#Incorporated_unorganized_territories) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/94 "2011-07-08T10:46:16Z")
I’ve been to all except Alaska - but in the 1980s I was an over the road trucker for a few years. So it was my job, and I was either picking up loads, delivering or just driving through…some states I barely got off the interstate. I’ve probably taken a crap in every state, though… However, I’ve lived in four states and have done many road trips and vacations. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/95 "2011-07-08T11:50:08Z")
I’ve been in six states, and three of them were on one trip in sixth grade to space camp. Tennessee - Dropped off a driver Mississippi - Gas station Alabama - Space Camp Arkansas - Live here. Missouri - Branson’s just an hour away. And Springfield is cool. Kansas - Specifically just to say I’d done it: we were in Kansas City for a church thing. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/96 "2011-07-08T12:51:27Z")
A couple of milestones: – Just recently, a friend took a road trip so she could visit her 50th state: Louisiana. She went to New Orleans, and had such a blast that she considered not leaving. – I grew up in a western state (Colorado), and traveled all over the western US when I was young. Then, I flew to the east coast (DC) and similarly traveled all around that side of the country. But it wasn’t until 2001 that I had visited a series of states (Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma) that joined together my visited states from both sides. And it wasn’t until last month that I’d connected actual highways of my West and East travels, by driving from my new home in Texas to my hometown in Colorado, via US-550. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/97 "2011-07-08T13:55:14Z")
Dang! I need one more to make half… ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/98 "2011-07-08T14:37:10Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > A couple of milestones… One more: forgot to include: have visited 37 states, plus the District of Columbia. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/99 "2011-07-09T10:58:32Z")
I’ve been to four (California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Arizona), which isn’t bad when you consider I live on the other side of the planet. I’d like to see more, of course, but that’s true of most of the countries I visit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810/100 "2011-07-11T20:14:04Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Gedd: > On the other hand, if you want to cover Northwestern states you haven’t done yet, why not consider making it a driving trip which takes you across North Dakota (and through Montana) on your way to Idaho, Washington and Oregon? Hmm . . . never thought of that. I-94 goes straight through into Idaho . . . Road trip time! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-states-have-you-been-to-includes-none-option/587810.md?page=6)