30 “Quintessential American Experiences” That Tourists Should Try, As Shared By Internet Users

Just outside your video screen is a place called life..

Yeah, US has that down!

That's really weird lol. Most fistfights happen in the Waffle House at 1am.

Only two moms? Jeez that's disappointing I'm use to 5 fighting each other

Oh Florida. That's a whole culture and country of its own

I am so glad I left Florida when I did. It was far more beautiful then compared to now

Walmart at midnight. All the parents that have their kids at Walmart at midnight is one of the best forms of birth control I can think of.

We have a friend in the UK who is talking about flying out to visit us (Tennessee) in August. Distances here are evidently a "daft" concept to him. He asked what was the closest airport to fly into, and I said "Nashville." He says "Oh, then I just take the train to get to you or something?" I said "No, we'll come get you. It's only like an hour and a half ride." That was absolutely foreign to him... that I would be willing to drive a total of 3 hours just to pick him up from the airport. I told him "Mate, we will drive to Nashville to try out a good restaurant." It really is true... for Europeans, 100 years is nothing. For Americans, 100 miles is nothing.

Same with Australia. Had some friends visit Brisbane from Germany, and they wanted to hire a car & visit friends in Perth over a weekend. We were like, well sure, but it's 4,300km each way (46 hr constant driving). They didn't believe us until we got a map of Germany next to a map of Australia. They just couldn't understand the concept of these huge distances all being one country.

Same with Canada! As the second largest country in the world its amazing how many people come to Canada and think that they can spend the day in Toronto and then drive to Vancouver in the same week.

There's aren't any states you could do in a week anyway. Well, maybe North Dakota.

Some states are a foreign country..

If you ever get the chance, drive along Lake Michigan in the midwest. Gorgeous!

Long Beach, WA! I live an hour or 2 away and it's so pretty and fun!

My grandson and I took 6 days to drive from the Redwood Forest to San Diego via 101. Delightful. Beautiful.

Give yourself plenty of time to do this. It is NOT a quick drive.

I still have a treenage dream intact from when I watched "Easy Rider" in 1969. All the way from Seattle to San Diego along Pacific Coast Highway on a chopped Harley Davidson. I'm 72 now and No driver's license, so I travel in my armchair. I have a bookcase with books about the USA, from road trips to biographies of various Presidents so I've been around. :O)

They're amazing, catch em while they still exist.

Yes. The first time I visited a redwood forest, I felt I was standing on holy ground.

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They are so old and sooo BBBBBB IIIIII GGGGGGG

Just skip Eureka

The AT is incredibly gorgeous, but very long, and anyone who hikes its entirety is a legend in my book.

Bill Bryson did a book about his walk. Doesn't he mention that some people where murdered in their tent doing the walk. That's America..

Just living in the Appalachians in general. It's nice up here 👍

Good on you!!

Oh yea!

If you do go to Yellowstone or any other park, for the love of all that is holy, do not try to "rescue" the baby animals because it's "too cold for them." Do not try to pet the buffalo (you'll straight up die). Do not stick your hand/any part of your body in a thermal pool. Do not wander off the paths.

You think Yellowstone is big go to Denali and realize the 40 miles of road that are currently open aren't even an either of the length of the whole Denali preserve. The mountains are fricking massive too.

...please don't touch the geysers. The wildlife hates you. You can't cook chicken in the boiling pools.

Considering that Yellowstone is damn near as big as your whole country, I can see why you’d be in awe!

if you wanna see a yellow stone, just pee on it long enough

When I got off active duty, my buddies and I road tripped back to NYC-- blue lanes only (meaning country roads, no highways) Ate at a LOT of mom & pops, saw the best of my country-- a memory for a lifetime

It's crazy that in some states of the US you can take a weeks road trip and not even leave the state you're in. I'd love to road trip up the west coast, and through the rocky mountains too. I feel like I'd love Portland or Seattle, too.

I drove from Gulf Coast Texas up to Southern Missouri for an ebay purchase. The most beautiful driving I've ever done was through "middle of nowhere" America.

Bike trips are the best. Heading down the road on a Harley... Nothing like it.

As an American, I still prefer to experience our country via car touring. You find interesting things and people you never would otherwise (though, it's still not an accepting county and I suspect it's not a safe way for everyone to experience the country :/ )