Mount Rushmore.  It really is worth visiting.

I’d also suggest Trinity, NM, Hanford, WA, and Idaho Falls (see the world’s first nuclear power reactor and the (once working) nuclear jet engine!)...but I don’t think most people want to vacation like I do.  

Classy.

Food or alchohol is another aspect. American BBQ, American dishes not found even in cities like NYC are worth traveling and experiencing. Same for Europe, Japan or wherever

Ignore him. For my part, I can't wait to meet you someday.

Yeah, that would make their heads explode!  :)

Pace Picante Sauce.  They fell victim to liberal salsa.

It's not really smugness, since us Europeans are factually superior to you.

The Pizza Ranch is conveniently right by the Walmart. 10/10 would visit again.

Like others just ignore the user.

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Look at that guy.

A European would have been well-dressed, preferably in tweed, and would have used an expensive O/U.

You Colonials have no class.

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Most of my relatives are buried in Ashland. It's the only reason I visit anymore.

Shanandoa Valley (VA)


Smoky Mountains (TN/NC)



Outer Banks (NC)


Go to a NASCAR race at Talladega (AL), or any track.


NASA space museums (Al & FL)

Have not seen NASCAR or the NASA museum in Alabama but have been to the others and they are memorable and enjoyable

No shit.  I can't think of a single UK ARFCOMMER I wouldn't have a beer or 12 with.

My pure-as-the-driven-snow intent with this thread, is actually a bit of a selfish one. I love watching "Brit first time in America" YouTube videos, and I really need them to expand their horizons before booking a flight. It will make for better content.

It goes the other way, as well. I've yet to step foot in the UK (it's on my list). I haven't the slightest desire to spend any time in London. My wife does, which is a sticking point. So I figure I'll give her like 3 or 4 days to hit the highlights. I'm a giver. But then...we're out of there. If I see another American tourist in whatever village I find myself exploring, I'll have considered the trip a failure.

Speaking of which, let me turn this around and ask my UK cousins to help me out - what should I really be doing, the first time I grace your fair shores with my gun board famous presence?

Snark and sarcasm is expected, and appreciated. But...you know...toss a decent idea or two in there, while you're at it.

Sod off, you bloody wanker!

So...everybody that comes here for the first time does the same kind of travel video. They either end up in NYC (shortest flight), or they end up in LA because they have a YouTuber/Internet friend on the west coast to save on lodging. If you're lucky, they end up in Vegas or something. And here are the common themes:

"Wow, a real New York Slice!"
"ZOMG, I finally get to try In-N-Out you guys!"

"So here we are at Wal-Mart. Look at how huge this <insert packaged food item here> is! And holy shit, it's so cheap!"

"We're at an Applebees, and WOW! American portion sizes are so huge. There's no way you can eat all of this. And get this - they ask you if you want a 'doggie-bag' to bring the rest of it home, LULZ! Americans are fat!"

"Our American friends took us to a gun range. Here we are shooting rented machine guns in stalls, and sweeping the firing line! What century is this, and why is this still ok, lololololol?"

"There is like...NO public transportation you guys, lol. You're going to have to hire a car. Also, America is like...fucking huge."

"You have to tip for like...everything! Ugh. Why can't they just pay their workers a fair wage?"

"I bought a thing for what I thought was $0.98. But then I got to the register, and...they have this thing called 'sales tax', but you can't see it. It was actually $1.08. I don't know what credit cards are, and I normally carry exact change for purchases".

"What's an ounce? What's a pound? What's a foot? What's an inch? Stupid Americans - get with the program! I live in a country that gave birth to this shit, I drive in miles per hour, I measure fuel consumption in miles per gallon, I use Fahrenheit when I want to explain how fucking hot is is, I use Celsius when I want to explain how fucking cold it is, I (optimistically) express my weight in 'stones', I order glasses of beer by the pint, but you Yanks need to join the rest of the world and adopt the metric system already! It's so confusing, tee tee!"

Anyway...

Las Cruces is nice. Went to school there.

Fooking "influencers."  IE insta thots.

Woops.

Never had to deal with anyone from anywhere in the world that cared enough to actually travel.  Sales tax and tipping might be a foreign concept though, that shit causes me problems but I sort it out.

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Vaughn is amazing.

Meh. Their country sucks. It sucks because of their voters. I don't want those voters in non-shit-hole parts of this nation.

Truth.

I'd add Charleston, SC and surrounding area.

Not from the UK, but my honeymoon was in the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, and Sark).  It was fantastic.  Pretty much no American tourists (people wondered how we found it), beautiful landscape, friendly people, fantastic food, and some great museums from the Nazi occupation.  I’d highly recommend them.  Especially Jersey and Sark, my wife and I want to go there for at least a week or two again some day.  Then to Normandy. :)

We have not even talked about pints.  

What is a proper pint?  I think the US they cut me off after so much.  A US pint is 450 some militers which is not enough IMO.

This site REALLY needs a like button

Don't forget the clapping, and keeping your shoes on in people's homes.

Don't forget to stop in Yeso

I don't blame them for wanting to see major cities and not get stuck at some podunk truck stop.  More to do and see in a more compact and easily accessible area.

You know there are slight similarities to this and being told you haven't seen Texas yet.

Wyoming, recently visited, is just slightly larger than the UK (landmass wise, ~5k square miles larger), and the population of WY is 500k, whereas the UK is 66 MILLION.

Missouri is a bit smaller than the UK (70k sq. mi vs 94K sq. mi.) with a 10th of the population of the UK. (6.1 Million)

There’s nothing Americans love more than smug foreigners telling us what’s wrong with our country.

Until they've had a deep fried Oreo at a state fair, chugged peeps, eaten Pepsi, then jogged until puking, then shot black rifles for score, they haven't seen America as a tourist.

We want them to tell their friends it was fucking terrible and to never come here. Unless they're into black rifles, peeps, chugging, and preferably have tits.

Kharn

Of course they should.

As much as I truly despise what the entity of Chicago has done to our state, it's an absolutely gorgeous city with almost endless things to do.  It has an amazing "feel" to it in the summer and around Christmas.

The bad areas of Chicago are pretty much segregated from anywhere your typical "tourist" would ever be.  There is almost a zero percent chance you end up in Engelwood unless you are trying to go there.

But then again, there is a fair amount of people here that are so deathly afraid of everything that they won't even hold a drink with their right hand....so I guess getting out of the house isn't for everyone.