The best parts of America are made up of places that are unique. Things you might not find anywhere else in the world. Like New York City is unique. Hard to say there’s another place just like it. On the other hand America perhaps more than any other country is one of consistency and repetitiveness. That is to say our suburbs have the same stores and restaurants that any other does. If you were to go to most American suburbs or medium cities you probably would struggle to tell them apart at all. This is why everyone is telling you to skip Texas. Because it’s pretty boring and not much different than say Kansas City.
So that’s what I mean when I say these are the best places. They are something unique, like southern Utah that you won’t see anywhere else. The best cities to party eat and experience distinct Americana
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
DC
Boston
Los ángeles.
America’s main highlight is nature. It’s like you don’t really take a trip to South Africa to hang out in Joburg. You go to see lions and elephants etc. The best things America has to offer is it’s nature.
Fortunately many of the main highlights are clustered together to allow a visitor to see multiple places.
I’d suggest you google images of southern Utah’s parks. Arches. Canyonlands. Bryce Canyon. Zion and of course the Grand Canyon.
Then you have the Sierras in California where you can see stunning rock formations wildlife and giant sequoias in Yosemite.
For the best wildlife viewing there’s Yellowstone but that’s a bit far from everything else so only consider it if seeing bison wolves and grizzlies is a priority for you.
On your way from Vegas to la you can drive through the Mohave preserve to see huge sand dunes, huge Joshua tree forests and zero crowds.
That’s why I’ve suggested the California Utah driving loop plus New Orleans and the northeast as your core mis see amerIca. It samples our major regions and major highlights. A sort of essential sights tour
