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Main Street USA
President's Birthplace
National Parks
100
This famous roadway that runs from Illinois to California is called the "Main Street of America" and is known for its rest stops and gas stations.
What is Route 66?
Bonus: Where does Route 66 begin (East End) and where does it end (West End)?
100
The USS Drum is a submarine located at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in this Alabama city known for its saltwater port (the only one in the state) and its history in the defense industry.
What is Mobile?
100
Bourbon Street
What is New Orleans?
100
This president, born in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, once said he had almost no formal schooling but loved to read.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This national park, famous for its geysers and wildlife, was the first national park established in the United States in 1872.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
200
This 600-mile commemorative route connects the 21 Spanish missions in California.
Hint: its Spanish name means "Royal Road" in English.
What is El Camino Real?
Mission San Raphael Archangel:
200
The USS Olympia, now at the Independence Seaport Museum, is known for being the last surviving ship from this conflict.
(Hint: It was in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898).
What is the Spanish-American War?
200
Beale Street
What is Memphis?
200
Born in the only U.S. state outside North America, this president served two terms starting in 2009.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
Standing at 630 feet tall, this stainless steel monument in St. Louis, Missouri, is the tallest arch in the world.
What is the Gateway Arch?
300
This parkway runs for 469 miles through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is the Blue Ridge Parkway?
300
A lighthouse memorial to this ship, which was built for the White Star line around the same time as the Olympic and Britannic, was established in New York near the South Street Seaport in 1913.
What is the Titanic?
Bonus: It was built due in part to the instigation of Margaret Brown. What was Brown's nickname?
300
Michigan Avenue
What is Chicago?
300
Born in Nebraska but moved to Michigan as an infant, this man became president without ever being elected to the office of president or vice president.
Who is Gerald Ford?
300
This national park in Arizona protects a vast expanse of colorful rock layers carved by a river over millions of years.
What is Grand Canyon National Park?
400
The Overseas Highway is a 113-mile scenic drive from Miami to this, the southernmost island and city in the contiguous United States.
What is Key West?
Bonus: This famous author's house in which he lived in the 1930's is now a museum:
400
At the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia, you can visit a replica and artifacts from this ship, best known for its participation in the "Battle of the Ironclads" against the USS Merrimack in the American Civil War.
What is the USS Monitor?
400
Embarcadero
What is San Francisco?
400
Born in Denison, Texas, in 1890, this future World War II general once lived in a house so close to the railroad tracks that passing trains shook it.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
Located in South Dakota, this monument features the faces of four U.S. presidents carved into granite.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
500
The Great River Road is a 3,000-mile-long road that follows the length of the Mississippi River, crossing through ten states from Lake Itasca to this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
500
Now the foundation of a museum in New York, this aircraft carrier was active in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
What is the USS Intrepid?
Bonus: Since 2012, the Intrepid has been home to this Space Shuttle.
500
Ocean Drive
What is Miami?
Bonus: Ocean Drive is known for this style of architecture
500
The birthplace and childhood home of this US President (the only one to be born in California) can be found in Orange County.
Who is Richard Nixon?
500
This California park is known for its giant sequoia trees, including the General Sherman Tree — the largest tree on Earth by volume.
What is Sequoia National Park?