Hawaii. We went to Maui for a week and took an excursion over to Oahu. The USS AZ was amazing. that is where we began our day. I still tear up. You can smell the oil as it leaks out of the ship 60 years later. We ended our day on the USS Missouri standing on the Victory Deck looking at the replica Surrender Treaty.
Been in the Smoky's of TN/NC. Beautiful.
FL lots of times.
Did Ellis Island along with Miss Liberty. (Stay on the Jersey side it is so much cheaper.) We were on Ellis 100 years to the day after my grandmother, her brother and my great grandmother came to this Land. Dad and my uncle were there. They were crying. It was worth the price.
The northwest is a must. I have not made it there but everyone who I talked to has loved it.
like PG, I have been in most every state.
Taking a cruise ship is neat. been on a couple of them. You eat lots. You get off in a new place every day and wander around for a while get back on the ship and go someplace else.
New England is beautiful in the fall but living the the Rockies gives you a similar show.
take the girls to DC. show them where things really get fouled up and yet this is still the greatest country.
I loved what I saw in Europe but I am assuming you are looking to stay stateside for now.