Everyone loves the idea of a bucket list – they love putting those guano items on the list to give them that kick in the ass to step out of their comfort zone; climbing Everest or seeing the inside of a volcano in Iceland or running with the bulls of Pamplona are common for the adventurous among us.

This isn’t really that kind of bucket list. I’m mostly a homebody so the act of going to the next state over is already way beyond my comfort zone. Hell, I don’t even have a passport.

But I’m trying to change that. This isn’t a New Year’s Resolution list that I’m going to dump my savings into completing in the next ~300 days. These are just places I want to see that I am making a note of so that I can share with you all as I check locations off the list.

Ready?

Places within the United States

• Every state in the United States
• Every national park in the United States
• Every historical location mentioned in National Treasure
• Most northern, most southern, most eastern, and most western cities/towns in the United States
• Westernmost city/town in the world

Canada & Greenland

• Trans Canadian Highway
• Trans Canadian Railway
• British Columbia, Canada
• Alberta, Canada
• Yukon Territory, Canada
• Northwest Territories, Canada
• Nunavut, Canada
• Manitobah, Canada
• Ontario, Canada
• Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
• Nova Scotia, Canada
• Greenland

Norden Countries

• Iceland
• Faroe Islands
• Norway
• Denmark
• Sweden
• Northernmost city in the world

British Isles

• Shetland & Orkney, Scotland
• Scotland
• England
• Republic of Ireland

Western & Southern Europe

• Netherlands
• Germany
• Switzerland
• Italy
• Greece
• France
• Euskadi
• Spain
• Monaco

Eastern Europe

• Romania
• Russia
• Trans-Siberian Railroad
• Easternmost city in the world

Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean

• Mexico
• Guatemala
• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• St Maarten
• Bahamas

South America

• French Guiana
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Chile
• Argentina
• Brazil
• Southernmost city in the world

Africa & the Near East

• Egypt
• Jordan
• Qatar
• Tunisia
• Morocco

Oceania

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Every Lord of the Rings filming location
• Niue

Asia

• India
• China
• Mongolia
• Sri Lanka

Like I said at the start of this, this isn’t an “I have to make it to every place on earth” bucket list. And I sure as hell am not finishing this list within the year – I don’t think anyone could do that even if the budget was no issue. I don’t expect to hit every place listed and I know there are more than a few countries I don’t have on these lists. Maybe I’ll add more eventually, maybe this will be the final draft. Who knows?

As I do hit these spots, I will have posts about my trip linked at the entry on the list, so do come back to this page as the “homepage” of my Vernes-ian travels.

Have you hit any of these spots? Do you have your own travel bucket list?

Let me know in the comments!