Detourmap
Places worth the detour in United States
Detourmap lists 4,064 places in United States, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (2,545). Best known: Niagara Falls. 3,358 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 4,064
- Oldest here
- Nanih Waiya 300
- Little known
- 3,358 of 4,064
- City pages
- 14
By region
34 first-level divisions of United States have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
14 cities in United States have enough places for a page of their own.
Nature & landscapes in United States 2,545
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1.Niagara Falls
Nature · Iconic
Three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States
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2.Yellowstone National Park
Nature · 19th century · Iconic
First national park in the world, located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in the United States
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3.Grand Canyon
Nature · Iconic
Steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States
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6.Wake Island
Nature · Iconic
Coral atoll in the North Pacific Ocean administered by the US and also claimed by the Marshall Islands
Archaeological & historic sites in United States 1,519
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2.Fallingwater
Archaeological · 20th century · Renowned
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania
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3.Cahokia
Archaeological · 11th century · Renowned
Archaeological site near East St. Louis, Illinois, USA
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4.Centralia
Archaeological · 19th century · Renowned
Borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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5.Independence Hall
Archaeological · 18th century · Renowned
Historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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6.Roanoke Colony
Archaeological · 16th century · Renowned
Former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, US (1585–1590)
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in United States?
Niagara Falls. Three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in United States?
4,064: 2,545 nature & landscapes and 1,519 archaeological & historic sites. 3,358 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in United States?
Nanih Waiya, dated to 300. 781 of the 4,064 places here carry a founding date at all, and 1 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.