The best US cities to visit from your city
City trips from your city to the best places to visit in the US, each with what to see and the cheapest round trip we've seen recently.
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Each city page shows real round-trip fares from that city, with the cheapest one for each destination.
United States: Seattle · New York · San Francisco Bay Area · Los Angeles · Miami or Fort Lauderdale · Chicago · Denver · Minneapolis · Houston · Washington, DC · Dallas-Fort Worth · Atlanta · Orlando · Las Vegas · Charlotte · Phoenix · Boston · Detroit · Philadelphia · Salt Lake City · San Diego · Nashville · Tampa · Austin · Honolulu · Portland · Raleigh/Durham · Saint Louis · Sacramento · San Juan · New Orleans · Kansas City · Fort Myers · San Antonio · Indianapolis · Cleveland · Pittsburgh · Columbus · Cincinnati · West Palm Beach · Jacksonville · Maui · Hartford · Charleston · Milwaukee · Anchorage · Boise · Omaha · Albuquerque · Buffalo · Richmond · Norfolk
United Kingdom: London · Manchester · Edinburgh · Birmingham · Glasgow · Bristol · Newcastle · Liverpool · Leeds · Aberdeen
Canada: Toronto · Vancouver · Montreal · Calgary · Edmonton · Ottawa · Winnipeg · Halifax · Quebec · Victoria
Where to go and why
- New York: Central Park, Broadway, the Met and the High Line, plus Brooklyn's food and bars
- Chicago: Chicago's river architecture cruises, the Art Institute and deep-dish pizza
- Boston: The Freedom Trail, Fenway Park and the North End's Italian bakeries
- Washington: The Smithsonian's free museums on the National Mall and the monuments lit up at night
- Philadelphia: The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, Reading Terminal Market and a cheesesteak
- New Orleans: The French Quarter, live jazz on Frenchmen Street and Creole cooking in the Garden District
- Nashville: Broadway's honky-tonks, the Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame
- San Francisco: The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, cable cars and dim sum in Chinatown
- Seattle: Pike Place Market, the Space Needle and ferry rides across Puget Sound
- Austin: Live music on Sixth Street and South Congress, Texas barbecue and Barton Springs
- San Diego: Balboa Park, the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla's sea lions, in mild weather all year
- Charleston: Charleston's Battery, Rainbow Row and Lowcountry cooking in the historic district
- Savannah: Savannah's historic squares under live oaks and the cobblestones of River Street
- Portland: Portland's food carts, Powell's City of Books and the Columbia River Gorge nearby
- Denver: Denver's LoDo breweries, Red Rocks Amphitheatre and the Rockies an hour west
- Miami: Miami Beach's Art Deco district, Little Havana's Calle Ocho and Wynwood's murals
- Los Angeles: Hollywood, Griffith Observatory, the Getty and the beach at Santa Monica
- Las Vegas: The Strip's shows and restaurants, with Red Rock Canyon a short drive west
- Honolulu: Waikiki, Pearl Harbor's memorials and the hike up Diamond Head
- Minneapolis: Minneapolis' chain of lakes, the Walker Art Center and the Guthrie Theater
- Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh's three rivers, the Andy Warhol Museum and the inclines up Mount Washington
- Atlanta: The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, the Georgia Aquarium and the BeltLine
- San Antonio: The River Walk, the Alamo and the old Spanish missions along the San Antonio River
- Santa Fe: Santa Fe's adobe Plaza, Canyon Road's galleries and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Facts checked October 7, 2026. Sources: Smithsonian Institution (Wikipedia): free admission · Saint Louis Zoo: visit