6 little-known sites to see in the U.S.

Travel writer Rick Steves joined us today. He may be a travel expert, but he doesn't actually know much about traveling the U.S. and is now planning a road trip. So we asked the audience to give him some recommendations.

1. The Thomas Hart Benton House in Kansas City was recommended by LeoMPR.

2. There were 2 votes for a town I've never heard of (I'm not embarassed to admit this since Rick Steves had never heard of the Boundary Waters.): Valentine, Nebraska. Marcell said it's "a very lovely hidden jewel."

3. C likes the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. They have quilt collections from 46 states.

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4. Paula wrote, "We just discovered the barrier islands of Georgia where the rich and famous played in the gilded age--very interesting and no one in Minnesota knows about it. Cumberland Island is a national seashore that used to be owned by the Carnegies complete with wild horses." It is also where John F. Kennedy, Jr. married Caroline Bessette in 1996.

5. Jim's advice: "If Rick is going to Des Moines, he should visit the The National Balloon Museum & U.S. Ballooning Hall of Fame in Indianola, Iowa."

6. Maria recommended the Hopewell burial mounds in Chillocothe, east of Dayton, Ohio.

Photo of Cumberland Island by RobBixbyPhotography/CC

- Stephanie Curtis